Loi Laing

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Loi Laing

Joined Metalabel 07/28/2025

Artist/Teacher/Attorney. I make art, teach art, and help other artists protect theirs. I create with plants and pigments at Bloomwilde, my farm and studio. I work at the High Museum of Art.🌺

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

Collector #107

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.

ideaspace
The Ideaspace by Yancey Strickler
Meet the Ideaspace

Meet the Ideaspace

by Yancey Strickler

Collector #53

Since 2017, the Ideaspace has been my outlet for exploring creative forms and sharing ideas. This release shares audio of four of my favorite interviews — with artist Hank Willis Thomas, economist Marianna Mazucato, and authors John Higgs and Eric Wargo — in a free .zip download.

squad
Metalabel squad
A New Creative Era

A New Creative Era

by Yancey Strickler, IY, and 2 more

Collector #84

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.

athousandforests
A Thousand Forests
Legal Structures for Creative Practices

Legal Structures for Creative Practices

by A Thousand Forests, Enrique H, and 2 more

Collector #550

"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