Trouble Fête is an exhibition by Macha Makeïef in the Maison Jean Vilar in Avignon in which you really submerge in a fascinating different world. In this poetic world, you stroll from one room into another, all on the theme of the adventures of Lewis Caroll and Alice.
The whole exhibit is one big installation in which you pass an absorbing beautifully aranged collection of all kind of artefacts, stuffed animals, a large aviary with (again) stuffed birds, soundscapes, decorated skulls, videos, mechanical objects, etc., etc. It is like a theatre but without actors in which the spectators wander through the different scenes in an exploration of dreams and the supernatural.
Absolutely worth a (big) detour!
NB: Trouble Fête is a part of triptych consisting of the play Lewis versus Alice, the book Zone Céleste and the exhibition Trouble Fête.
Entrer dans une maison pour être moins perdue.
La lumière, l’effroi, l’enfance, la rêverie,
embarquer les choses recueillies, faire un récit fantaisiste.
Et les petites filles imaginaires dans cette maison
auront tous les droits, les désirs les plus romanesques.– Macha Makeïeff
