Get a taste of France - Café scientifique - Save our oceans

Café scientifique - Save our oceans

Café scientifique - Save our oceans!

Wednesday 3 December from 6:00PM to 8:00PM


On 3 December, join us for an insightful evening on the oceans!

We are honoured and delighted to host this event organised in partnership with Culture Plus and with thanks to the Embassy of France in Australia.

Come to discover thought provoking short films by French and Australian artists united in the fight to protect our oceans, and then enjoy a discussion afterwards with the panelists.

Practical information


Entry tickets: 10$
general admission with a glass of wine included

Venue : Alliance Française, 66 McCaughey St, Turner ACT 2612 | From 6PM to 8PM

Please note that the conversation will be in English


So wait no more and book your tickets


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About the short films  

UN Ocean Conference: A turning point for the world’s oceans? (AFP, 2025, 5’52, FR)

Short film on ocean’s beauty and fragility.

Quand l’art et la science se mêlent autour de l’océan à Venise (Fondation Tara, 2024, 5’25, FR)

When an artistic and scientific expedition embarks on the same boat at the Venice Biennale…

Meeting with Cecile Fouillade, artist on residence on TARA (Fondation TARA, 2024, 3’03, FR)

French ceramist artist Cecile Fouillade on the TARA boat with scientists.

Spotted Hand Fish by Jane Bamford and Tim Lynch (Great Southern Reef, 2021, 3’37, AU)

Tasmanian ceramist artist Jane Bamford and, CSIRO scientific Tim Lynch, at the rescue of an endangered fish.

Jeremy Gobe utilise la dentelle pour sauver les coraux (France Culture, CORAIL ARTEFACT, 2022, 3’14, FR)

Artist and scientist Jeremy Gob helps corals’ regeneration in the Pacific with traditional French lace motifs.

Operation Crayweed by Jennifer Turpin & M. Crawford (Turpin&Crawford, 2016, 2’55, AU)

Artists and kids raising awareness on the reimplantation of crayweed along Sydney coasts by scientists.

Ocean sentinels, artist Jason Decaires (Museum of Underwater Art, 2023, 2’58, AU)

A new concept for an art & science museum.

TARNANTHI 2017 – ERUB ARTS COLLABORATIVE “Ghost Nets of the ocean (Art Gallery Of South Australia, 2017, 3’34, AU)

Aboriginal artists transform Ghost Nets into artworks.

Ocean Rubbish turned into marine animals (David Day, ABC AUSTRALIA, 2019, 3’, AU)

Queenslander David Day transforms thongs found on beaches.

Sea the poles (Step For A Change, 2025, 5’04, FR)

A ballet on the melting icebergs of the North Pole with French kids dancing in front of the UNESCO.

Repatriate (Latai Taumoepeau, 2015, 3’, AU)

In this dramatic video installation, performance artist Latai Taumoepeau, from Tongan heritage, denounces the rise of oceans.

Bellow below (Jo Lane, Dr Diana Chester, 2025, 6’, AU)

Record of the sound of the sea, the shore, the mud, the hearts, the lungs, the earth (Western Port Bay, Victoria).

Raŋipuy (the saltwater cut) (Miyarrka Media, 2025, 14’35, AU)

An invitation to life from the sands and salt waters of Arnhem Land.


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