Samantha Culp
@samanthaculp.bsky.social
Writer & filmmaker in LA after many years in greater China / Currently writing a book about the global landscapes of futures thought / newsletter: borderstudies.substack.com
Very apt quote on "mechanized substitutes for creativity" from Theodore Roszak's 1969 "The Making of a Counter Culture"
July 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Very apt quote on "mechanized substitutes for creativity" from Theodore Roszak's 1969 "The Making of a Counter Culture"
Psyched to moderate this talk at LA Design Fest w Alex McDowell (design futurist known for his work on Minority Report) and Alejandra Guerrero (architect/urban planner bringing radical community-centered rebuilding to Altadena post-fires)- RSVP here www.eventbrite.com/e/the-storie...
June 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Psyched to moderate this talk at LA Design Fest w Alex McDowell (design futurist known for his work on Minority Report) and Alejandra Guerrero (architect/urban planner bringing radical community-centered rebuilding to Altadena post-fires)- RSVP here www.eventbrite.com/e/the-storie...
The tees are here! We made a limited-edition replica of an iconic 1980s CAA employee tee to celebrate Matthew Specktor's book "The Golden Hour" (out today!) - 100% of proceeds support LA wildfire relief. matthewspecktor.com/fundraiser-tee
April 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The tees are here! We made a limited-edition replica of an iconic 1980s CAA employee tee to celebrate Matthew Specktor's book "The Golden Hour" (out today!) - 100% of proceeds support LA wildfire relief. matthewspecktor.com/fundraiser-tee
I hit subscribe so fast I sprained my hand — don’t miss the just-launched newsletter exploring “Algorithmic Folklore” by anthropologist Gabriele de Seta & colleagues in Bergen
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January 29, 2025 at 5:26 AM
I hit subscribe so fast I sprained my hand — don’t miss the just-launched newsletter exploring “Algorithmic Folklore” by anthropologist Gabriele de Seta & colleagues in Bergen
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Watch this LA filmmaker call and grill landlords who are illegally price gouging in an emergency - great efforts by him and others to try to prevent this (and worth it for the cathartic comic relief too) -
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January 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Watch this LA filmmaker call and grill landlords who are illegally price gouging in an emergency - great efforts by him and others to try to prevent this (and worth it for the cathartic comic relief too) -
www.instagram.com/reel/DEtaZjE...
www.instagram.com/reel/DEtaZjE...
Much more than that - @70sbachchan.bsky.social put it best when he wrote:
“Never forget that the "economy" is a wholly owned subsidiary of nature.”
“Never forget that the "economy" is a wholly owned subsidiary of nature.”
January 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Much more than that - @70sbachchan.bsky.social put it best when he wrote:
“Never forget that the "economy" is a wholly owned subsidiary of nature.”
“Never forget that the "economy" is a wholly owned subsidiary of nature.”
The man, the myth, the legend ♥️ incredible to hear David Cronenberg in conversation after a screening of 1983’s Videodrome last night at the Academy Museum. The movie feels more prescient than ever about the impacts of mass (and social) media on an increasingly hallucinatory reality
January 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The man, the myth, the legend ♥️ incredible to hear David Cronenberg in conversation after a screening of 1983’s Videodrome last night at the Academy Museum. The movie feels more prescient than ever about the impacts of mass (and social) media on an increasingly hallucinatory reality
Digging into this year’s Antistatic Print Object - thank you @kellypendergrast.bsky.social for blessing my postbox
December 16, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Digging into this year’s Antistatic Print Object - thank you @kellypendergrast.bsky.social for blessing my postbox
Just something so funny about a “Cyber Monday” ad with Noam Chomsky
December 2, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Just something so funny about a “Cyber Monday” ad with Noam Chomsky
Holy hell this movie is amazing - a 2.5 hour film essay cut like a political thriller exploring jazz, the Cold War, the CIA, the murder of Patrice Lumumba, the betrayed futures of the anticolonial and non-aligned movements… cannot recommend enough kinolorber.com/film/soundtr...
November 22, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Holy hell this movie is amazing - a 2.5 hour film essay cut like a political thriller exploring jazz, the Cold War, the CIA, the murder of Patrice Lumumba, the betrayed futures of the anticolonial and non-aligned movements… cannot recommend enough kinolorber.com/film/soundtr...
Not as cool as the original 1970 Osaka Expo version:
November 22, 2024 at 5:15 AM
Not as cool as the original 1970 Osaka Expo version:
My Mom in 1971, at the time her essay takes place:
May 15, 2024 at 6:36 PM
My Mom in 1971, at the time her essay takes place:
Apropos of nothing, here are some photos of Prince Charles looking exceptionally dweeby at Osaka Expo 1970
August 22, 2023 at 5:48 PM
Apropos of nothing, here are some photos of Prince Charles looking exceptionally dweeby at Osaka Expo 1970
This, on Life magazine photo-spreads of atomic testing devastation sandwiched between Hollywood starlet profiles and car ads, also feels like it could be commenting on the very concept of an Oppenheimer/Barbie double feature:
July 21, 2023 at 6:04 PM
This, on Life magazine photo-spreads of atomic testing devastation sandwiched between Hollywood starlet profiles and car ads, also feels like it could be commenting on the very concept of an Oppenheimer/Barbie double feature: