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Art, Blockchain and NFTs

Whoa, Vol. 1 – Conversations To Make You Feel Human

A limited edition print publication of 100 copies exclusively sold at Metalabel (for American collectors), and an unlimited digital edition worldwide.

Also included: private podcast and YouTube feeds of each unedited conversation.

By Sublime and Printernet.

The digital zine that almost wasn’t. A one-off publication that, in many ways, tells its own story—the energy, creative passion, and very real challenges that almost kept it from happening.

WOR(L)DS ZINE

A book of screenshots taken in the game IMVU

FUTURX and LARROSA present “AI+MUSIC. CONTEXT + USES + ETHICS: Artificial Intelligence in Music Ecosystems”.

The publication has two main objectives: to propose a common language to overcome binary and polarized perspectives on AI in the music industry, and to catalyze critical and constructive discussions for a future that is already inevitable.

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

Will we still be asking people to like and subscribe in 10 years?

"After The Creator Economy" explores constructive alternatives for the ways we produce, distribute, and monetize creative work online.

Co-edited by Austin Robey (Metalabel) and Severin Matusek (co—matter), this release preserves and digitally reissues the zine

Here is a reality ~ 𝕃𝕠𝕠𝕓𝕥𝕠𝕡𝕚𝕒. This is the film. Sillyfunsilly visuals, cynicism, narcissism, avatars and music. (We are camouflaging Loobi's aching emptiness, as she endlessly searches for a sense of 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦/𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐚/𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞.) Loobtopia is fickle, noncommittal and vapid. IT IS SUCH FUN. W3lc0m3 Fr13Nd$. ᴛꜱ&ᴄꜱ ᴀᴘᴘʟʏ.

In the aftermath of the cataclysmic worldwide cyberwar that reshaped the world, Reptiliana emerged as the elusive and reclusive figure who commanded all and seemed to know all. Some speculated that Reptiliana was an artificial intelligence born from the digital ether, a manifestation of collective consciousness...