A UCL TAKE OVER
On the eve of International Women's Day 2015, UCL's Quad was reworked into the House of Doors. In the member's area a series of talks, workshops and live events took place and the House of Doors' first MHDs were welcomed.
“UCL was thought to be the perfect site to launch the House of Doors due to its historical ethos of equality. Known as the ‘godless college on Gower Street’, UCL was the first secular university in the UK, and the first university to admit female students on equal terms to men.”
The two day event concluded with a musical reading from The Book of Love & Legislation, with music provided by Les Zoings and children from Argyle Primary School taking the role of the 'Speaker of the House of Doors', reading aloud a selection of contributions entered into The Book of Love & Legislation.
Launch Programme:
Friday 6 March, 1pm-8pm
1pm-3.30pm: House of Doors new members' workshop (UCL Quad)
4pm-5pm: Opening of the House of Doors (UCL Portico)
5.30pm-7pm: Opening Talk Just what is gender equality and does it even matter? Professor Graham Scambler, Emeritus Professor of Sociology UCL, accompanied by Sixth Form students from Sacred Heart Catholic School, who spoke about gender equality from the perspectives of young people growing up in the UK today
7pm-8pm: Drinks Reception
Saturday 7 March, 1pm-6pm
1pm-2pm: Guided Walk (UCL Quad), a mischief-making meander. Suffrage and social equality was explored on a route that took in significant buildings around UCL. Led by researchers and students from UCL and Central Saint Martins
2pm-3.30pm: House of Doors new members' workshop (UCL Quad)
2.30pm-3.30pm: Talk A Dress is not a Yes: Representation of the body in Art and Visual Culture - Threat, Power and Punishment Dr Susannah Walker, UCL Art History Department
4pm-5pm: Closing Talk Art and Social Change - How the House of Doors might pave the way towards greater social equality Dr Martine Rouleau, UCL Art Museum and Project Director & Artist-Researcher, Kristina Clackson Bonnington
5pm-6pm: Live music, discussion and drinks (Portico, UCL Quad).
The two day event concluded with a musical reading from The Book of Love & Legislation, with music provided by Les Zoings and children from Argyle Primary School taking the role of the 'Speaker of the House of Doors', reading aloud a selection of contributions entered into The Book of Love & Legislation.