THE LIVING CODE

Hyperspace Live Coding Festival launches this November as the first event in a new Goethe-Institut initiative connecting the live coding communities of Australia, Southeast Asia and Germany.

Designed as a platform for artistic exchange, professional networking and creative collaboration, the Melbourne edition, Hyperspace Live Coding Festival marks the beginning of a series of events. It will be followed by festivals in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore in 2026 and more cities in 2027, and showcases a program of performances, workshops and panel discussions exploring the possibilities of code as a live artistic process.

Live coding has become a significant practice within contemporary digital media culture, intersecting with generative art, electronic music, sound synthesis, noise and immersive audiovisual performance. While often associated with European creative contexts, live coding has developed distinct and diverse trajectories across Southeast Asia, where artists are pushing the form in unexpected directions.

Curated by Christopher Taudt (harte echtzeit), the festival runs across two days at RMIT University and Miscellania. The artists and participants will explore how live coding can deconstruct and reconnect ideas of space, time and place. The festival will move between local, global and virtual spaces and time zones, creating opportunities for artists to exchange methods, develop new collaborations and experiment with unfamiliar tools and approaches.

The program is open to beginners, experienced coders and anyone curious about the possibilities of live coding. Workshops, performances and panels at RMIT are free to attend, with RSVP essential due to limited studio capacity.

The festival culminates on Saturday night 7. Nov 2026 with an Algorave at Miscellania, bringing together many of the invited artists for a night of algorithmically generated music and audiovisual performance. 

Hyperspace Live Coding Festival is an initiative of the Goethe-Institut, presented in partnership with Liquid Architecture and RMIT University and invites artists, students, researchers and audiences to explore the creative possibilities of live coding and become part of a growing international network dedicated to experimentation, collaboration and innovation.