COWBELLS IN SPACE
performance art
The Clear Brooks Family (Serbia)

The Clear Brooks Family is an ecological commune which has been living in the small village of Brezovica at the foot of Mount Rudnik for 25 years.
This commune is a pioneering moment of the return to the nature; its actions are alternative, and its home is open and devoted to survival. It is a small place of living where elements of humane kindness and heart are honed. Emotionality and embracedness are developed in the Clear Brooks Family. Its three fundamental elements are ECOLOGY HUMANISM CULTURE.
Living a life in pristine nature, in a home surrounded by three brooks, the Family has hosted over 20 000 people. The Familys main principles are: an Individual and the Planet.

Božidar Mandić, a writer and the founder of this commune, has published thirteen plays, had ten independent exhibitios and made ten alternative theatrical performances. Because of its lifestyle the Family has had a great impact on the young generation, and the media has brought features about them trying to deliver the idea of possibilities of living in such a way to a broader audince.

The Clear Brooks Family defies civilisation nonsense by searching for the ‘Age of 5 Es’: Ecology, Ethics, Aesthetics, Eros, Emotion. It is a small suggestion on how a man can find a way out of the labyrinth he’s found himself in.