A multisensory installation engaging audiences kinaesthetically with language, forming this year’s Edinburgh College of Art exhibition highlight for the 2026 Edinburgh Art Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Morphological Murmurations
A multisensory installation, by Theodore Kotwerwas, in collaboration with Stephanie Lamprea, engaging audiences kinaesthetically with language
Morphological Murmurations is a multisensory installation engaging audiences kinaesthetically with language, embodied communication, neurodivergence, artificial intelligence (AI) and models of animal behaviour. The artwork places visitors within the space of a Large Language Model, an AI system designed to understand and analyze human language, where a flock of artificial agents respond to their movements, visually and sonically activating words. This is language, not assembled through computational logic, but through patterns of bodies working together. Through the intuition of movement, muscle memory and spatial awareness, the visitor explores the environment of a putative “other mind” (the LLM) through an alternative model of how embodied minds (birds) coordinate movement and create meaning with their bodies.
Morphological Murmurations is led by Theodore Koterwas, in collaboration with Stephanie Lamprea, with the opening performance featuring short performances by Koterwas and Lamprea.
Image Credit: Morphological Murmurations, © Theodore Koterwas 2025
Exhibition details
Dates: Wed-Sun, 26 -30 Aug, 2026
Times: 10:00 – 17:00 Daily | Free/Drop-in
Relaxed viewing: 10:00 – 13:00, Thurs 27
Relaxed exhibition viewing time provides accessible, sensory-friendly version of the installation with reduced capacity, lowered sound levels, and increased lighting, designed for neurodiverse individuals or anyone seeking a calmer experience.
Location: Inspace, 1 Crichton St, Edinburgh, EH8 9AB
Audience: General public
Venue Access features: Accessible toilets, Assistance dogs welcome, Baby changing facilities, Seating, Step-free access, Wheelchair accessible
Interaction guidance: The main installation in this exhibition includes audience participation, with audience members required to walk or move around to activate and engage with the installation. Other exhibits in the space are avialble to view, no physical interaction is required.
Sensory Notice: Outside of the main installation there is a designated quiet area built in on the upper level of the venue, intended as a more relaxed display space, this is accessible throughout the full duration of this exhibition.
English Language: The audio and visuals of this artwork are based on english language so an undersntading of english is essential to full experiencing this exhibition.
If you have any enquiries about the events and venue, please email event organisers at designinformatics@ed.ac.uk
Event Programme
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Morphological Murmurations Preview, Performance and Panel
Read more: Morphological Murmurations Preview, Performance and Panel18:00 / 20:00, TUE 25 AUG, 2026 [Free/Ticketed]
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Morphological Murmurations: Guided Lunchtime Tour
Read more: Morphological Murmurations: Guided Lunchtime Tour13:00-14:00, THURS 27 AUG, 2026 [FREE/TICKETED]
Supported by
Morphological Murmurations is led by Theodore Koterwas, with the opening event featuring a new collaboration with Stephanie Lamprea. This exhibition programme is supported by Inspace and the Institute for Design Informatics and is the Edinburgh College of Art feature for the 2026 Edinburgh Art Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
