bra trainer, noam toran and nick williamson 2007

bra trainer is a teaching aid, designed by rca lecturer noam toran in collaboration with nick williamson, to instruct adolescent boys how to overcome the intricacies of opening a ladies bra. the machine demonstrates firstly how to undo the clasp and then remove the bra itself before resetting to repeat the demonstration again.

bra trainer, noam toran

the piece is inspired from accounts of repressive post-war institutionalised sex education in the UK in which
teachers were not allowed to touch any of the props (prophylactics, physical models of reproductive organs)
unless using gloves or a stick.

bra trainer, noam toran