The Cosmos of the Minus and Lokili – The Worlds of Water

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 that reveal their secrets: three storytellers will sweep you away into a show 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 microscopic world unfolding before your eyes, discover three different scientific tales!

Performances, podcasts, and illustrations will be created 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 media libraries and scientific culture centers as part of the “Science with and for Society” initiative of theUM.

Gwladys Batta’s performance offers a poetic exploration of the infinitely small. It is accompanied by a presentation by Marie-Pierre Blanchard, a research engineer at the Institute of Human Genetics (IGH) and technical director at Montpellier Ressources Imagerie (MRI*). This performance will be followed by Rémi Garcia Kerviel’s performance, 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)