The Ironing Maidens
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The Ironing Maidens, transform irons and ironing boards into electronic instruments and installation pieces. The work has toured large festivals such as Woodford Folk Festival, international festivals such as Fusion Germany, Berlin Festival of Performance Art and regional laundromats as site specific performance spaces.They won a John Chataway Innovation Award at Adelaide Fringe Festival in 2019 and 2020. In 2023 they won the Pamela Z Innovation award and Best Installation at NIME (New interfaces for Musical Expression) in Mexico City.
Pressing Topics – is an exhibition of projection mapped sculptures, digital photography and video works, irons and ironing boards hacked and repurposed as electronic instruments, sound, lighting and live performance. It addresses themes of labour, technology and gender.
