A NEW exhibition at Craven Museum and Gallery will showcase a unique body of work created by digital artist Paul Miller – inspired by Skipton Town Hall itself.

The free exhibition Memento opens this Saturday and celebrates the history of the Grade II listed building as it prepares for the next phase of redevelopment into a cultural hub for Craven.

The new display, to be installed in the exhibition gallery based in Skipton Town Hall, will exhibit the artist’s own reworking of the building’s history and will be running until Monday, September 3.

Memento will use a combination of audio and images and a series of projected visuals mapped on to original paintings by the artist; depicting scenes from around the town hall. The installation will also incorporate audio constructed using clips from oral histories held in the museum collection.

This will be the second commissioned exhibition by the artist shown at Skipton Town Hall, after his well received digital installation last summer, New Light; Illuminating Artefacts.

Danielle Daglan, programme and venue development manager at Craven District Council, said: “With Memento, Paul is creating a fully immersive experience in response to the venue, exploring both its history and looking to the future, as we enter a major new phase following our award of a Heritage Lottery Fund grant.

“We are extremely excited for the future of the Skipton Town Hall and we hope this exhibition captures what the building has meant to the local community since it was built and what a fantastic venue it will continue to be, not just for Skipton but for the whole of Craven.”

A preview of Memento will take place tomorrow when the Exhibition Gallery will be open from 5.30pm to 8.30pm for people to have a first look at the installation and meet the artist. All welcome.

The exhibition is open from 10am to 4pm Mondays to Saturdays.