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A four week intensive course delving into the core ideas and questions explored in the foundational stages of DNR. We will examine artworks, texts, and internet media covering topics like internet-informed identity, political futures, and post-internet art. Facilitated by artist Theresa Tomi Faison via Zoom Sundays: 8/3, 8/10, 8/17, 8/24, 1-3pm EST
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New World Order: The Return of Hard Power and Soft Beliefs is a 35-page research memo about what happens when power, infrastructure and ideology collide. A manual for anyone trying to make sense of the present, New World Order contains ideas, context and language to participate in shaping the world that emerges in front of our eyes.
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Why do some ideas spread like wildfire, while others resist being seen — despite their importance? A new book by Nadia Asparouhova explores the emerging phenomenon of antimemetics. Published by the Dark Forest Collective.
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Creasidence is a global accelerator in the creative industries, based in Tokyo, Japan. While supporting creators through educational workshops focused on the release of creative projects, we’re building a global community of creatives from over 25 countries. This collaborative comic Manifesto represents our shared vision for the creative future.
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On the Creative Life: Conversations Toward a New Creative Era
by Yancey Strickler, and Joshua Citarella
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Artist Joshua Citarella and writer Yancey Strickler spoke weekly about their creative practices for the "New Creative Era" podcast. This book edits those discussions into a collection offering a new perspective on the creative life. Available July 1.
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Synthetics invites you to an evening of sermons, sound, and spiritual architectures ~ an offline portal into our collective experiment at Metalabel HQ on July 30th. We gather to listen, meditate, and transmit: soft hypnotic codes, glitch rituals, speculative rites. This is a night for the other self- the ethereal, the encrypted, the unreleased.
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Still visuals generated from an ongoing live coding project of Jitr จิตร: an extended gong ensemble that utilizes computer programming, non-Western sound cultures, historical research, archive footage, and text aiming to reconcile the lost connection of Southeast Asia's shared heritage. Featuring writing by Jitr Poumisak in Thai.
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A book about how to survive on the internet. It’s about the cozy web, the dark web, the dark forest, the clear net, the dark net, and a new social world emerging around us. This is the Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet.
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We are a cultural collective of artists, activists, and scientists standing in solidarity in the face of climate and democratic collapse. We’re starting a new creative movement. Join us.
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An exploration of individuality after the internet. The Post-Individual includes: — The Post Individual essay — An audio recording by the author — A video introduction — Research notes, early drafts, and slides
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Get detailed Notion templates for all the exercises in the Artist's Way book. ⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪ Unlock your higher creativity with the self-guided 12 week program in the Artists Way written by Julia Cameron. Join artists like Doechii, Alicia Keys, Bella Hadid, and more in the creative transformation guided by these exercises.
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This is a free edition that focuses on how to navigate your 'Network Archives 001: A Directory of Inspiration'. It is a curated guide highlighting key themes, insights, and actionable ideas from a selection of the projects to help you explore the directory more deeply. This drop follows the inaugural release from the Network Archives label.
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POMO—TECT and Casa Ysasi are proud to announce the launch of [MUSICAL FURNITURE] — a collaborative design project centered on building furniture pieces that serve a musical purpose. [CASE STUDY - 01], is a plywood credenza that is simple in form, simple in construction, and has a scientific attention to proportions, tuned for vinyl DJs
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On October 25th and 26th, 2022, Baukunst gathered at Warehouse XI, just outside of Boston in Somerville, MA, to share projects, processes, and new areas of inquiry. This is a zine we published to capture notes from the gathering.
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"Legal Structures for Creative Practices" is an illustrated zine designed for creative entrepreneurs that unpacks the pros, cons, and nuances of various legal structures to help choose the one that will best suit their unique practice. View the digital zine at: AThousandForests.com
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Author and curator Legacy Russell returns to poetry with a collection of lyric poems that begin at the end of the world. Rising out of Russell's 2022-23 Digital Fellowship for 'Pompeii Commitment. Archaeological Matters,' she explores ash, filth, dirt, and decay, intersectional with the fetishistic mythos of Pompeii and its destruction in 79 CE.
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What is a shower? And how does one begin to untangle the paradoxes and dynamism of showers from their sleek facades? "Shower Thoughts" is an artist book combining quirky social experiments, serious theories, and artwork documentation—all centered on the shower—to explore their potential as embodied network in the post-digital age.
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Full-color 8.5 x 5.5 inch artist's book of 24 pages containing 50 videos stills and images from the first season of Life Touching Life.
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Compilation of all the spacecraft footage of Saturn's moon Enceladus targeted and captured during the course of NASA's Cassini mission.
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A Surreal Kind of Normal is a browser-based piece exploring the absurdity and dissonance of our contemporary human condition online. The artist performs not as a character, but as an amalgamation of neoliberal attitudes and the frozen subjects of stock images come to life. A “girl” who is not girl so much as a vessel, a gun, an ethos. Edition of 22
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The Creasidence Manga Zine — a collaborative project born from our 2-day online workshop, where artists reimagined Japanese yōkai folklore through character design and storytelling techniques. This Yōkai Festival collection transforms traditional supernatural creatures into modern manga artistry.
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Some theories and practical approaches that might help you think about how you think about ideas.
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@Metalabel. A thank you letter, to all the people who have helped me to be here <3.
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Fred Escher made five artists’ books across two eras: austere B&W works in the 1970s and surreal, color-saturated books in the 2010s. Both are emotionally rich, often humorous, and centered on the doubled self. His books—quiet, strange, and complete—are widely available and the strongest expression of his vision.
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Six free, black-and-white magazines (originally in print form) chronicling musicians from the Kansas City area between April 2021 and June 2022.
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In 2007 I met a musician on Myspace – a Brit living in Reykjavik. We fell in love. For 9 months, we swapped songs, art, letters, Skype calls & brief moments in real life, kissing in cars. In 2016 I traveled to Iceland to make a project about our relationship. This book is the result. Begin Forwarded Message tells our story from beginning to end.
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CMYK – 52 Typoems :: 4 typefaces | 4 letters | 4 sections by Michael Betancourt
by Michael Betancourt
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CMYK is an asemic poetry book published by Swedish press Timglaset. It was their blackest book ever and simultaneously one of their most colorful. Now out of print, it was originally published in an edition of 99 copies, and was a winner in The Society of Typographic Arts 45th STA100 in 2024
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TOONZY! is the 2016 ENNIE nominated "Best Free Game"! You and your friends assume the roles of cartoon characters in a hilarious setting.
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Hard Imagination invites Venture Capitalists to see a world beyond an extractive mindset, to create pathways for capital allocation that are not self-terminating Limited run of 23 bound copies or download the PDF for free
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This mediation journal was inspired by those who want to see new realities. may it serve as critique, a grounding, a compass, a diary, a portal.
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A children and teens' music project made possible through the non-profit arts organization Culture Therapy. This CD features "Spring Has Come" (Rockie Rode and the NYC CSA vocal & band students) and "Suburban Hell" (Gowanus River Swim Team) and comes with an 8-page booklet including BTS documentation and additional album artwork.
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Sketches from an ongoing series, drawn in multi-color ink on 4 x 6 inch watercolor paper. There are eight total available in this first set, each is unique and selected at random.
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We’ve been told patriarchy is inevitable. It’s not. In redefining power, this book imagines the next world and invites you to help build it. Pre-order for Fall 2025
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A wider view of our self-interest. Now Me, Future Me. Now Us, Future Us. A model for a deeper form of living. BEyond Near Term Orientation: Bentoism.
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The original essay, ideas, and research that inspired Metalabel, including: — Unpublished research and thinking from May 2021 — The initial manifesto, first published in February 2022 — Further research, first published in October 2022 Preserved and collectible as a new media archive.
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A Phone of the Artist as a Young Man is a dizzying descent into digital madness, where one man's screen addiction and artistic ambitions collide in a genre-bending exploration of love, technology, and the disintegration of the modern mind. It's the first ever long-form screenshot.
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The definitive Other Internet anthology collects our essays and reports in print for the first time, traces crypto-cultural history in 6 new pieces, and surfaces new material from the OI archives. Ships June 2025. Pre-order now.
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A zine published by The Creative Independent, compiling quotes, excerpts, and recommendations from working artists, all gathered from our archive. Topics covered include always looking for better ways to express yourself, finding your path, creating work in your own voice, following your curiosity, and more.
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A 52-page zine exploring how artists can channel their creative anxiety. Features contributions and insights from Aubrey Plaza, Melissa Broder, Anelise Chen, Jlin, Mike Rugnetta, Henry Rollins, and Nikki Sixx