Joe Townshend

Introducing Metalabel

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— Unpublished research and thinking from May 2021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

Nine Creative Meditations

A series of reflections from my (Yancey's) creative experiences expressed as a written essay (the A-side) and video essay (the B-side)

LOOBTOPIA _Chapter One 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕝𝕞

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.

After the Creator Economy

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 Post-Individual (Open Edition)

An exploration of individuality after the internet

The Post-Individual Open Edition

Includes:

— The Post Individual essay

— An audio recording by the author

— A video introduction

— Research notes, early drafts, and slides

Shantell Sans

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.

On Making a Living as an Artist (Digital 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.

Open letter to all people of conscience in response to the acquittal of the HSBC 9

Nine women, from graduates to grandmothers, were found not guilty for taking nonviolent direct action with Extinction Rebellion at the headquarters of one of the world’s biggest investors in fossil fuels, HSBC. [Main image: Sarah Cresswell]

The Fête of Britain

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!

The Work WE Need to Do

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