THE TRANSMUTE TAPES
The journal of Maison Douce — a space for stories, sound, and subversion. Here, we share behind-the-scenes insights, making-of moments, immersive audio experiences, and personal reflections from within our collective. From raw fragments of process to in-depth interviews with visionary artists, the Transmute Tapes Blog captures the spirit of our work and offers a deeper look into contemporary art, ritual performance, and the beliefs we shape — and are shaped by.
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A beautiful visitation
Thank you to everyone who crossed the threshold of our open studio. We presented our new limited edition lino print series Three Studies on Love for the first time. The remaining editions are now available in our shop!
German Angst? Parfum als Biografie: Daniel Matousek von ART BRÜT über experimentelle Duftkunst abseits des Mainstreams
Daniel Matousek von ART BRÜT spricht mit Maison Douce über experimentelle Duftkunst, Berlin, Biografie und radikale Intuition. Ein Gespräch über Parfum als Bühne, Marke als Galerie und die Kunst, dem eigenen Geschmack mehr zu vertrauen als jedem Markttest.
Death as Muse: Joanna Ebenstein on Morbid Anatomy, Memento Mori and the Life-Affirming Dark
In this episode of The Transmute Tapes, Marc Suess and Lotte Hauss speak with Joanna Ebenstein, founder and creative director of Morbid Anatomy, about death as muse, memento mori, anatomical beauty, mourning, fairy tales, ritual, devotion and the life-affirming power of looking into the dark.
Three studies on love
New Prints and Aperitivo: Maison Douce presents three new linocuts from the series exploring love, sensuality, transformation, and transcendence. Sunday, June 28, 2026
Skull Portraits: inside the studio and Forgotten Rituals
A behind-the-scenes look into the making of The Cranium Archive, an ongoing series of skull portraits exploring memory, ritual, and inner portraiture. The video offers glimpses of studio work and the transformation of raw wool into needle-felted sculptures.
The Mystery of the Siberian Ice Maiden: Kim Trainor on Poetry, Death, and Memory
Kim Trainor, Canadian poet, teacher, and author, talks to Marc Suess and Lotte Hauss about the Siberian Ice Maiden, poetry, memory, ecology, and the strange ways ancient presences continue to move through art and creative life today.
Rites of spring: exhibition and performance
For one weekend in Berlin, Maison Douce opened a space for art, performance, and rites of passage. Rites of Spring asked what kind of future can be made when the past is truly honored.
Saint InBetween: Performance and Exhibition.
“Saint InBetween Performance and Exhibition” – Maison Douce at THE FOOL, Berlin April 11th.
Art is Magick: Pam Grossman Interview (Writer, Curator, Teacher of magical practice and history )
Podcast conversation with Pam Grossman — writer, curator, and teacher of magical practice and history — about witchcraft, art, ritual, and the quiet forces shaping creative life today.
Frank Berzbach (Author) Interview –GER
Interview with Frank Berzbach, author and lecturer in literarture and philosophy at Cologne University of Applied Sciences. We talk to him about art, form consciousness, and creative processes.
Liturgy of Saint Inbetween
A liturgy shaped by the conviction that art carries its own authority. The Liturgy of Saint Inbetween introduces the first saint to emerge from our artistic cosmology: a figure shaped through myth, performance, and ritual practice.
Between Worlds Exhibition: Introducing a new saint
Exhibition at MEGA Contemporary Hamburg, introducing a new Saint – the patron saint of half-decisions and holy mistakes. She waits at the water’s edge, holding a knife that does not cut apart but opens – a guardian of everyone who dares to cross.
Channeling Perchta: Rauhnächte Performance
Lotte Hauss is channeling the ancient goddess Perchta as part of the Maison Douce Performance "Rauhnächte"
BETWEEN WORLDS – Exhibition & Performance
BETWEEN WORLDS – Exhibition + Performance.
15 November 2025 | MEGA Contemporary, Hamburg
Elena Unger (Artist) Interview
Painter of the apocalypse: Artist Elena Unger on visions, the Angel of History and art as ritual. She moves fluently across sculpture, sound, film, and site-specific work, shaping what she calls “extra-liturgical” spaces where apocalyptic imagery can breathe.
Echoes of the Forest: Channeling at the Witch Memorial of Hirschberg (Germany)
Deep in the Hirschberg forest, Germany, a wooden cross stands on the site of former witch trial executions. Lotte did a channeling and received surprising messages.
James Freeman (Galerist) Interview
We are joined by James Freeman, founder of the James Freeman Gallery in Islington, London. Known for championing contemporary approaches to historicism, James curates exhibitions that weave myth, ritual, and history into urgent conversations.
Contemporary Rituals: Artist Residency in Puglia
Puglia Artist Residency and Exhibition 2025
MORGEN CONTEMPORARY ART SALON
Morgen Contemporary Art Salon x Maison Douce
July 19th 2025
Loft in Winterhude, Hamburg
Echoes of Fire: Channeling the witches of ruethen
A docu about our travels to Rüthen, Germany, to investigate ancestral ties to the witch hunts and the channeling to make contact.