Next week is the beginning of the Digital Architecture: Passages Through Hinterland exhibition. It is organized by Ruairi Glynn the author of the very interesting blog Interactive Architecture and Lecturer in Architecture & Interaction Design. The exhibits/exhibitors tackle varying culturally relevant topics such as the technologies of sight in urban space and climate change each using concepts or realistations of interactive or responsive architecture. Others, such as Ruiri, endeavor to bring closer the reality of digitally enabled architecture using computer vision and artificial intelligence to allow dancing robots to engage people in a conversational environment. Another of the exhibits, also utilizing adaptive behavior, consists of a grid of panels which act as a grid of cellular automaton which gives the space a living adaptive skin. I’m personally very excited about this exhibit because during my studies I have had a fascination with ALife which has a hugely entwined relationship with cellular automaton.