Museum of Contemporary Rubbish can be found at Buy the Kilo until the end of June.
Buy the Kilo
No 3 The Sidings
Tynemouth Metro Station
North Shields
Tyne and Wear
NE30 2TF
https://www.buy-the-kilo.com/
Museum of Contemporary Rubbish
Sunday, 2 June 2019
Sunday, 7 October 2018
Recyclables: End of Residency Exhibition of Smith Art Gallery & Brighouse Library
Recyclables (riːˈsaɪkləbəlz) noun (plural):
• objects suitable for reuse
• objects that are able to be processed and used again
• objects altered or adapted for new use without changing the essential form or nature
New work made in response to a month long residency at Brighouse Household Waste Recycling Centre for Brighouse Arts Festival 2018.
Recyclables (pdf): http://www.alicebradshaw.co.uk/stuff/recyclablesonline.pdf
• objects suitable for reuse
• objects that are able to be processed and used again
• objects altered or adapted for new use without changing the essential form or nature
New work made in response to a month long residency at Brighouse Household Waste Recycling Centre for Brighouse Arts Festival 2018.
Recyclables (pdf): http://www.alicebradshaw.co.uk/stuff/recyclablesonline.pdf
Wednesday, 3 October 2018
End of Residency Exhibition at Smith Art Gallery & Library, Public Performance at Brighouse HWRC
Alice Bradshaw – Artist in Residence for Brighouse Arts Festival at Brighouse Household Waste Recycling Centre
End of Residency exhibition opens Saturday 6th October at Brighouse Library
Public Performance: Thursday 11th October, 1pm at Brighouse Household Waste Recycling Centre

Alice Bradshaw is Brighouse Arts Festival 2018’s artist in residence based at the Brighouse Household Waste Recycling Centre.
During September, Alice was based at the local recycling facility ‘talking rubbish’ with staff and members of the public. Alice has been inspired by these conversations and the objects discovered in the skips and in the on site charity shop and has made a new series of work including a new film and publication, both entitled Recyclables, and a set of prints and postcards that will be on display at Brighouse Library through October. She will also be performing a guided tour of the facility on Thursday 11th October at 1pm which is free and bookable via the Brighouse Arts Festival website.
Alice comments on her interest in rubbish; “My interest in rubbish and its changeable value as both social object and art material is a long standing obsession. Rubbish is a temporary object-state before an item is reused, recycled or decomposed. The object history and the processes involved in deciding that something is rubbish and throwing it away are particularly of interest. The conversations we have about rubbish are something I place great value on.”
Matthew Harrison-Lord, director of Brighouse Arts Festival said, "It's great to have Alice work for the past month at our town's recycling centre. What a great place for people to find an artist working. Manipulating our preconceived notions of rubbish and art and changing our view of everyday household items as well as contemporary visual art. We are proud that this year's festival has had such a public artist residency in the community"
Alice is founding director of the Museum of Contemporary Rubbish and completed her Masters by Research with merit on the value of rubbish in art practice at the University of Huddersfield in 2015. Her art practice is multidisciplinary, spanning sculpture, installation, video, drawing, sound, performance, writing, publishing and curating.
Arts for Brighouse and Suez have arranged and facilitated Alice’s residency at the Brighouse Household Waste Recycling Centre. 509 Arts have supported the production of Alice’s new publication and exhibition at Brighouse Library.



Brighouse Arts Festival http://brighouseartsfestival.co.uk/
Alice Bradshaw http://www.alicebradshaw.co.uk/
Museum of Contemporary Rubbish http://museumofcontemporaryrubbish.blogspot.com/http://museumofcontemporaryrubbish.blogspot.com/
Alice’s Masters by Research https://contemporaryrubbish.wordpress.com/
Alice’s a-n Rubbish Residency blog https://www.a-n.co.uk/blogs/rubbish-residency/
End of Residency exhibition opens Saturday 6th October at Brighouse Library
Public Performance: Thursday 11th October, 1pm at Brighouse Household Waste Recycling Centre

Alice Bradshaw is Brighouse Arts Festival 2018’s artist in residence based at the Brighouse Household Waste Recycling Centre.
During September, Alice was based at the local recycling facility ‘talking rubbish’ with staff and members of the public. Alice has been inspired by these conversations and the objects discovered in the skips and in the on site charity shop and has made a new series of work including a new film and publication, both entitled Recyclables, and a set of prints and postcards that will be on display at Brighouse Library through October. She will also be performing a guided tour of the facility on Thursday 11th October at 1pm which is free and bookable via the Brighouse Arts Festival website.
Alice comments on her interest in rubbish; “My interest in rubbish and its changeable value as both social object and art material is a long standing obsession. Rubbish is a temporary object-state before an item is reused, recycled or decomposed. The object history and the processes involved in deciding that something is rubbish and throwing it away are particularly of interest. The conversations we have about rubbish are something I place great value on.”
Matthew Harrison-Lord, director of Brighouse Arts Festival said, "It's great to have Alice work for the past month at our town's recycling centre. What a great place for people to find an artist working. Manipulating our preconceived notions of rubbish and art and changing our view of everyday household items as well as contemporary visual art. We are proud that this year's festival has had such a public artist residency in the community"
Alice is founding director of the Museum of Contemporary Rubbish and completed her Masters by Research with merit on the value of rubbish in art practice at the University of Huddersfield in 2015. Her art practice is multidisciplinary, spanning sculpture, installation, video, drawing, sound, performance, writing, publishing and curating.
Arts for Brighouse and Suez have arranged and facilitated Alice’s residency at the Brighouse Household Waste Recycling Centre. 509 Arts have supported the production of Alice’s new publication and exhibition at Brighouse Library.






Brighouse Arts Festival http://brighouseartsfestival.co.uk/
Alice Bradshaw http://www.alicebradshaw.co.uk/
Museum of Contemporary Rubbish http://museumofcontemporaryrubbish.blogspot.com/http://museumofcontemporaryrubbish.blogspot.com/
Alice’s Masters by Research https://contemporaryrubbish.wordpress.com/
Alice’s a-n Rubbish Residency blog https://www.a-n.co.uk/blogs/rubbish-residency/
Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Alice Bradshaw Artist in Residence at Brighouse Household Waste Recycling Centre for Brighouse Festival 2018
Museum of Contemporary Rubbish director Alice Bradshaw is Brighouse Arts Festival 2018's artist in
residence and will be based at Brighouse Household Waste Recycling
Centre researching and undertaking Rubbish Conversations, culminating
in a public performance on site on Thursday 11th October at 1pm.
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/brighouse/brighouse-household-waste-recycling-centre/alice-bradshaw-guided-tour
The Guided Tour will be a performative walking tour of the Brighouse Household Waste Recycling Centre on Atlas Mill Road in Brighouse. Free to attend, booking recommended but not essential. The tour will start at 1pm, please be prompt as safety is important on site. Audience will be at own risk.
Alice will also hold an exhibition at (venue tbc) for the duration of the festival.
http://www.brighouseartsfestival.co.uk/alice-bradshaw-guided-tour/
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/brighouse/brighouse-household-waste-recycling-centre/alice-bradshaw-guided-tour
The Guided Tour will be a performative walking tour of the Brighouse Household Waste Recycling Centre on Atlas Mill Road in Brighouse. Free to attend, booking recommended but not essential. The tour will start at 1pm, please be prompt as safety is important on site. Audience will be at own risk.
Alice will also hold an exhibition at (venue tbc) for the duration of the festival.
http://www.brighouseartsfestival.co.uk/alice-bradshaw-guided-tour/
Monday, 1 June 2015
Woodhouse Ridge Festival, Hyde Park, Leeds, 05/07/15
Museum of Contemporary Rubbish is participating in Woodhouse Ridge Festival in collaboration with Flora Hochrein of the University of Leeds.
Postcards of selected items from the Leeds Collection will be available for visitors.
Flora says: "Waste is one of the most pressing issues today. Particularly plastic waste poses many threats to our environment. Currently, only 12% of waste is recycled and plastic products are still consumed excessively. When walking through Woodhouse Moor after a sunny day, waste issues and careless attitudes become very apparent.
This is why I have developed a research project as part of my Masters thesis, targeting this issue and sparking a dialogue about waste and sustainability. The project aims to raise awareness for local and global waste issues. Using art as a medium of universal communication, the goal is to deliver issues to a diverse range of people, and make sustainability engaging and relatable."
Postcards of selected items from the Leeds Collection will be available for visitors.
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Flora says: "Waste is one of the most pressing issues today. Particularly plastic waste poses many threats to our environment. Currently, only 12% of waste is recycled and plastic products are still consumed excessively. When walking through Woodhouse Moor after a sunny day, waste issues and careless attitudes become very apparent.
This is why I have developed a research project as part of my Masters thesis, targeting this issue and sparking a dialogue about waste and sustainability. The project aims to raise awareness for local and global waste issues. Using art as a medium of universal communication, the goal is to deliver issues to a diverse range of people, and make sustainability engaging and relatable."
Sunday, 16 March 2014
Blackpool Collection
Rubbish Conversations #1
Thank you to everyone who made it to the opening of the new Museum of Contemporary Rubbish exhibition.
Lots of Rubbish Conversations were held varying from the price of scrap, value systems, recycling to the specifics about my work.
A couple of people said the Rubbish Conversations element made the show for them and they enjoyed talking to me about my work and rubbish in general which was really great to hear.
It's possible that I'll go back and talk to a group of students at a later date during the show which could also be opened up to the public too for Rubbish Conversations #2.
Lots of Rubbish Conversations were held varying from the price of scrap, value systems, recycling to the specifics about my work.
A couple of people said the Rubbish Conversations element made the show for them and they enjoyed talking to me about my work and rubbish in general which was really great to hear.
It's possible that I'll go back and talk to a group of students at a later date during the show which could also be opened up to the public too for Rubbish Conversations #2.
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