We love to look at a community through its laundry habits and needs. We began working with artists in laundrettes in lockdown when laundrettes were one of the only essential services open. We know that how somebody does their laundry reveals something about how they like to be creative. We have worked with communities across the UK to create zines which document their laundrettes and laundry needs and how cycles of care are maintained and flourish. We have a washer and a dryer in our studio and offer free laundry alongside a cycle length creative activity. Our dream is to open a community laundrette on London Road.
A collaboration with sound artist Anna Edmonds to design and present an immersive audio tour exploring Brighton’s laundry heritage. Along These Lines focuses on laundry to explore themes such as the reality of working class lives, women's work and economic independence, as well as the specific significance of laundries in the local area.
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In May 2022 we were awarded £5522 from The Rampion Community Benefit Fund at Sussex Community Foundation for our creative laundry project Harriett’s Press. The funding was for a new washing machine, a new tumble dryer and additional staff time running the project.
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We commissioned Ruth Mary Johnson to work in her home town of Barrow-in-Furness as part of our Life Through Laundry project. Together we produced a poetry zine and audio piece with stories surrounding the local laundrettes shared by staff, customers and the local community highlighting the role of the laundrette and laundry in people's lives.
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As part of a commission by Historic England to explore and celebrate our high streets, Granby Street, Leicester was unofficially twinned with South Norwood’s High Street. Life Through Laundry is a tale of two 'towns' through the lens of the local laundrette celebrating the individuals that frequent the high street, the spaces where worlds collide.
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