Edison Wong

Collector #18

Hard Imagination : Hard Imagination : the dark white paper [PDF]

Hard Imagination invites Venture Capitalists to see a world beyond an extractive mindset, to create pathways for capital allocation that are not self-terminating

Limited run of 23 bound copies or download the PDF for free

Collector #50

A New Creative Era: New Creative Era (digital)

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. Join us!

Collector #249

After the Creator Economy : First Edition

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

Collector #81

Introducing Metalabel: First Edition

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— Unpublished research and thinking from May 2021 — The initial manifesto, first published in February 2022 — Further research, first published in October 2022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

Collector #453

Anonymous Creative Futures Report: Creative Futures Anonymous: 2025 Edition (digital)

Where are we now as creative people? Where are we going? What do we vision for the future? 75 creative people anonymously share the dreams, concerns, and joys grounding their creative thinking for the year ahead.

Collector #11

Mycelium As Mode Report - Baukunst Study Group 001: Mycelium As Mode Report - Baukunst Study Group 001

In our first Study Group, Mycelium as Mode, we set out to inquire about the vast world of mushrooms, exploring the terrain from multiple vantage points — from wellness and investment in psychedelics — to materiality and even, mycelium as a metaphor for building.

Collector #160

On Making a Living as an Artist (Digital Edition): First Edition

In 2018, The Creative Independent published our first zine, featuring the emotional and practical wisdom of Philip Glass, Yumna Al-Arashi, Taja Cheek, and others on how to make a living as an artist. This is a digital edition of that work.

Collector #150

The Work WE Need to Do: First Edition

A Manual For Our Time — the first Hard Art Manifesto.

Collector #120

Introducing Hard Art: First Edition

We are a cultural collective of artists, activists, and scientists standing in solidarity in the face of climate and democratic collapse. We’re starting a new creative movement. Join us.