Hero of the Russian Federation Sergei Avdeev speaks to Iya Whiteley, director of UCL's Centre for Space Medicine, and artist Gleb Sobolev.
As part of our new exhibition COSMOS: Reverse Perspective, join artist Gleb Sobolev and scientist Dr Iya Whiteley for a conversation with Sergei Avdeev, former cosmonaut and engineer, who at one point held the record for longest time spent in space, and longest time dilation experienced by a human, and geographer Dmitry Zamiatin, whose work focuses on geographical images and their impact on human development.
The discussion, which will be part-taped in Russian with English subtitles, then with a live audience Q&A with English translation, will range from the effects of space travel on the body to how the experience of leaving our planet changes the way a person sees it.
Sergei Avdeev is a Hero of the Russia Federation, Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation, and Chevalier of the Legion d'honneur. He spent 747days aboard the Mir space station over three missions, holding the world record for time spent in space until 2005.
Dr Iya Whiteley is a space psychologist and director of the Centre for Space Medicine at Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London. Her research has specialised in tracking astronaut fatigue through voice communications, as well as developing tools for the European Space Agency to support astronauts on long-duration spaceflights.
Gleb Sobolev is a practicing architect and member of the Moscow Union of Architects. He teaches at the Moscow Architectural Institute (MArchI) and taught at the Moscow Architectural School (MARCH). He graduated from MArchI and studied at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. Gleb has for more than four years curated his own international educational projects "Ruralities" and "Architecture and Context".
Dmitry Nikolaevich Zamiatin is a Russian geographer, researcher. Achievements include research in the genesis, structures, and forms of geographical images and their role in human development; completion of a case-study: the role and significance of geographical images on Russian history.