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Across the internet and the globe, artists and technologists are reimagining what media, art, and the human experience can be. A curated selection by the Metalabel Squad.
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Is our digital identity shaped by the constant stream of online trends and memes? APEX, a cutting-edge zine dives into the intersection of AI, identity, and digital culture- journeying through past, present, and future to answer this. From "Modern Accelerationism" to "Cybernatural Synergy," APEX offers fresh perspectives on evolving digital selves.
Feverish online imagery merges with a traditional symbol of Dutch heritage. Delft Pol/der Tiles join the contemporary with the historical and the high and low of culture.
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.
A collection of essays and images building on the themes and provocations made throughout works featured in Open Secret, a rolling series of screenings of internet cinema curated by Dana Dawud. The zine has been released in conjunction with the UK premiere of Open Secret and was designed and edited by Y7, a duo of post-disciplinary artists.
Limited edition of 100 prints on un-dosed heavyweight blotting paper using plant based food grade ink, signed and numbered, 19x19 cm.
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.
Collect the original essay, ideas, and research that inspired Metalabel, including: — Unpublished research and thinking from May 2021 — The initial manifesto, first published in February 2022 — Further research, first published in October 2022 Preserved and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 for the first time
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.
The first New Release from YACHT on limited-edition yellow vinyl—now in a second wave!
"What If?" is a working journal: a reader-reviewed, iterative publication written to evolve alongside conversation. Each chapter is curated around a "what if" prompt—what if WFH took place in Vision Pros? Curators of the working edition (this release) can vote on journal submissions, curate chapter content, and read with the Glass Mirror community.
A series of reflections from my (Yancey's) creative experiences expressed as a written essay (the A-side) and video essay (the B-side)
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.
"the kind of “women’s work” that goes unacknowledged and unseen: housekeeping, childrearing, and above all the perpetuation of a life that caters to the freedoms and liberties of men."
𝙢𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙮𝙨𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙛𝙛 is a series of 20 unique .zip folders, each containing 100 files, physically embodied as one-of-a-kind artist books.
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...
Shantell Sans mixes variable axes for Weight, Italic, Informality, and Bounce to deliver a wide array of font styles, from friendly, readable, everyday typographic workhorses to striking, high-energy, experimental styles meant especially for animation. This is the story behind its inspiration and creation.
An exploration of individuality after the internet The Post-Individual First Edition includes "The Post Individual" essay, an audio recording and video introduction by the author, and research notes behind the piece
The Fête of Britain: four days of joyous celebration of the imagination... and what we can collectively achieve when we decide to replace competition with collaboration. Curated by Hard Art at Aviva Studios in Manchester. It’s the opening salvo for a new movement. Hit Support below to join us!