The Ironing Maidens are an interdisciplinary Australian performance duo who blend music, installation art, and technology to challenge traditional notions of domesticity and gender roles. Drawing from their backgrounds in electronic music production, visual arts, and theatre, they transform everyday appliances—like irons and ironing boards—into instruments and interactive artworks, creating immersive experiences that are both playful and politically charged. Their work spans live electronic music performances, site-specific installations, and workshops, offering critical reflections on the invisible labor of housework and its cultural implications through a feminist and technologically innovative lens.

The Ironing Maidens have toured Europe, playing Germany's famous Fusion Festival, The Performing Arts Festival Berlin, featured at Byron Bay's Falls Festival, Woodford Folk Festival, Jungle Love, Curiocity Festival Brisbane, Wide Open Spaces Festival and more. They were finalists in the Grant McLennan Fellowship in 2018 and won a John Chataway Innovation Award for their shows at Adelaide Fringe Festival in 2019 and 2020. They have also toured regional laundromats in QLD and NSW as site specific projection art and performance spaces. 

 
“From the techno banger of the title track to the ambient synthesis of ‘The Dangers of Ironing’, The Ironing Maidens have brought the invisibility of women’s work and influence [in the industry] to the forefront”
— PURPLE SNEAKERS REVIEW
“In her introduction Melania spoke of “ironing the wrinkles of patriarchy” and linked the development of the electric washing machine with the synthesiser developed by electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram. This juxtaposition, much like their name, locates The Ironing Maidens at the intersection of music and gender politics. It might seem like a shtick at first but it’s so thoughtfully executed in composition and performance that it makes most rock bands look naive.”
— CYCLIC DEFROST REVIEW

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“As if turning a cruel stereotype into a piece of art wasn’t enough, The Ironing Maidens are rocking inventive sounds and inspirational grrl power.”
— Music is my muse