Charter & Presentation

The association Brouillon Général was founded in Albi from a simple conviction: our era no longer feels wonder. That is why German Romanticism offers precious guidance — it reminds us that wonder, that poetry itself, is a lived metaphysics, and that beauty is won by reconciling the visible and the invisible. A living space where past and present meet to re-enchant thought.

Video Works — Collages & Stop-Motion

Origin and Spirit

Inspired by German Romanticism — Novalis and the quest for lost unity — together with Surrealism and French Symbolism. When Gustave Moreau was asked why his paintings seemed so obscure, he calmly replied: “Because life is too. I do not paint what one sees, I paint what it makes one see.” Symbolism does not flee reality; it translates it into its native language — that of correspondences and resonances. Without this language, life becomes flat, literal — deprived of the excess of meaning that makes it habitable. Brouillon Général stands as a crossroads between memory and creation, between the library and the street, between contemplation and action — a higher discipline we wish to share widely.

A Living Library

The association hosts a collection of rare and curious books from the 19^th and 20^th centuries: avant-gardes, myths, secret societies, and the margins of thought. These works nourish workshops, readings, and public gatherings.

Modernity and Transmission

Brouillon Général is not nostalgic. Its founder belongs to a generation shaped by modern music — from rap to the electronic scene — where he discerns a contemporary form of initiation. The association creates social bonds through culture: workshops, exchanges, living transmission.

Visual Creation: Collages & Stop-Motion

Faithful to the artisanal spirit of the creative act, Brouillon Général designs and circulates collages and stop-motion animations crafted entirely by hand. Each image is cut, moved, animated with patience — a poetic asceticism where slowness becomes language. These works, at the meeting point of symbolism and the digital, extend the association’s meditative approach.

Projects for the Coming Year

• Les Ateliers du Brouillon: reading and discussion cycles around rare texts.
• La Bibliothèque itinérante: participatory exhibitions of ancient and contemporary books.
• The Kaléidoscope Cycle: a literary and visual project around black, white, and red.
• Cultural Partnerships: collaborations with bookshops, community houses, care homes, and Tarn institutions.
• Circulation of Visual Works: original collages, animated films, and hybrid creations.