‘Cleaning is a cultural practice, heavy labour, ritual, a social purpose. Cleaning is an often unloved and time-consuming occupation, still mainly carried out by women*. Who cleans when, how, why and with what? What is dirt? Which view of the world is connected with it? Is cleaning limited to homes? What about role models, role ascriptions, cleaning and cleanness, economy and ecology, sustainability and migration, or religion and spirituality?

An exhibition at two locations: FMH Women's Museum Hittisau and Lech Museum.

Five strands lead the visitors through the exhibition at Frauenmuseum Hittisau. So beautiful, so civilised, so safe, so tidy and so pure. At the Lech Museum the primary focus is on ‘so invisible’.

To showcase the dualism of cleanness and griminess, used timber palettes sit in stark contrast to white gloss tiles as display surface. Typical blue Wettex cleaning material sets the colour tone for the entire show at the Huberhus museum and mint green Wettex material is used at the Frauenmuseum Hittisau. The bold blue Wettex and white tiles stand out against the beautifully kept, dark timber interior and guides visitors through the exhibition.

All materials are re-usable, a key design principle we followed through for this show.