Wimberley & Kudielka and Rossendale Museum...

Kaspar Wimberely and Susanne Kudielka will be working with Rossendale Museum (Nov '10 - April '11)


Rossendale Museum

Housed in a former mill owner's residence built in 1840 for the Hardman family, Rossendale Museum houses an eclectic and diverse range of collections. Some of the more notable collections include displays reflecting the history of the house, information on the local history of Rossendale and a an amazing collection of natural history.

Artists Kaspar Wimberley and Susanne Kudielka (also known as Treacle Theatre) will be working with the museum as part of the research team for the 'New Light on Old Bones' project. NLOB is a project to research and reinterpret the collection of natural history on display in the museum. the artist will play an integral role in how this is done, suggestion new and innovative ways to engage the community in the process and the outcome. You can find out more about the NLOB research project here.

About the artists

Treacle Theatre was formed in 2003 as a collaboration of German and British artists, who would like to explore experimental structures for performance, engage in new forms of artistic collaboration and develop new strategies for audience interaction.They have specialised in creating work for unconventional spaces. Reinventing disused spaces, exposing forgotten places and interrupting public spaces.

Since forming Treacle Theatre this exploration into site-specific performance has led them to create work for a variety of locations, including The Williamson Tunnels and the Sefton Park Palmhouse in Liverpool, a Martello tower in Jersey, a deserted holiday resort in Bulgaria, a fishing port in Wales and a derelict glasshouse, ancient forest and wartime bakery in Germany.

http://treacleonline.wordpress.com

Rossendale Museum

Whitaker park

Haslingden Road

Rawtenstall

Rossendale

BB4 6RE

01706 260785