Houses of Happiness - The Remix Brico Brunch

Brico Brunch - The Houses of Happiness

Curated by Bronac Ferran, with Alexandre Freire and Jose Balbino

What if the North is becoming the South? What if the South is becoming the North? Is the centre becoming the edge? Is the surface becoming the deep? What are you doing? With the Houses of Happiness the DesCentro network, a group of Brazil based artists, activists and researchers working with free and open media to address environmental and social challenges, will transform the House of World Cultures into a space of 'feedback' where guests are invited to eat, drink, play music, dance and talk.

Houses of Happiness takes place in cooperation with the Federal Agency for Civic Education.

Backyard Radio Backyardradio will broadcast live from the transmediale. 09. Four one-hour experimental discussions on themes related to the festival start the day (available as livestream and podcast). Everybody ist invited to join in on specific themes, with acoustic interventions and remixing. Several radios for easy listening will be installed in the House of World Cultures.

boom time bust: pop my bubble An additional acoustic intervention to celebrate the failure of capitalism and really make a point! Hundreds of helium filled balloons printed with the logos of our favorite corporate failures are presented to transmediale’s guests to start a mass public pop generating an amazing piece of sound for remixing.www.backyardradio.de

More information: www.transmediale.de