Swedish House to Land on the Moon – Press Briefing with Artist Mikael Genberg and the Team

On June 5 at 09:24 PM CET, a historic lunar landing is planned: the Swedish artwork The Moonhouse – a small red cottage with white corners – will land on the Moon's surface aboard the Japanese space company ispace’s spacecraft RESILIENCE.

Edited photo from Astronaut Center in Cologne.

Press Briefing – June 4
Ahead of this event, we invite you to a digital press conference where we will share more about the project, the upcoming landing, and the steps that follow – when the lunar rover TENACIOUS will transport The Moonhouse and place it at a symbolically meaningful site on the Moon.

Time and Access
Date: Wednesday, June 4
Time: 11:00 CET
Location: Microsoft Teams
Join link: Teams Press Briefing

Meet the Team
– Mikael Genberg, the Artist behind The Moonhouse, live from Tokyo
– Emil Vinterhav, CEO and Head of the Moonhouse Technical Team
– Hans Elis Johansson, Communications Lead for The Moonhouse

What to Expect
We will present the detailed timeline for the landing and the operations that follow, including how the final placement of the house on the Moon will be carried out. We will also explore the artistic, technical, and symbolic significance of the project, along with opportunities for media coverage.

Watch live: The Moonhouse Lands on the Moon
On June 5 at 09:24 PM CET.
Watch the live stream from ispace starting at 08:20 PM CET:

https://www.youtube.com/live/BVSMXQPeTcw?si=du-O0bfU04_QLakT

Resources & Contact
Press materials: https://themoonhouse.se/press
Interview requests: hans.elis@themoonhouse.se
Phone: +46 705 13 60 35

Welcome
You are warmly welcome to join and ask questions about this unique moment in space and art history.