Thresholds: Films, female identity and domestic space
Event Information
Description
Film screenings, talks and tours of the Geffrye’s restored 18th-century almshouse. Suitable for ages 15+
Curated by Jade Turner, MA Student in Film Studies, Programming and Curation at the National Film and Television School
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The Geffrye Museum is hosting Thresholds, a one-day event exploring how identity is constructed in relation to architecture, homes and domesticity, from a feminist perspective. Drawing upon the Museum's research into the history of London's poor and elderly, the event will feature film screenings alongside tours of the Almshouses and specialist talks. Thresholds aims to foster an understanding of how spaces develop, project and limit an individual’s potential and identity. Drawing attention to architectural and domestic concerns that are often overlooked or taken for granted, the screenings, in combination with the Almshouse tours and talks, will foreground spaces that have historically been dismissed; reclaiming the labour of the home, and celebrating women’s agency.
Tickets: £10 inc VAT for the whole day, with 3 options of which tour you want to go on and both films.
Ticket-holders for Thresholds will be able to choose from the following Almshouse tours and have the opportunity to watch groundbreaking films in the beautiful Georgian Room.
13:30-14:15 Almshouse Tour Option 1
14:15-15:00 Almshouse Tour Option 2
15:00-17:00 Film Screening: Nathalie Granger (Marguerite Duras, 1972) + short film Often During the Day (Joanna Davis, 1979) + Q&A tbc
17:00-18:00 Break
18:00-18:45 Almshouse Tour Option 3
18:45-20:30 Film Screening: Oma & Bella (Alexa Karolinski, 2012) + Q&A tbc
We will also be selling a cookbook with recipes by the stars of Oma and Bella for £17.50 + VAT and booking fee.
