On 5 June at 21:24 CET, a historic lunar landing is scheduled to take place: the Swedish artwork The MoonHouse – a miniature red cottage with white corners – is set to land on the surface of the Moon aboard RESILIENCE, a spacecraft operated by the Japanese space company ispace.

Digital Press Conference Invitation

To mark this moment, we invite you to a digital press conference where you’ll hear more about the project, the upcoming landing, and what comes next – as the lunar rover TENACIOUS will drive out The MoonHouse and place it in a symbolically significant spot on the Moon’s surface.

When: Wednesday, 4 June at 11:00 CET
Where: Online via Teams – [click here to join]

Speakers include:

• Mikael Genberg, the artist behind The MoonHouse, reporting live from Tokyo where he is attending ispace’s official landing event

• Emil Vinterhav, technical project lead for The MoonHouse, speaking from ispace’s European control centre in Luxembourg

• Hans Elis Johansson, Head of Communications for The MoonHouse

The press conference will cover:

• The exact timeline for the landing and post-landing operations

• How the house will be positioned on the Moon

• The artistic, technical and symbolic significance of the project

• Media opportunities connected to the landing

Press material available at: www.themoonhouse.se/press

More information on Sweden´s red and white cottages: CLICK HERE Cottage press images.

Interview bookings or questions:

Hans Elis Johansson
Email: hans.elis@themoonhouse.se 
Phone: +46 705 13 60 35

We warmly welcome your participation and questions for this extraordinary moment in Sweden’s space and art history.