A fictional world haunted by AIs in all sorts of (mostly) friendly living forms, South Beast Asia is a collective protocol design fiction co-imagination of a few dozen researchers at the April 2025 Khlongs & Subaks workshop in Bangkok co-organized by Summer of Protocols, CMKL University, GCC, and Seapunk Studios.

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🏁 QUICK START GUIDE

• Watch the intro video below (~3mins) and / or full screener (~25mins of all videos alphabetically, great for group viewings or workshop inspiration)
• Read the curator’s introduction and expository essay
• Explore the galleries: videos, artifacts, imagery
• Learn how SBA was created </aside>

https://youtu.be/k--NDktqjSY

THE WORLD OF SOUTH BEAST ASIA

Videos

Artifacts

Concept Imagery

AND MORE

Curator’s Introduction

Essay — A SEA of Distributed AI

About — The Making of South Beast Asia

Protocol Design Fiction Canvas

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