CAC Brétigny

Rotlòta
26.09—31.10.2026
With: The collectif Ronce
(Aëla Maï Cabel, Jérémy Piningre and Brunelle Dalbavie)

📍 Médiathèque Centre culturel Près du Roy
Saint-Germain-lès-Arpajon

Horaires d'ouverture aux publics : 
Mercredi, 14h à 18h et samedi, 10h à 18h.

And what if a wooden caravan pulled up outside your library? Not a traveller's caravan or a circus caravan. A wooden caravan filled with works of art, where pushing the front door feels like walking into someone's home.

Rotlòta, the word for a kind of wooden caravan in Occitan, will be touring the Cœur d’Essonne area from September 2026. Built from start to finish by the collective Ronce, which brings together Brunelle Dalbavie, Aëla Maï Cabel and Jérémy Piningre, and in collaboration with craftspeople and other artists, it is at once an exhibition venue and living space. At each stop, the exhibition extends into the libraries, where visitors can explore elements that dialogue with those in the caravan. Inside the caravan, art and craftwork coexist: cups, curtains, doors and door handles become artworks in their own right, just like a painting or a sculpture. The wooden caravan is also an artwork in its own right, built using traditional techniques and favouring environmentally friendly options: choice of timber, use of traditional carpentry techniques, insulation made from recycled materials. Designed as an off-grid home, it requires little energy and can be powered by solar panels.

Rotlòta is an exhibition meant to be lived as much as visited: have a cup of tea, flick through a book, chat with the exhibition staff, observe details and, why not, come back a second time if you feel like you missed something the first.

Aëla Maï Cabel has developed a practice that combines ceramics, textiles, publishing and performance, based on the transmission of knowledge and collective forms. Inspired by feminist and transfeminist thought, they explore the connections between craft, ecology and alternative narratives.

Jérémy Piningre is an illustrator and graphic designer. His work explores alternative forms of storytelling through narratives populated by collectives, hybrid worlds and non-human characters.

Brunelle Dalbavie is a carpenter, architect and musician. Trained in traditional carpentry, she has developed a practice that brings together construction, the transmission of skills and folk cultures.