One grandmother had seven children; the other, nine. Both worked in the fields all their lives and prayed to God. Not much time has passed since then, and yet the life circumstances of Brussels-based artist Sarah Vanhee are very different. In her tragicomic solo performance Mémé (as she tenderly called one of her grandmothers), the performer and author explores the personal stories of her female ancestors. Puppets, objects and videos become co-performers as she reflects on the present, in contact with the past, with a view to the future. In West Flemish (her grandmothers’ dialect), Dutch and English, Vanhee, who specifically associates art with social action in her projects, speaks out in favour of intergenerational solidarity. An ode to all the grandmothers of the 20th century!