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A TY-CO podcast episode by our partner Barbot Bernardo: Ossos do Ofício #2, with Hugo Branco of Aveiro Arts House

Ossos do Ofício is a podcast by Miguel Barbot of Barbot Bernardo, our TY-CO partner in Porto, about the hard, practical side of cultural work. In episode 2, Miguel talks to Hugo Branco, musician and producer, artistic director of Aveiro Arts House and the VIC NIC record label.

Hugo took on a family house in Aveiro that had been closed for twelve years and was at risk of being sold, and turned it into a creative ecosystem across five floors. The episode was made as part of TY-CO (Typologies of Community) and is in Portuguese.

What the conversation covers

Who pays the bills at the start, how long it takes before there is room for anything else, and how to sustain a cultural project without continuous funding.

The guest house that finances everything else, the ties to Aveiro’s cultural fabric, and the question these places never settle: whether to grow, and with what team.

VIC NIC, the house’s record label, the work of caring for the legacy of his grandfather Vasco Branco and his mother, the poet Rosa Alice Branco, and his own music, including Piurso.

A HOUSE CLOSED FOR TWELVE YEARS, NOW FIVE FLOORS OF CULTURE

Watch the episode on YouTube →
Read Miguel’s notes from the TY-CO conference in Lisbon →

Guest: Hugo Branco (Aveiro Arts House, VIC NIC Records)
Host: Miguel Barbot
Podcast: Ossos do Ofício, Barbot Bernardo
Photos: @aveiroartshouse

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