Joined Metalabel 05/20/2025
aixdesign
AIxDESIGN
Making Sense of Slow AI: A zine about Slow AI Imaginaries by AIxDESIGN & internet teapot

Collector #118

What if AI didn’t run on Silicon Valley logic? Making Sense of Slow AI, compiles 40 pages of eclectic stories on Small, Esoteric, and Ancestral AI – inviting you to think small, make it magical, and plan for the past.

inpatientpress
Inpatient Press
EX LIBRIS

EX LIBRIS

by Mitch Anzuoni

Collector #21

A library-crawling adventure RPG set in the mythical Abbey of Theleme, EX LIBRIS is a multimedia amalgamation drawing from Umberto Eco, Francois Rabelais, Clark Ashton Smith, and Marguerite Porete

darkforest
The Dark Forest Collective
Antimemetics: Why Some Ideas Resist Spreading

Antimemetics: Why Some Ideas Resist Spreading

by Nadia Asparouhova, and Leïth Benkhedda

Collector #773

Why do some ideas spread like wildfire, while others resist being seen — despite their importance? A new book by Nadia Asparouhova explores the emerging phenomenon of antimemetics. Published by the Dark Forest Collective.

sporesight
Sporesight
A meditation: be more like a mushroom

A meditation: be more like a mushroom

by Jess Jorgensen, Thays Prado, and 1 more

Collector #10

Welcome to the Sporesight meditation. You are invited to connect with the world of fungi and experiment with how it feels to be a little bit more like a mushroom. Don’t worry, this is an exercise with no substance involved other than your own imagination. Shall we begin?

l00bi
L00bi
LOOBTOPIA  𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕗𝕚𝕝𝕞

Collector #74

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.

squad
Metalabel
Nine Creative Meditations

Nine Creative Meditations

by Yancey Strickler, IY, and 1 more

Collector #325

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

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

Collector #140

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.

squad
Metalabel
A New Creative Era

A New Creative Era

by Yancey Strickler, IY, and 2 more

Collector #104

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.

sporesight
Sporesight
Fungi as your Futurist: A Playbook for Symbiotic Futures

Collector #38

Imagine we were more like fungi? If we are to solve some of humanity’s most radical challenges, we need radical new ways of thinking. Fungi as your Futurist is a first-of-its kind playbook for imagining regenerative futures, inspired by nature’s intelligence. It invites you to think like fungi.

rebeccaclark
Rebecca Clark
Book of Hours: An Artist's Book for the Anthropocene

Collector #259

BOOK of HOURS is a free 236-page PDF intended to be viewed in 2-page format on a handheld digital device. Taking the idea of the medieval prayer book into the virtual age, it provides light but also underscores our vast separation from the natural and spiritual worlds.

darkforest
The Dark Forest Collective
The Post-Individual

The Post-Individual

by Yancey Strickler, IY, and 1 more

Collector #345

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

donotresearch
Do Not Research
DNR Fall 25: Technology Criticism

Collector #188

A four week intensive to familiarize participants with core texts and issues in the debate over the role of technology in society, its politics, and future. Mondays: 10/6, 10/20, 11/3, 11/17 @ 6:30 - 8:30pm EST

unlabeledmgzn
UNLABELED Magazine
UNLABELED Issue 4

UNLABELED Issue 4

by Jada Milazzo

Collector #9

UNLABELED Issue 4 focused on the ideals of sustainability, intuitive creating, spirituality, and the exploration of identity through art and creative endeavors.

tci
The Creative Independent
On dealing with creative anxiety (digital)

Collector #154

A 52-page zine exploring how artists can channel their creative anxiety. Features contributions and insights from Aubrey Plaza, Melissa Broder, Anelise Chen, Jlin, Mike Rugnetta, Henry Rollins, and Nikki Sixx

bimborhetoric
Bimbo Rhetoric
Forever Mediated: Feminist Erotic Texts and the Seduction Economy (PDF)

Collector #56

Written by Ester Freider ISBN: 979-8-9923515-1-4 Publisher: Bimbo Rhetoric Publishing House Publication Date: May 5, 2025 Pages: 63 pages Language: English

lasthuman
Last Human Collective
LAST HUMAN #003

LAST HUMAN #003

by Lance Weiler

Collector #27

The third issue of our open prototyping zine dives into how LAST HUMAN moves from the museum to the classroom. Inspired by Fluxus and John Cage’s experimental classes at The New School, students at Columbia DSL turn learning itself into performance - building haunted interfaces, masks, and rituals that blur the line between human and machine.

athousandforests
A Thousand Forests
Legal Structures for Creative Practices

Legal Structures for Creative Practices

by A Thousand Forests, Enrique H, and 2 more

Collector #780

"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

elysian
Elysian Collective
The Elysian Manifesto

The Elysian Manifesto

by Elle Griffin

Collector #83

One way our world could go from here.

metalabel-apex
APEX
APEX

APEX

by APEX Zine, and Freya Bromfield

Collector #63

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.