Australia now 2021–22 Program
31 May 2022
Lecture – The Tasmanian devil and Darwin: the role of cancer in evolution
This lecture, hosted by French biologist Frédéric Thomas, focuses on the study of transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devil populations and presents the research carried out on the ground as well as in the lab. Tailored to the general public, this lecture will give us further insights on a relatively new research topic, as well as on the evolutionary factors at play in the development of cancer and the methods of adaptation animals have developed to face it.
- Business
- Conference
- Science & Innovation
1 June 2022
Equality, diversity and innovation in female-driven startups and the tech sector
Australian Ambassador to UNESCO, HE Ms Megan Anderson, will lead a discussion with visiting Australian female business founders on stage in the Australian Embassy auditorium. What is the secret to their start-up success in Australia and globally? How do we support greater diversity in the technology sector in Australia, France and beyond?
15 June 2022 — 16 June 2022
Castillo dance performance
From pointe shoes to sneakers, CASTILLO explores different relationships to movement in a constantly renewed technical virtuosity. A powerful solo by a remarkable performer, never seen in France before!
19 June 2022
Poems and Other Emergency, outdoor performance
Poems and Other Emergencies is at the crossroads of choreography and poetry. Is it through language that the body is constituted, or through the body that words are found? In this refined solo, Chloe Chignell proposes several paths.
25 June 2022 — 26 June 2022
Klapping, an urban dance.
In 2017 Feras the Shield (aka Feras Shaheen) and Maestro Ahil (aka Ahilan Ratnamohan) founded Klapping on the suburban basketball/football courts of Sydney. Klapping was a new street dance and culture unlike any other in that it stemmed from a sport; football.
- Paris
- Performing arts
1 August 2021 — 30 June 2022
One and free, Playwright exchange – Maison Antoine Vitez
As part of Australia now France, Maison Antoine Vitez has selected six Australian plays that will be translated and published in France in 2021. The selection is composed of three pieces written by men and three by women, including a play by an Indigenous author, a play for young adults and a play for children.
- Exhibition
- Science & Innovation
3 March 2022 — 30 June 2022
Eureka! Scientific Australia – Australian Embassy, Paris
This free exhibition at the Australian Embassy showcases exciting technology projects in Australia in three areas related to the environment and our universe: development and commercialisation of low emissions technologies, protecting the Great Barrier Reef, and astronomy.
- Art
- Art exhibitions
- Creativity & Culture
- Indigenous
- Lyon
9 June 2022 — 9 July 2022
WEAVING CULTURE II – Ikuntji Artists: A journey into Australia’s central desert
Presenting the Ikuntji Collection of Aboriginal textile accessories developed by IDAIA in collaboration with the Ikuntji Artists’ cooperative, the exhibition includes a selection of artworks and objects, from paintings and sculptures to prints and photographs, taking you on a journey to the ancestral land of the artists, to discover their landscapes, their stories and their art.
- Art exhibitions
- Indigenous
5 May 2022 — 2 September 2022
Destiny – The art of Destiny Deacon – Australian Embassy, Paris
This focused Retrospective exhibition covers 30 year’s of Destiny Deacon’s career as a contemporary artist, for the first time to a French audience. Collaborating often with her late partner and long-time collaborator, Virginia Fraser, Deacon offers a nuanced, thoughtful, and at times intensely funny snapshot of contemporary Australian life.
- Art exhibitions
- Indigenous
- Paris
15 April 2022 — 4 September 2022
Reclaim the Earth – Palais de Tokyo
Acknowledging today’s socially and politically crucial need to rethink the world beyond the nature/culture partition, the exhibition Reclaim the Earth follows the trajectories of artists with a different approach to “natural” materials: wood, earth, plants, shells or minerals are motifs or mediums irreducible to their mere materiality.
5 November 2022
StudiesUp Student Fair
November 5 2022 at the Australian Embassy in Paris
StudiesUP, the first French agency providing free advice to students for studies abroad, is organizing a student fair dedicated to study in Australia on November 5, 2022.
- Art exhibitions
- Indigenous
3 July 2022 — 6 November 2022
MIRDIDINGKINGATHI JUWARNDA SALLY GABORI
The Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain is proud to present the first major solo survey exhibition of Aboriginal artist Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori, outside Australia.
Events
16 May 2022 — 18 May 2022
Australian Short Film Today
The Australian film industry has a well-deserved reputation for excellence in film. The cinematic treasures in this current edition of Australian Short Film Today offer up 93 minutes of entertainment from suspenseful and emotional dramas to zany comedies, and explore contemporary themes in Australian life.
14 April 2022 — 17 May 2022
A simple space – Gravity and Other Myths tour
Seven acrobats push their physical limits without reserve; this performance is simultaneously raw, frantic and delicate. Supported by driving live percussion and presented so intimately that you can feel the heat, hear every breath, and be immersed in every moment.
- Performing arts
19 April 2022 — 17 May 2022
C!RCA Tour, France
10 acrobats from the Circa company take us on a moving journey that questions what it means to be human. How do our bodies, our relationships with others and our aspirations make us who we are? On a bare stage, the ten circus artists perform one feat after another without catching their breath, pushing their physical limits to the extreme and committing all their strength to the fight.
9 May 2022
Webinar – metrology for water systems
The webinar is dedicated to metrology for water systems and aims to share knowledge and experience between France and Australia. It aims to create new connections between researchers, companies, and utilities and would interest anyone working with water systems: student, researcher, or practitioner.
- Design
- Indigenous
- Paris
31 January 2022 — 22 April 2022
Piinpi: Contemporary Australian Indigenous Fashion
Created by the Bendigo Art Gallery, the exhibition Piinpi: Contemporary Australian Indigenous Fashion will shine a light on Australia’s leading First Nations creatives, and a design movement that is fast becoming a national fashion phenomenon.
- Art
- Exhibition
- Indigenous
12 January 2022 — 18 April 2022
Malmaison: Stopover in the Southern Lands – Jonathan Jones
Art by Australian Aboriginal artist, Jonathan Jones will be displayed at the Château de Malmaison and at the Palais de Tokyo – examining the complex history and addressing powerful issues such as the notion of restitution, collective healing processes and the colonisation of Aboriginal knowledge.
- Creativity & Culture
- Performing arts
11 January 2022 — 5 April 2022
Backbone – Gravity and Other Myths tour
Backbone is the culmination of all the company’s work. On stage, ten acrobats accompanied by two musicians highlight the beauty of human relationships and question the notion of strength on an individual and collective level. Alone or in groups, they seek to surpass their limits and test their confidence in others and in the collective.
- Paris
- Performing arts
23 March 2022 — 1 April 2022
Ab[intra], Sydney Dance Company, Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse
The Sydney Dance Company, with seventeen top-class dancers, is Australia’s largest contemporary dance company and has been directed by Rafael Bonachela for eight years.
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- Science & Innovation
7 March 2022 — 11 March 2022
Beyond the Milky Way VR screenings – Australian Embassy
Experience the greatest scientific endeavour in history as you step onto the future Australian site of the incredible SKA Observatory thanks to a unique VR experience !
- Art exhibitions
- Indigenous
- Literature
25 September 2021 — 27 February 2022
Blak Beauty: Poetic Itineraries of Aboriginal Australia
“Blak Beauty: Poetic Itineraries of Aboriginal Australia” proposes a discovery of Australian Aboriginal art and literature in an unprecedented combination of painted images and poetic writings; two forms of expression that nourish some of the world’s oldest artistic traditions.
- Design
- Paris
29 January 2022 — 27 February 2022
Colours Australia: A chromatic journey – BHV Marais, Paris
In the heart of one of the most vibrant districts of Paris, the BHV-Marais department store will present a chromatic journey through Australia in February 2022 as part of the Australia now France programme.
- Art exhibitions
- Indigenous
- Paris
26 November 2021 — 20 February 2022
Jonathan Jones, untitled (transcriptions of country) Palais de Tokyo
Jonathan Jones’s new project looks into colonial transport, trade and the acclimatisation of indigenous plants, animals and objects, together with the colonisation of local knowledge.
- Art exhibitions
- Paris
22 September 2021 — 13 February 2022
Puisque tout passe, Hossein Valamanesh
Puisque tout passe is the first solo exhibition in Europe by the Australian artist of Iranian origin Hossein Valamanesh. A large selection of works from the 1980s through to today reveal this major artist’s unique approach. Through the prism of different media and with great freedom of spirit, Valamanesh explores various themes which embrace both the intimate and the universal.
- Performing arts
11 September 2021 — 29 January 2022
‘An Evening Length Performance’ & ‘Hyperspace’, James Batchelor and collaborators
Choreographer James Batchelor and Collaborators will tour a compliment of contemporary dance works Hyperspace and An Evening-length Performance as part of Australia now France 2021-22. The tour includes performances at the Fondation des Etats-Unis (Paris) and bespoke garden performances in Versailles (Plastique Danse Flore) and Dijon (Entre Cour et Jardins).
- Education
- Workshop
18 December 2021 — 15 January 2022
The Little Explorers -Hossein Valamanesh’s Australia
Workshops for 8-12 year old
As part of the exhibition Puisque tout passe by Hossein Valamanesh, the Institute of Islamic Cultures, with the support of the Australian Embassy, is hosting workshops for children organised by Baïka magazine.
- Cinema
- Indigenous
- Paris
24 November 2021 — 9 January 2022
Festival of Indigenous Australian Cinema, Indigenous (Super) Heroes on Screen
This unique film program presents Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander icons on the big screen, from leading pioneers to the most flamboyant superheroes of today’s pop culture.
- Art exhibitions
- Indigenous
- Paris
20 October 2021 — 7 January 2022
Land of Drawing, Australian Embassy in Paris
Land of Drawing – is an exceptional art collaboration project with French artist Patrice Balvay based in Le Havre in the north of France – together with a collective of artists from the Aboriginal community of Haasts Bluff located in the central desert of Australia.
- Paris
- Photo exhibition
- Science
- Science & Innovation
20 October 2021 — 7 January 2022
Antarctica: Land of Science and Peace
On the 30th Anniversary of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (the Madrid Protocol), the Australian Embassy is pleased to present the exhibition Antarctica, Land of Science and Peace which will take you to the heart of the white continent.
- Performing arts
30 September 2021 — 17 December 2021
Si’i – Casus Circus & Cie DK59
Co-directed by Gilles Veriepe (CieDK59) and Natano Faanana (Casus Circus) Sii merges circus artists and dancers from Australia and France to the haunting and enigmatic score of Vlad Roda Gil.
- Conference
11 November 2021 — 14 November 2021
SJMC Conferences: Australian soldiers who died after the Armistice
This Remembrance Day, join us at the Sir John Monash Centre for our first in-house conference and hear about the Australian men who served during the First World War and were the last to fall, after the guns fell silent on the Western France.
- Art exhibitions
- Indigenous
- Normandy
19 September 2021 — 7 November 2021
Peindre sa culture, Galerie Incarnato, Le Havre
Through a selection of paintings, sculptures and painted objects, the exhibition explores how artists incorporate their culture into their works, whether in wood, ceramic or canvas, and how each object tells a story.
- Normandy
5 June 2021 — 7 November 2021
Le Havre, Australian stopover 2021
From June 5 to November 7, 2021, the City of Le Havre immerses itself in Australian life and culture with the event “Le Havre, Australian stopover”: a rich and varied program to discover this island-continent and its particular links with the city of Le Havre.
- Art exhibitions
- Indigenous
- Normandy
5 June 2021 — 7 November 2021
Australia – Beyond the Dream, Musées d’Art et d’Histoire, Le Havre
The Museums of Art and History of the City of Le Havre take part in the event “Le Havre, Australian stopover” by hosting unique collections of Aboriginal art. These exhibitions are part of a unique heritage tour that makes Le Havre an exceptional destination for Aboriginal art between June and November 2021.
- Art exhibitions
- Indigenous
- Normandy
5 June 2021 — 7 November 2021
Australia – Le Havre – The intimacy of a link (1801-2021)
The Museum honours Australia through the arts and sciences. 220 drawings by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur and Nicolas-Martin Petit from Bonaparte’s expedition to Australia (1800-1804) will be presented alongside 46 contemporary Australian creations.
- Cinema
- Paris
27 October 2021 — 7 November 2021
Phillip Noyce Retrospective, Cinémathèque française
The Cinémathèque retrospective will allow us to revisit Phillip Noyce’s best-known works, but also to discover many titles that are still unknown to the French public, notably his first short films.
- Art
- Conference
- Environment
- Indigenous
21 October 2021 — 22 October 2021
Indigenous Environmental Artistic Practices Responding to Pollution
This conference aims to be a platform that articulates reflections about pollution, recycling, art, and Indigenous sovereignty. It will pay particular attention to the relationships established and nurtured by Indigenous artists and communities with the ocean and water.
- Conference
- Education
- Indigenous
- Literature
19 October 2021 — 20 October 2021
International conference: Carpentaria by Alexis Wright
The novel Carpentaria by Indigenous writer Alexis Wright has been chosen as one of the core texts for the Agrégation of English language.
- Cinema
13 October 2021 — 17 October 2021
Antipodes International Film Festival, Saint-Tropez
The annual Antipodes International Film Festival is the largest film festival dedicated to Australian and New Zealand film in Europe. At the Renaissance cinema, in the heart of Saint-Tropez, you are invited to explore the world of young talent from the southern hemisphere, through a competition of short films, first features and independent films.
- Paris
- Performing arts
2 October 2021
Primary/Secondary Score, Mel O’Callaghan, Nuit Blanche – Paris
For Nuit Blanche, the artist takes over the rotunda of the Léo Lagrange sports centre with a performance evoking trance and ceremonial dances.
- Gastronomy
- Paris
24 September 2021 — 26 September 2021
Food Temple Australia, Australie, Carreau du Temple
Every year, the Food Temple festival celebrates gastronomy during three days at the end of September in the heart of Paris. The 2021 edition will be dedicated to Australia, featuring Australian chefs as well as producers and artisans in a beautiful market.
- Art exhibitions
- Indigenous
- Paris
22 June 2021 — 26 September 2021
GULARRI, Waterscapes from Northern Australia
Organised around a selection of bark paintings and sculptures, the exhibition GULARRI. Waterscapes from Northern Australia will shed light on the ways in which Yolngu from Milingimbi, in Arnhem Land, relate to the waterscapes of their territories.
- Paris
- Photo exhibition
24 June 2021 — 24 September 2021
LONGITUDE / LATITUDE / SOLITUDE, Andrew Vukosav, Australian Embassy in Paris
Flying solo on journeys into remote terrain that can take days or weeks at a time, Andrew Vukosav has photographed a beautiful strangeness of the Australian continent, from a viewpoint that defiantly overturns tourist clichés of outback landscape.
- Art exhibitions
- Paris
24 June 2021 — 24 September 2021
Bleached Gothic, Petrina Hicks, Australian Embassy in Paris
This exhibition brings together works made between 2003 and 2019. Seen together, Hicks’s shimmering, enigmatic and surreal compositions convey the inherent ambiguity and complexity of the female experience. Hicks’s photographs interrogate the cultural and visual representation of women and children in contemporary society and throughout history.
- Art exhibitions
- Indigenous
- Normandy
10 July 2021 — 19 September 2021
Painting Now – Peindre aujourd’hui en terres aborigènes, Le Havre
Celebrating the rich diversity and dynamism of contemporary Aboriginal painting, the exhibition brings together works from Aboriginal communities spread across the country, from South Australia to Arnhem Land, including the red centre, the western deserts and the Kimberley.
- Music
- Paris
10 September 2021
Daniel Gassin Crossover Band, Duc des Lombards, Paris
Planned for September 10 2021, this concert will highlight the Daniel Gassin Crossover Band at the iconic Duc des Lombards, in the heartland of Paris jazz. Daniel, an extremely gifted pianist and composer, has formed a band of top-class musicians who will play music from his recently released album entitled “Change of Heart”.
- Paris
- Sport
4 September 2021
AFL France Kick a goal at the Eiffel Tower, Paris
AFL France is bringing to the heart of Paris, a day of exhibition matches, both male and female, showcasing Australia’s National Game, Australian Rules Football or “footy”. This event will bring together Australian and French sporting enthusiasts for a day of footy fun on Saturday 4th September 2021.
- Education
- Wallis and Futuna
1 September 2021
Beyond the Stars – Innovative health education program
The Numéris@nté project will implement “Beyond the Stars”, a health education program which uses transmedia storytelling, innovative technology and tangential learning to inspire children across the Pacific to adopt healthy eating habits.
- Art exhibitions
- Indigenous
- Normandy
26 June 2021 — 29 August 2021
Jarracharra: dry season wind, Abbaye du Vœu, Cherbourg
In a setting steeped in history, the Abbaye du Vœu in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, the exhibition “Jarracharra: dry season wind” presents a remarkable collection of textile works by Aboriginal artists from the Babbarra Women’s Centre, one of the world’s most remote art centres, in the heart of Arnhem Land (Northern Territory, Australia).
- Environment
- Paris
- Photo exhibition
28 June 2021 — 29 August 2021
Australia: A journey to the heart of the reef, Aquarium de Paris
In collaboration with the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, the Paris Aquarium presents an exhibition dedicated to the remarkable reef landscapes of Eastern Australia. Through a panoramic photographic installation, the exhibition Australia: A journey to the heart of the reef highlights one of Australia’s most beautiful treasures.
- Noumea
- Performing arts
27 August 2021
Waramuk: In the Dark Night – Dance screening
The Australian Consulate General in Nouméa is pleased to partner with the Mairie de Nouméa (Noumea City Council) to present this open-air screening of Warumuk: In the Dark Night.
- Conference
- Sport
2 August 2021
Virtual Conference: Australian Olympians in WWI
The Sir John Monash Centre is proud to present its first online conference. You will hear the stories of Australian Olympians and their defining qualities of courage and tenacity being put to the test during the First World War.
- Cinema
- Noumea
23 July 2021 — 1 August 2021
La Foa Film Festival, Noumea
A selection of four Australian films will be presented at this year’s 23rd La Foa Film Festival; Festival De Cinéma De La Foa, which offers a selection of international, regional and local films.
- Cinema
- Paris
5 July 2021 — 25 July 2021
Ozploitation, Cinémathèque française
17 films will be presented during this retrospective, most of which have never been released in France. They will illustrate the most diverse aspects of the Australian cinema. The program will culminate in a Mad Max night, where the four films featuring the most famous figure of Ozploitation will be shown together.
- Cinema
6 July 2021 — 17 July 2021
Cinéma des Antipodes and Cannes Cinéphiles 2021, Festival de Cannes
A selection of Australian films will be presented at the Cannes Film Festival through the Cannes Cinéphiles’ Antipodean Cinema Selection. In 2021, the public will discover, among others, “Measure for Measure” by Paul Ireland, “Palm Beach” by Rachel Ward, “Take home pay” by Stallone Vaiaga-Ioassa and “High Ground” by Stephen M Johnson.
- Paris
- Photo exhibition
28 May 2021 — 17 July 2021
Phoenix, Vee Speers, Galerie XII
Phoenix, a collection of 23 photographs by Australian artist Vee Speers, is an haunting exploration of warrior women, inspired by the legend of the Phoenix. Poised as they reconcile their past, the women are contemplative, melancholic yet defiant, turning towards the future as they reflect upon the ghosts of their untold stories.
- Art exhibitions
- Indigenous
- Lyon
3 June 2021 — 3 July 2021
Weaving Culture, Contemporary Aboriginal Art Textiles, Le Showroom Galerie 7
Celebrating the dynamism of the Indigenous Australian art textile movement, the exhibition presents a wide range of creations by contemporary artists working with textile as a medium in two very different regions of Australia: Maningrida in Arnhem Land on the far north coast and Haasts Bluff in the Red Centre desert.
- Paris
- Performing arts
3 June 2021 — 5 June 2021
Colossus, Stephanie Lake Company , Chaillot – Théâtre national de la Danse
With nearly fifty dancers, Stephanie Lake, award winning dancer and choreographer explores the joy and tension of the collective experience. Colossus fills the stage with a living mass, moving in unison in wild individuality.
- Art exhibitions
- Indigenous
30 October 2020
Tarnanthi travels to Brittany
Tarnanthi on Tour: Kulata Tjuta (Many Spears), is a travelling exhibition from the Art Gallery of South Australia. Bound for France, this exhibition showcases paintings and photographs alongside a stunning installation of spears and tools in wood and cast bronze.
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