Broaching the subject of vodou is like raising the lid of a huge black box. Out tumble strange odours, wandering zombies, scenes of possession, art brut objects, fantasies of savagery, a little love and jealousy, the odd human skull, big-screen Hollywood productions, two or three dolls stuck with pins, a hit of mystery, a few touches of Africa and a nation of freed slaves, not to mention several bloodthirsty dictators and coups d’états. Vodou defies classification. It touches on such very different fields that it cannot be easily slotted into the classic categories of « religions » or « culture ». It bursts out of frame, leaving behind the rationality that seeks to lay hold of it, assailing the senses with its evanescence and heady scent. What words can describe this disparate, heteroclite and dynamic whole ? How it exuberance to be displayed ? How to exhibit the invisible ? How to present what refuses to be exhibited ? The MEG is hosting this world premier exhibition of Haitian vodou objects, the largest collection of its kind, thanks to a partnership with the Fondation pour la préservation, la valorisation et la production d’œuvres culturelles haïtiennes (Foundation for the Preservation, Enhancement and Production of Haitian Cultural Works). The objects were collected by Marianne Lehmann, a Swiss woman who has lived in Port-au-Prince since 1957. It not only testifies to the incredible vitality of Haitian culture, it prompts us to reconsider our relationship to the world and the life.