Maintenance

Maintenance is filmmaker Adele Hornes exploration and meditation on house cleaning Cleaning is one of the most private things we do in our homes other than sex and arguments We often feel shameful about clutter and dirt so there is something particularly intimate and meticulous about the act of cleaning it up Although a clean home is socially valued the work required to achieve it is not House cleaning exists on the shadow side of the economy on the margins or outside of paid employment It is an additional uncounted form of labour that enables our roles as paid workers and consumers This film invites viewers to meditate on the ongoing maintenance work that makes other more highly valued labour possible