Playing Out
Publication
An accompanying publication titled ‘Playing Out’ has been published by Threshold Editions to accompany the exhibition Hannah Platt: Playing Out. It is available to purchase below for £12.
The publication includes:
- Photographs by Hannah Platt in response to Burley Park, LS4
- A limited edition inkjet print signed by the artist
- An essay by researcher Emily Cuming on the history of back-to-back housing in Leeds
- A conversation between researcher Jonathan Orlek and Hannah Platt
Threshold Editions publishes affordable sculpture editions and publications by artists working with sculpture and generates inc
ome for future exhibitions at Threshold.This publication has been supported by City Lab, a research lab within the Institute of Art and Technology at Liverpool John Moores University.
Book dimensions: 21 x 14.9cm (A5)
Materials: 32 page digital print booklet and inkjet print insert
Edition Size: 100 + 15 A/P
Publication date: 2025
Edited by Julia McKinlay and Jonathan Orlek
ISBN 978-1-0684654-1-3
As an artist-run space, 100% of your purchase goes towards funding future publications, exhibitions and events at Threshold.
To order, please click the links below to add to your basket and proceed with purchase. Online orders of booklets will be sent using Royal Mail UK standard delivery within a week of ordering.
About the artist
Hannah Platt is a visual artist and photographer based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Her work is rooted in place, play and the everyday, often documenting her immediate surroundings with a quick, instinctive eye and a well-worn iPhone. Hannah explores narrative through self-publishing and printed projects, she has released a number of sold-out publications over the past decade, In Bloom (2014), You’re in America now Honey (2015), Out of Order (2021), Take a Seat (2024), About Town (co-created with Leeds Art Gallery and Leeds Arts and Minds, 2025), culminating in her photobook project Nosey Parker, published by RRB Photobooks with a foreword by Martin Parr.
Hannah’s style is unmistakably bold, bright, and full of mischief, often drawing on nostalgia and humour to create work that feels both familiar and surprising. In early 2024, Hannah independently curated her first solo exhibition Take a Seat, transforming East Street Arts project space into an indulgent and intimate setting to celebrate the launch of her self published deck of cards, which showcased found and photographed chairs in Naples, Italy - a show which encouraged people to sit, share and play.
She’s exhibited at Leeds Art Gallery as part of Leeds Artist Show, collaborated with Open Eye Gallery in their Crossing Sectors programme, and contributed to Miniclick’s Women in Photography mentoring group.
Alongside her personal practice, Hannah is committed to community engagement and co-creation. She’s delivered workshops, photo walks and socials with local groups and organisations including Leeds Art Gallery, the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds Art University, East Street Arts, Take It Easy Lab and Swarthmore Education Centre, and leads an open collaborative project, Just for Fun, inviting others to engage more playfully with their neighbourhoods. 👅
︎ @hannahbplatt