During artranspennine98 (23 May -16 August) one object from either the library, sculpture collection or archive will be revealed each day. In total 86 items will become a star for a day and occupy the stage in the smallest gallery at the Henry Moore Institute. After their short bout of stardom it will still be possible to see the item on this web page but they will not be visible in the exhibition any more. They will return to their natural home where they will continue their shelf life until you come and pick them off the shelf or request to see them.
The initial reasons why an object was chosen might just have been because of colour, certain memories, or, as you might find out, even smell. Now we - the librarian, assistant curator and archivist - have chosen the objects we will try to let them make sense together. We will enter into an exchange of information and thoughts by sending and responding to email messages about the objects. The initial reasons why we picked an object still remain but the interaction between the meaning of the objects, their similarities or perhaps their completely opposite qualities will form part of a 'communal' stream of consciousness leaping from the rational to the illogical and sometimes perhaps to the purely nonsensical. Enjoy, get utterly disgusted, challenge our selection, contradict our insights, or just sit back and relax - as each day reveals another object. Keep linked up by bookmarking this page so you can easily find us again tomorrow. You are warned, though, some objects might be too rude for prose!
Your comments are welcome. Do not hold back - let us know what you think of our selection. (The comments will become 'property' of artranspennine98 and might be selected to be read in the publicly accessible comments box or in a ringbinder in the exhibition room at the HMI).
Click here to access our first set of teachers' notes - further contributions/comments welcome.

Denise Raine, Librarian; Adeline van Roon, Archivist; Dorcas Taylor, Assistant Curator

'Untitled' by Jorge Pardo is a commission for artranspennine98 at the HMI, Leeds.
Photographs by Richard Littlewood & University of Leeds - Photography Section
Thanks to David Palmer, designer of the web page
Also a very big thank you to all institutions, companies, private persons, and others, who have kindly given us permission to put their material on the web.