The Cosmos of the Minus and Lokili – The Water Worlds

Audience: Children ages 6 to 11 and their parents.

Get ready to dive in, feel the excitement, and zoom in! Water rushing by, mosquitoes that pique your curiosity, and cells revealing their secrets: three storytellers will take you on a journey where science becomes an adventure. Come experience an intense moment, where the artists transform research into a true epic. With swirling water, buzzing mosquitoes, and a tiny world unfolding before your eyes, discover three different scientific tales!

Performances, podcasts, and illustrations will be produced as a result of this residency. The podcasts will be available on all major online music platforms.

The "Science Tells Stories" residency has brought together three storytellers in laboratories at the University of Montpellier since September 2025. This project is being carried out in partnership with the network of public libraries and science outreach organizations as part of theUM "Science with and for Society " initiative.

Gwladys Batta’s performance offers a poetic exploration of the infinitely small. It features a presentation by Marie-Pierre Blanchard, a research engineer at the Institute of Human Genetics (IGH) and technical manager at Montpellier Ressources Imagerie (MRI*). This performance will be followed by Rémi Garcia Kerviel’s show, which invites the audience to explore the worlds of water. It is enriched by a presentation from scientists involved in the G-EAU project: Caroline Lejars, deputy director of the G-EAU laboratory, accompanied by Géraldine Abrami, a research engineer and science outreach coordinator.

*MRI – (CNRS, Inserm, INRAE, CIRAD, IRD, Montpellier Sup Agro, and the University of Montpellier)