Invites for the show

Millspace at Armley Mills

Sara Brannan Artist in Residence

TRANSIENT

Exhibition Opening

Saturday 27th November 3pm – 5pm

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to the opening of the latest MillSpace artist in residence exhibition TRANSIENT by Sara Brannan. The MillSpace is a new gallery at Armley Mills – a dedicated space within the mill that will be used as a catalyst for working, exhibiting and communicating with artists and the public, especially in the local area.

We do hope you can join us at this very exciting new exhibition opening.

To RSVP please reply to nina.baptiste@leeds.gov.uk by Monday 22nd November.

Sara Brannan’s practice revolves around process and experiment and involves a wide range of disciplines including sculpture, drawing, moving image and site specific work. This work showing in the MillSpace was produced by the artist over a 3 month residency in response to the collections, the archives and of the space of Armley Mill.

TRANSIENT is used to describe the passing of time but can also be related to a Japanese expression, mono no aware, which describes the feeling of transience. The phrase literally translates as ‘the pathos of things’ and can also be explained as ‘a sensitivity of ephemera’. The saying is used to describe the awareness of the transience of things and a bittersweet sadness at their passing.

The museum houses a large array of objects and artefacts relating to Leeds’ Industrial history. The work in TRANSIENT deals with objects and materials which are part of that role, many of which are in the archives, and also items such as the cardboard boxes and the cabinets, which are used in the storage and display processes. TRANSIENT raises questions about our documentation of history and how museums construct ideologies and identities by how the past is put on public display.

Sara Brannan is an artist living and working in Sheffield, UK. Originally from Saddleworth in Greater Manchester she obtained a first class degree from The University of Salford and a MA from Sheffield Hallam University. Exhibitions and screenings including Catapult at Urbis in Manchester, in RE:animate at the Oriel Davies Gallery in Wales, Videoholica in Bulgaria, One Minute Video Festival in Aarau Switzerland and recently at Artvideo in Sweden.