COSS Talks foreground cutting edge research and art practice concerning the critical study of Outer Space.
COSS TALKS series 2022-2023
Meet the OMNISPACE directors: dramatic scene and Q & A
![omnispace logo](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advanced-studies/sites/institute_of_advanced_studies/files/styles/small_image/public/events/omnispace.jpg?itok=AZYwy8Xt)
The new dramatic scene written for this event will provide background to Giles and Richard’s intentions during their writing process; and, with an in-character Q & A, give some insight into the warped world-view of two, imagined, space billionaires.
3 May 2023, 7pm-9pm
COSS HYBRID Roundtable: How do Space Analogues Build Space Communities on Earth?
![space analogue test environment](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advanced-studies/sites/institute_of_advanced_studies/files/styles/small_image/public/events/space_analogue.jpg?itok=7tzE75vI)
Space analogues, sites around the world which aim to produce a living simulation of habitats and living and working conditions in space for training purposes, have grown in popularity, producing communities of ‘analogue astronauts’ and new ways of relating to space flight and space environments.
20 February 2023, 7:00 pm–9:00 pm
COSS HYBRID 'Sarah Fortais: Artist in Residence on a Mars Analogue'
![photos from mars analogue](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advanced-studies/sites/institute_of_advanced_studies/files/styles/small_image/public/events/oct_18_event_sarah_fortais.jpeg?itok=lSQ-Fgvp)
Dr Sarah Fortais, COSS Artist-In-Residence, will be talking about some of the artwork she created as a crew member of the UK's first Analogue Space Research Mission.
18 October 2022, 7:00 pm–8:30 pm