Metalabel

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Marcus Lyon is a photographer and artist from London who has been operating a wild project where he explores the ancestry of many notable and regular people from specific places, then reveals all the interconnections and common bonds people share. Alta is a slice from this larger project, giving collectors a chance to experience the project through a free app, podcast download, or limited edition art book.

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Maya Man’s HEART has been a gem of egalitarian creative goodness in Lower Manhattan since opening its doors last year, with talks and performances by living legends like Cory Arcangel, Mindy Seu, Rafael Rozendaal, and other members of the NYC creative community. To sadly commemorate the end of the space’s lease, Maya is offering a special I ♡ Heart shirt. Available only until April 1.

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Part behind the scenes snapshot, part deep dive into one composer’s process, this exceptional new media package from electronic musician and composer Jlin captures the artist at work building pieces from samples discovered during a trip to the Powerhouse Museum in Australia. An exceptional look into the creative process, and one of the best-packaged releases we’ve seen on Metalabel. Not to be missed.

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Three artists are aptly criticizing the data-farming ploy of CAPTCHA with a multi-layered exhibition, cassette, sculpture combined release that reminds us what makes us human

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We’ve been seeing this brightly colored newsprint quietly pop up in a lot of our favorite spaces: record stores, art spaces. But until now, it’s been hard to get anywhere else and really dive in. A platform to “create, contextualize, and explore work from artists” ~ LOVE!!!

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There are so many takes on visual culture these days but Liz Barr’s latest is one we know will alter how we look at images for the better. For her latest print she dissects the history of photo editing—not just from web 1.0 onwards, but going back to 19th century photo-making practices to trace roots of our contemporary anxieties.

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A 112-page love letter to an artist couple that inspired so many—Derek Jarman, behind pivotal films like Caravaggio and Blue, and Keith Collins—where friends past and present crash like waves. Feels like beach-combing for art and friendship.

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It’s one thing to lose yourself in a craft, but it’s another thing to trust and love the bias of your own perspective. That’s what’s got us loving Aaron Bergunder’s new handbound zine of the changing landscapes in Victoria, Canada. The beautiful collection of images are not just a trace of time, but of Aaron’s trust in what his eye would capture naturally in the span of a year.

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What could autonomous governance look like in the US? Seven writers from the Elysian Collective offer some big propositions to chew on—taking us through the cases for autonomous US states, village-states, garden cities, network states, borderless communities, and more all rooted in the power of small, local governance. Timely, thoughtful, generative.

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Issue #2 of the new interview magazine 3 objects tugs at our collector heartstrings by perfectly capturing the emotional connections between people and their most cherished objects