Seapunk

Names

• SEAPunk
• SEA Punk
• Not to be confused with seapunk, an earlier aquatic aesthetics movement in the net and post-internet scenes

Origin

• SEAPunk was coined by Sam Chua in March of 2024 as a mix of Southeast Asia and Solarpunk

Definition & Description

• SEA is general shorthand for Southeast Asia, and the "punk" comes from other alternative futures movements with punk as a suffix.
• Sam Chua defines SEAPunk as "Southeast Asian Solarpunk"

Artists and Creators

• Sam Chua (MYS)
• Venkatesh Rao
• SEAPunk Studios

Events, Performances, Screenings

• Seapunk Playshop — A Co-Imagination Camp, Chiang Mai, Thailand, October 21 - November 03, 2024.

Discussions and Panels

• "Seapunk: Experiments in Co-Imaginative Worldcrafting", APF Brownbag Series #2, Association of Professional Futurists, Online Discussion with Sam Chua, April 04 2024.

• "Sam Chua: Orang Besar, Protocols Thinking, SEApunk, Cybernetics (Venkatesh Rao Universe)", Discussion between Kahlil Corazo and Sam Chua, Explorations.ph, March 24 2025. Video and Text.

Conferences and Symposia

• SEAPunk Symposium, Furama Chiang Mai, November 01 2024. Curated by Sam Chua and Jules Yim.

Publications

Magazines, Journals, Blogs and Websites

• South Beast Asia, Seapunk Studios

Videos, Podcasts, Radio

• "Sam Chua: Orang Besar, Protocols Thinking, SEApunk, Cybernetics (Venkatesh Rao Universe)", Discussion between Kahlil Corazo and Sam Chua, Explorations.ph, March 24 2025. Video and Text.

• "Welcome to South Beast Asia", Seapunk Studios Youtube, May 24 2025.

Essays, Articles, Book Chapters

• "We have always been Seapunks", Yan Substack, December 26 2024.

• Jules Yim ｜ 芊文, "10 Mar 25 Monday Briefing: From seas to khlongs and subaks – an open invitation", Substack, March 10 2025.

See Also

Seapunk (lowercase), Solar Punk, Futurisms, Tropical Futurism(s), Asian Futurism(s), Southeast Asian Futurism(s), Archipelagic Futurisms, Nusantara Futurisms