ça va bien, mais ça va mal

ça va bien, mais ça va mal. Developed during a 6-month artist-in-residence at Komplot - Chateau Nour, Brussels (BE), 2019. Solo exhibition with video, posters, paintings, performance.

"ça va bien, mais ça va mal is the title of Merzedes Sturm-Lie's exhibition and is based on the song 'Tout vas très bien, Madame la Marquise', which has been reinterpreted by our friends from the Projet de Cohésion Sociale Albert (PCS).
At the initiative of José Garcia, this classic populist song was turned into a militant song and performed by a group of inhabitants and social workers just in time for the recent elections in Belgium. All this took place in an atmosphere of good spirits and mockery during the weekly Friday lunches at PCS.
Merzedes Sturm-Lie, an artist-in-residence at Komplot, offered her services by documenting the singing sessions of this protest song tinged with black humor. For the opening on November 15, she has reinterpreted the song through a performance.
The exhibition contextualizes the history of this song by tracing it back to the 12th century. The video, the posters and the performance will be presented alongside paintings inspired by the artistic avant-garde's tradition of social and political engagement.
The cabaret atmosphere of the exhibition also reminds us that these great historical movements originated from spaces of informal sociability."
Text by curator Sonia Dermience, 2019

Merzedes Sturm-Lie · II. MERZEDES & THE GRIND - ÇA VA BIEN, MAIS ÇA VA MAL

SOUND from the performance "ça va bien, mais ça va mal"

 

street view of exhibition ça va bien, mais ça va mal by merzedes sturm-lie

Street view of ça va bien, mais ça va mal. Video, posters, paintings

 

Exhibition view. Posters and paintings

Exhibition view. Posters and paintings

 

Street view. Video, posters, paintings

Street view. Video, posters, paintings

 

Still image of video screening

Still image of video screening

 

Posters

Posters. Collages printed in black & white

 

Detail of poster and painting by Merzedes Sturm-Lie

Detail of poster and painting (oil and gold leaf)

 

Painting, oil and gold leaf on canvas

Painting, oil and gold leaf on canvas. © Merzedes Sturm-Lie

 

Details of posters and painting by Merzedes Sturm-Lie

Details of posters and painting (oil and gold leaf)

 

Performance text by Merzedes Sturm-Lie

Performance text

 

Performance by Merzedes Sturm-Lie

Performance

Above photo from the performance by Jacques Rawski. All other photos by Ludovic Beillard

 

Video documentation of the performance ça va bien, mais ça va mal

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