Cultural promoter / 文化推动者

Culture grows
between signals.

A cultural promoter fostering the exchange of practices, techniques and ideas across art, technology and contemporary culture.

Enter the living archive
LIVE CODING✳EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC✳ALGORAVE✳DIGITAL ART✳LOCAL NODES✳COLLECTIVE IMPROVISATION✳
01 / MANIFESTO

Shù /ʂû/ is the practical wisdom that emerges when humans work with the world, rather than control it.

It is technique, craft, methodology and embodied knowledge combined — not abstract theory, but knowledge tested through practice. The name 术 refers to a method, technique or practice extracted from organic growth, rather than a purely mechanical idea of technology.

NOT A HUB.NOT A SCENE.A CULTURAL PROMOTER.
02 / SELECTED SIGNALS

Programmes
in motion.

Performances, workshops, residencies and collaborative spaces.

01
2026

The Branching Signal

Remote live coding + live painting transmissionJune 19–20 / distributed across cities

A networked performance connecting artists, spaces and communities through Flok, audiovisual improvisation, local screenings and distributed community nodes.

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02
ONGOING

Shù × 706 Community

Pop-up workshop pilot30 active nodes mapped / China

A low-risk pilot programme testing local space conditions, participant interest, learning thresholds and whether a workshop can grow into a repeatable course series.

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03
2026

Signal Lab / 706 Shanghai

Hands-on live coding workshopStrudel · Hydra · open jam

A practical entry into browser-based sound and image making, moving participants from listening to making through code, feedback and collective improvisation.

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04
2026

hechyeomoyeo Live Painting × Live Coding

Live painting × live coding transmissionMexico / The Branching Signal

A live painting and live coding collaboration where image, sound and code unfolded together as part of a distributed cross-city signal.

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03 / PRACTICE + NEXT

Workshops

Shù is building an IRL ecosystem for AlgoRave and live coding — making the scene more visible, connected and sustainable.

SIGNAL LAB90–120 MIN / 15–25 PEOPLE
01Strudel — From Pattern to Sound+

A low-threshold introduction to live coding music: make a pattern, bend time and listen together. No prior coding or music experience required.

  • Bring your laptop
  • Beginner friendly
  • Sound as shared syntax
02Hydra — Making Things Glitch for Fun+

An introduction to live-coded visuals with Rangga Purnama Aji: oscillators, feedback loops and happy accidents performed in real time.

  • Live visual grammar
  • Feedback as material
  • Photosensitivity notice
03Signal Lab — Open Jam+

Open remote jam sessions connect performers and local nodes. Code, sound and moving image are made visible as a shared process.

  • Peer exchange
  • Remote guest nodes
  • Collective improvisation