Strength through trials
Setbacks & comebacks
An intense career, by day and by night, is not limited to posters and successful projects. It is also built from what had to be faced. This section documents it, item by item, venue by venue.
1995
The parody leaflets of the Who's Who's Follies, at the Fuse
In 1995, while the Who's Who's Follies nights produced by Carl De Moncharline at the Fuse, rue Blaes in Brussels, were selling out, two anonymous leaflets were printed and left on car windscreens. They borrowed the graphic signature of the parties to turn it against their producer. The authors were never identified; Carl De Moncharline kept both copies.
“I Want Your Money!”: Disgraceful Party no. 26
Parody flyer, 1995. Carl De Moncharline private collection
Printed in black and white as a direct parody of the Who's Who's Follies flyers at the Fuse, rue Blaes in Brussels. Carl De Moncharline's name appears verbatim at the top, followed by the slogan “I WANT YOUR MONEY!”.
The text mocks the door policy itself: “dress-code”, “arrogant and arbitrary selection”, entry refused “unless you hold a Visa and American X-Press card”. The leaflet was slipped under car windscreens around the parties.
“Carl de Monarch presents: Disco Disco Follies”
Parody flyer, 1995. Carl De Moncharline private collection
A second leaflet, built on the Disco Follies logo and layout. The name is twisted into “Carl de Monarch”, with a photocopied caricature and the taglines “Who's that boy?” and “Mais, au fait, qui est-il?”.
It goes on with a fake dress-code (“anything fluo, phospho, flashy, even fluffy”) and a “show menu” reduced to one line: “Forget the foam party”. The target is obvious: the formats that were working at the time, Mousse extra and the Who's Who's Follies.