Joined Metalabel 11/07/2026
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The Dark Forest Collective
The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet (Digital Edition)

The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet (Digital Edition)

by Yancey Strickler, Caroline Busta, and 8 more

Collector #181

A book about the cozy web, the dark web, the dark forest, the clear net, the dark net, and a new world emerging around us. This is The DIGTAL Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet.

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Metalabel
A New Creative Era

A New Creative Era

by Yancey Strickler, IY, and 2 more

Collector #149

In June 2023, Metalabel put a yellow newspaper box on the street of the Lower East Side in NYC, and filled it up each day with copies of a free zine that celebrated a New Creative Era. This release documents that original release and makes the zine available for download.

ideaspace
The Ideaspace by Yancey Strickler
Bentoism

Bentoism

by Yancey Strickler, and Laurel Schwulst

Collector #137

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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Metalabel
Introducing Metalabel

Introducing Metalabel

by Yancey Strickler, Erin, and 7 more

Collector #173

The original essay, ideas, and research that inspired Metalabel, including: — Unpublished research and thinking from May 2021 — The initial manifesto, first published in February 2022 — Further research, first published in October 2022 Preserved and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.

ideaspace
The Ideaspace by Yancey Strickler
The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet

Collector #225

A trilogy of essays published from 2019 through 2021 that explores why I and others feel less comfortable showing our true selves online. Reissued here with the original piece, two follow-up essays, and a podcast conversation with The Stoa exploring the concept.

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Ariciano
Pelagñou: An Archipelagic Technoculture

Collector #12

From desire paths to the development of the internet, from party etiquettes to redefining intelligences, from Caribbean theory to advanced forms of technoculture. Take a meandering walk with this essay, as it introduces a tool that meanders through knowledge just the same.

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Phase 333
Mapping Desire - Venus rx worksheet

Collector #12

Teaching materials for - Desire, undone. Read more here: www.phase333.net/desire-workshop

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nocellcoverage
Tessera

Tessera

by nocellcoverage

Collector #4

Tessera is an open source wearable pendant designed to hold a microSD card. Inspired by the traditional locket, which was created to carry personal objects close to the body, the piece treats data as something similar. ‍