Exploring The New Human — A CODAME Creative Hackathon

Because at CODAME, the future is not built alone — it’s co-created.

What happens when you give artists, designers, coders, and storytellers the same playground — and ask them to imagine what it means to be human in the age of algorithms, biotech, and collective intelligence?

That’s what the CODAME Creative Hackathon is all about.

It’s not a typical tech or design sprint. No rigid rules, no coding prerequisites. Instead, it’s a two-day experiment in co-creation: part art lab, part design studio, part speculative fiction workshop.

Teams form around ideas, not disciplines — building prototypes, performances, installations, and stories that make invisible futures tangible.

This Year’s Theme: The New Human

We are not born new.

We grow from fragments — scars, memories, languages, and code — layered into hybrid forms of body, mind, and culture.

Like a coral reef that forms from debris, we accrete into new shapes under pressure. Technology, biology, and imagination intertwine to create futures that are uneven, adaptive, and alive.

The New Human invites us to ask:

• How do our senses expand or fracture through machines?

• What rituals emerge when bodies merge with data?

• What divides appear when some are augmented and others unplugged?

• Where do empathy, creativity, and connection live in these hybrid worlds?

We’ll dive into these questions not by talking, but by making: sketching, coding, performing, sensing, designing.

From San Francisco to Milan

Born in San Francisco’s creative tech scene, CODAME brings its hackathon spirit to Milan, bridging communities across continents — artists, dreamers, technologists — all co-creating new ways of being human.

Ideas born during the hackathon may grow into full installations showcased during Milano Art Week and Milano Design Week 2026, and beyond — traveling exhibitions, open-source toolkits, residencies.

Call for Mentors

This phase is about building the reef.

We’re looking for mentors who can:

• Share foresight, skills, and inspiration.

• Support interdisciplinary teams in shaping prototypes.

• Act as bridges between communities in Milan, San Francisco, and beyond.

Whether you’re an artist, designer, coder, educator, or provocateur — your voice matters.

Join Us

The Creative Hackathon will take place in Milan, February 2026, exact dates and location to be announced.

Together, we’ll prototype The New Human: layered, adaptive, and beautifully unpredictable.

👉 If you’d like to join as a participant, mentor, or collaborator, submit your interest here:

[🔗 Submit Interest Form]

Stay curious — more details coming soon…