Rising Stars: Meet Maison Douce

Today we’d like to introduce you to Maison Douce

Hi Maison, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
Art, at its core, is an act of exorcism. It’s a transformative process that brings the hidden and forgotten into the light. Our journey as Maison Douce began with delving deep into history, myth, and the subconscious to create a living narrative that bridges the past and the present. What started as a passion for exploring folk traditions, ancient sites, and obscure cults evolved into a collective force that refused to see these elements as historical relics. Instead, we draw from them as vibrant, vital sources of inspiration.

Maison Douce emerged out of a desire to challenge conventional boundaries and provoke visceral responses. Our work ranges from objects and installations to performances and films, creating immersive experiences that confront viewers with questions about the sacred, the contemporary, and the interplay between the two. A gilded baseball bat, for instance, becomes an oscillating symbol of luxury, devotional object, rebellion, and the art world’s critique of capitalism and right-wing politics.

While traveling, we immerse ourselves in folk traditions and rituals, conduct interviews, and absorb these raw energies, later transforming them into works of art. Our artistic process is rooted in this act of transmutation—where oil paintings copulate with AI, rituals unfold in nightclubs, and archaic incantations are spoken through voice generators. 

Lotte Hauss’ art is a dialogue between life, death, and beauty. Her oil paintings, felted sculptures, and installations are offerings, amplifying the holy and serving as a portal to cosmic forces. After her studies in sculpture and painting (HFBK Hamburg) and as a Meister student (HFBK Dresden), she makes no distinction between performing art and magic. For her, creating art is a ritual, where she becomes a medium, transmitting energies through paintings, poems, and performances.

Marc T. Suess, as a multidisciplinary artist, musician, and creative director, weaves storytelling into his artistic practice. His ‘Contemporary Cave Paintings’ merge abstract, street art, primitivism, and pop culture into a new form of expression. Through his work as a designer, podcast producer, and teacher at the Berlin School of Popular Arts, Marc connects with audiences by blending creative disciplines.

At the heart of our creative philosophy is the belief that art, transcendence, and science are deeply intertwined. We see the divine and the creative as converging forces, and through our work, we aim to make the unseen visible. Our performances invite audiences into this narrative. Maison Douce’s journey has been one of constant transformation, a process of exorcising the past to reveal new possibilities for the future.

We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
Well, we never sought smoothness. We thrive on the friction, the crackling tension between chaos and creation. We walk a path deliberately strewn with thorns, not to punish ourselves, but because friction is where creation is born. It is in the cracks, the ruptures, and the struggles that the old gods still whisper.

Our journey has always been one of reconnecting to something deeper, more primal. It hides in the shadows of the every day, and it resists being touched. And yet, we continue to chase it, knowing that in the pursuit lies the essence of what we do. The artist who seeks smoothness is a tourist; the artist who seeks friction is a shaman.

In our work, we’ve encountered moments that felt like we were reaching into the void, like trying to catch a storm in your hands. The world resists the idea that there are forces beyond its comprehension, that there are stories and emotions that cannot be neatly packaged or sold. But that’s exactly where we go—into the wild places of the soul, where the old gods still sleep.

There is no art without struggle. No creation without a descent into chaos. For every performance, and every painting we’ve crafted, there’s been a sacrifice—a surrender to forces beyond control. We’ve battled not just with the world around us, but with the shadows within ourselves. But in the end, we seek these struggles, because they are what keep us connected to the archaic powers of creativity.

The road is not smooth, and it never should be. It is jagged and full of uncertainty. We walk this road not despite its difficulty, but because only there, amidst the chaos, we can find beauty, freedom, and belonging.

Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know about your work?
Our work is less about creating art and more about channeling energies. We don’t simply paint, sculpt, or perform—we conjure. Maison Douce specializes in awakening primal forces that once moved through the world—forces that whispered through sacred groves and flickered in firelight. We aim to connect with the collective subconscious, the deep emotions that modern life has pushed aside.
We are known for refusing to follow the conventional path of what art means in modern life. Our art blends oil paintings with AI-generated incantations, felted sculptures that act as offerings to cosmic forces, and nightclubs that transform into temples where ancient energies stir once again. Each piece is a moment of connection to something larger—something that transcends time and space. We take pride not in the objects themselves, but in the experiences they evoke—inviting others to see the world through a radical, poetic lens.
What sets us apart is our embrace of eternal forces, the sacred, and the chaotic. While many seek meaning in the present, we turn to the past, drawing from ancient energies and letting them flow through us to create art, revealing what still lingers in the dark corners of the human soul.
Our greatest pride lies not in individual works but in the journey we take with others—reminding them that beneath the surface of modern life, deeper forces still call, feeding the soul’s hunger if we dare to listen.

Can you talk to us a bit about happiness and what makes you happy?
It’s all about keeping things weird and scared at the same time.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.maison-douce.com/
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/maisondouce_art
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@MaisonDouce
• Other: https://open.spotify.com/show/6TfoJAlNQy9Pi7Dx1SyAVi

Image Credits
Maison Douce