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03:34
Louise Richards
Ironing
In “Ironing ,” I explore the tension between ageing and agency, beauty and absurdity. The act of ironing my face is both satirical and sincere—a surreal ritual of control in a world that often demands submission to time. It is a performance of defiance and tenderness: not an attempt to erase the years, but to smooth them, to reframe them. This work speaks to our collective obsession with youth, yet it doesn’t mock it—it humanises it. The iron becomes a symbol of labour, of domesticity, of the quiet violence we commit against ourselves in the pursuit of perfection. By transforming a mundane household object into a tool of self-alteration, I blur the line between care and compulsion, between self-maintenance and self-erasure. Ultimately, “Ironing" is not about vanity. It is about intimacy with oneself, and the deeply human impulse to shape our own narrative—even if only on the surface.
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02:37
Louise Richards
Random Leaps Converge
Using utensils found in the kitchen I travel to a different space banishing the locked in feeling we are enduring whilst living through lockdown
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01:41
Louise Richards
Water Torture 1 min 41
Water Torture is a visceral and darkly humorous video work that reimagines the act of food preparation as a form of ritualized torture. Ingredients—stand-ins for bodies—are subjected to grating, slicing, pressing, and chopping in a series of methodical, almost aggressive actions. The title evokes both the sensory intensity of the kitchen and the psychological undertones of control, submission, and endurance. By blurring the line between nourishment and violence, the work questions the power dynamics embedded in domestic labor and our relationship with consumption.
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Louise Richards
Glowing
A stainless steel box grater slowly rotates in the darkness of space, its surface catching light from a distant star as it drifts among stars and galaxies — a surreal, cosmic kitchen moment.
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Louise Richards
Grater Dance
Garlic Press and Garlic Bulb reflections from grater entwined in dance
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Louise Richards
Between the Lines and the Kitchen Knife
During lockdown I look at my home environment in a different way. Objects once overlooked take on new importance and imagery. I have taken inspiration from Bernd Steigler's essay a History of Armchair travel. My video is set in the kitchen this is both the beating heart of the home, and a dangerous space. Sharp knives and boiling substances cause cuts, scolds and burns, the 'little injuries' and big injuries that scar us. I have used everyday objects along with boring, monotonous, undervalued household tasks to explore an imagined space.
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