By Zachary David Taylor
Collector #1
A meaningful idea of justice cannot be grounded in an idea of goodness, but instead only on an idea of permission/prohibition.
By Avi Solomon
Collector #15
Free PDF of my English translation of Sefer Yesira, an ancient Hebrew mystical text that first promulgated the concept of combinatorial creativity.
By Nadia Piet and 1 other
Collector #3
Bigger isn’t always better. What could we make with AI if scale wasn’t an objective? The 38-page zine “AI for Ants: A zine about Small AI” draws inspiration from the degrowth movement, climate justice, and low-tech to re-imagine AI that is locally-rooted and more attuned to our natural world.
By Marco Furyu
Collector #5
The Official Book for the short film Z (2024), directed by Marco Furyu, is here. The film structures itself around the shamanic cinema and will take you through a poetic voyage from our world into the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms, even to the stars, and then back to humanity again. Digital. Portuguese version. 10 pages. Free edition.
By glbkst
Collector #2
The 10th release of cuentos cortos con sonido. A bit different, with real videos. And i think it's the last of this label (So new things will be released at another label ). Focus is the music, maybe the fitting 'short story' is the history of this label and its releases. I'm pretty proud of this release :-)
By Marcus Lyon and 2 others
Collector #5
Alta is a research-based exploration of social change in Los Angeles in the early twenty-first century.
By Marcus Lyon and 2 others
Collector #5
Alta is a research-based exploration of social change in Los Angeles in the early twenty-first century.
By Avi Solomon
Collector #3
Merry Christmas to all those who celebrate! I have reprocessed the original 1968 Apollo 8 mission Earthrise Hasselblad Kodak analog film photograph taken by the late Astronaut Bill Anders from the new NASA master scans. Please feel free to download the image file and zoom in to see the astonishing level of detail...
By Avi Solomon
Collector #1
NASA Parker Solar Probe footage of Venus and Earth swimming in a sea of stars amidst the Milky Way
By Franco Alvarez
Collector #7
A short zine and first ever created print media by Franco Alvarez. Includes Oklahoma City OK, Amarillo TX, Albuquerque NM, Flagstaff AZ, Laughlin NV, and Los Angeles CA. Shot on Kodak 200 Gold
By Franco Alvarez
Collector #7
The first ever full length project by Franco Alvarez; a magazine chronicling the summer of 2024. A summer characterized by heavy growth and development, the story of a caterpillar becoming the butterfly.
By Sasha Santiago
Collector #3
This is a first edition PDF excerpt for actors and filmmakers delving into guerrilla filmmaking. Drawn from Sasha Santiago's 20+ years of experience, it offers 12 self-directed approaches to creating raw, fast-paced films with available resources. Ideal for those seeking innovative methods in authentic storytelling.
By Sasha Santiago
Collector #5
The Big Dark is a 45-minute experimental pilot set to premiere at the Peculiarium's Hangar 13 in North Portland's Slabtown.
By Tyler Mincey
Collector #2
In our second Study Group at Baukunst, Contours of CAD and AI, we set out to explore how emerging AI and machine learning techniques have the potential to revolutionize computer aided design in industrial design, engineering, construction, virtual environments, and beyond. We worked in collaboration to form a picture of what the future of engineeri
By Tyler Mincey
Collector #4
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.
By Sophie Cowen and 2 others
Collector #4
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
By Lloyd Davis
Collector #7
Our first release is a re-release from **counts on fingers**... sixteen years ago! Coming soon is a freshly annotated version that fills in some of the gaps between then and now - a kind of "director's cut" if you like. But since there are now adults around who were in kindergarten at the time, we thought we'd start at the very beginning.
By Underground Art And Design
Collector #1
"Alt-Alterity" envisions a world where the notion of “alterity” dissolves, making way for new affinities. In response to an era marked by crisis, this curatorial project serves as an artistic provocation, navigating you through speculative realities, rebellious technologies, and fluid identities shaped by the ideas and works of 31 artists.
By Nadia Piet and 1 other
Collector #1
Why do we approach AI chatbots as modern-day oracles? This issue of the Slow AI Series “[Dis]enchantment: A zine about Esoteric AI” summons 54 pages of magic, divination, folklore, and other arcane ways of knowing to disenchant then re-enchant our relationship with algorithmic systems.
By Tiny
Collector #4
01. Inner Space. A love story. Art and ideas aimed at transcending the small self by stripping away the borders and boundaries between ourselves, and the world.
By Underground Art And Design
Collector #21
Worlds Unfolding is a guide and inspiration hub for virtual world-making, offering curated prompts, community-contributed projects, and ideas that blend storytelling, design, and imagination. It explores how virtual spaces can foster connection, creativity, and care while critically examining their ties to the dominant paradigm.
By Maddie James
Collector #20
Doing a special collection of Edit_ONE in anticipation of the Edit_Two launch! No physical copies will be made available as these are SOLD OUT.
By glbkst
Collector #4
Doesn't exactly fit here, because it's a "normal" song or a snippet of the song. I added a poem, though.
By Pierce Day
Collector #26
A Phone of the Artist as a Young Man is a dizzying descent into digital madness, where one man's screen addiction and artistic ambitions collide in a genre-bending exploration of love, technology, and the disintegration of the modern mind. It's the first ever long-form screenshot.
Collector #2
The first available public declaration and guiding principles of the Deterministic Intranasal Guild, as written and executed by the Board Of Olfactory Grazing Engagement Review.
By Rayna and 5 others
Collector #46
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.
By Ethan Zohar
Collector #20
A collection of lived experiences that has filled me with warmth and has made me question why I am here.
By Zachary David Taylor
Collector #3
Introductory remarks about a series of eight, 10-page essays I will release in 2025. Includes, preface/introduction/release timetable/summaries of each essay.
By glbkst
Collector #1
Some likely subjective thoughts about music, art, platforms and related technology.
By Yancey Strickler and 3 others
Collector #13
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!
By Yancey Strickler and 2 others
Collector #8
A wider view of our self-interest. Now Me, Future Me. Now Us, Future Us. A model for a deeper form of living. BEyond Near Term Orientation: Bentoism.
By Yancey Strickler
Collector #11
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.
Collector #1
Celebrating the new year, I've designed minimal art calendars that feature master paintings and raw photos from the Bauhaus school. Ready for you to print.
Collector #6
Celebrating the new year, I've designed minimal art calendars that feature master paintings and raw photos from the Bauhaus school. Ready for you to print.
Collector #7
On May 4th and 5th, 2022, Baukunst gathered at The Interval at The Long Now— a prominent foundation for long-term thinking— to share projects, processes, and new areas of inquiry. This is a zine we published to capture notes from the gathering.
Collector #16
On October 25th and 26th, 2022, Baukunst gathered at Warehouse XI, just outside of Boston in Somerville, MA, to share projects, processes, and new areas of inquiry. This is a zine we published to capture notes from the gathering.
By Bana Mutibwa and 1 other
Collector #10
**Essays of a Revolutionary MC** is a tapestry of Luganda Hip Hop music, activism, & cultural exploration. Through Luga Flow, I share my story & Uganda’s fight for freedom & liberation with raw honesty, blending artistic expression with a relentless pursuit of truth & justice. I am Bana Mutibwa, the Luga Flow Revolutionary Human Rights Activist.
By Jourden
Collector #7
A girl travels to Copenhagen to retrieve mysterious black market death pills.
By Avi Solomon
Collector #2
A remarkable image of a scene on Mars photographed by NASA's Perseverance Rover is emblematic of the alien yet familiar landscape of a barren planet humans might visit one day.
By Eirena
Collector #12
Embrace Variety Vol.01 contains three guides about the core and often overlooked aspects of visual branding: personality, design taboos, and the North Star. It is for everyone who wants to give their brand an image that stands out, stands the time and resonates. And for those who want to take better control of the branding process.
By Ruby Bailey and 3 others
Collector #6
Here is a re:re:reality ~ This is the film - *ENDLESSITY*. Set in no-place 2 empty_world_empty_ai_fantasy_world of L00bi’s pixelated dreams. Thisss one is heaven. This one is ethereality limbo dissolve. L00bi’s aching emptiness is no longer scattered - she knows what she wants(!) How to become nothing |-|3|_|>, my friend, let me go |-|0/\/\3.
By Brandon Stosuy
Collector #5
A zine published by The Creative Independent, compiling quotes, excerpts, and recommendations from working artists, all gathered from our archive. Topics covered include always looking for better ways to express yourself, finding your path, creating work in your own voice, following your curiosity, and more.
By Black Dave MK2 and 2 others
Collector #4
This is the starter pack to learning about Worst Generation. With over 20 songs, the Master Collection Demo is designed to be a preview to what you get in the full Worst Generation Master Collection.
By Justin Gignac
Collector #88
Join for updates on all future Garbage releases.
By Asher Wolff
Collector #4
Just some of my recent paintings, especially ones that utilize framing around the borders. Framing has become a new favorite of mine.
By Toby Kaufmann-Buhler
Collector #3
A grid to play in, on and through -- an occasionally updated set of studies in visual and sonic play (with a singing saw and video synthesizer), arranged in a grid to be played in any number of combinations. When new studies are added, the grid arrangement will be re-oriented and a new edition released.
By APEX Zine and 1 other
Collector #16
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.
By Avi Solomon
Collector #1
On the way home from the Moon in August 1971, Apollo 15 Astronaut Jim Irwin picked up a Hasselblad camera and captured this astonishing prospect of a crescent Earth gleaming in a ray of sunlight.
By Avi Solomon
Collector #1
Audio version of my English translation of Sefer Yesira, an ancient Hebrew mystical text that first promulgated the concept of combinatorial creativity. Important not just for having a creative effect on major historical figures, but also for a seminal influence germinating the seeds of modern logic and computing into the looming Golem of AI today.
By Everyone Is A Girl and 3 others
Collector #33
FANDOM is a communal publication which features critical and experimental short-form responses to the theme of fandom from a variety of upcoming writers and artists.
By Sophie Cowen and 1 other
Collector #22
In late 2022, a handful of artists, scientists, movement builders, musicians, and democratic innovators came together to explore making a future based on care and freedom. The process we've called Hard Art began. This series shows how it all started, the frameworks we're using to collaborate, and how it's going.
By glbkst
Collector #2
The short trip reached Arras and a small dog is found.
By Ron Dickman
Collector #5
Set of ten outrageously colorful postcards featuring photos of mailboxes.
By Aaron
Collector #5
A mobile web game to give your thumbs a workout. Just keep mindlessly scrolling through social media posts to win!
By Ambient Soul Music Club
Collector #8
Four Track Originals Vol. 1 is the first release from Ambient Soul Music Club founder, Graeme Worsfold. A four-track digital-only EP of stunning instrumental ambient soul music and video acting as a gateway drug to this unusual, innovative new genre and community of music creativity.
By Avi Solomon
Collector #3
This is the draft of my forthcoming translation of Sefer Yesira, an ancient Hebrew mystical text that first promulgated the concept of combinatorial creativity. The English version is turning out to be a stand-alone text that can be read aloud as poetry. Please feel free to read, recite, record, recommend and send me reverbs!
By Bora
Collector #4
We've shot this short film to raise awareness of the child labor issue in agriculture.
By Yancey Strickler and 2 others
Collector #129
A series of reflections from my (Yancey's) creative experiences expressed as a written essay (the A-side) and video essay (the B-side)
By Felix Ng and 1 other
Collector #8
Bracket is a publication that features everything in between: ideas, voices and processes that are overlooked and under-appreciated. Each contributor is sent a questionnaire on which they handwrite their answers or customise however they want. In this latest issue, 15 thinkers and makers are surveyed on the topic of Change. How we can get unstuck.
By Avi Solomon
Collector #11
This PDF is my raw longhand introduction to my English translation of Sefer Yesira, an ancient Hebrew mystical text important not just for its internal creative effect on major medieval Jewish mystics like Abraham Abulafia, but also for its seminal influence germinating the seeds of modern logic and computing with the looming Golem of AI in view.
By glbkst
Collector #6
A "commemorative release" currently without something to collect. This is the 4 piece soundtrack/shortstory/cover art combination which came first. And a co-creation.
By Ruby Bailey
Collector #30
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.
By michy and 1 other
Collector #3
a lone boy marches to the beat of his own drum, drawing villagers from far and wide to dance along to his mesmerizing rhythm. but when the prideful king, accustomed to absolute control, feels his power threatened, he sets out to crush the boy's influence. What follows is a clash not of armies, but of souls
By train_songz
Collector #4
20 pages of writing, art, data, and puzzles about Billy Strings, bluegrass music history, and up-and-coming acts in the scene. (And two stickers!)
By Brandon Stosuy
Collector #13
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
By Yancey Strickler
Collector #1
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.
By Ilya and 4 others
Collector #2
#### 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
By Yancey Strickler and 8 others
Collector #4
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
By Aleena
Collector #6
"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.
By Jason Vogel
Collector #5
This book was a posthumous collaboration, focused on a semantic victory of “getting” my Aunt, Virginia Rose Vogel, a “show” “at” the “museum”: I went to various museums, took pictures of current exhibition spaces, then photoshopped Virginia’s work in. Next I submitted the book to be archived in the Museum Libraries. Ray Johnson would be proud
By Avi Solomon
Collector #1
My work-in-progress English translation of Sefer Yesira, an ancient Hebrew mystical text that first promulgated the concept of combinatorial creativity. Important not just for having a creative effect on major historical figures, but also for a seminal influence germinating the seeds of modern logic and computing into the looming Golem of AI today.
By TheoPiano
Collector #4
Timeless jazzy piano meets 50something dad beat making.
By Brandon Stosuy
Collector #95
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.
By Yancey Strickler and 1 other
Collector #4
An exploration of individuality after the internet. The Post-Individual includes: — The Post Individual essay — An audio recording by the author — A video introduction — Research notes, early drafts, and slides
Collector #6
Triptych of free jazz duets for alto saxophone and piano / Lo-fi and beatific / *PLUS* 12.5 palindromes inspired by artists and music such as Agnostic Front, Davido, emo, Iron Maiden and more / Palindromes rendered in Shantell Sans, a new font by fellow Metalabeler Shantell Martin
By Brandon Stosuy
Collector #8
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. It went out of print. This is a 2024 reissue of that work.
By Shantell Martin
Collector #7
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.
By Charlie Waterhouse and 5 others
Collector #26
### 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]
By Caroline M. Ballegaard and 16 others
Collector #49
## The Autonomous Worlds Network’s first publication offers a new vocabulary for a new era of worlding.
By Rebecca Clark
Collector #55
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.
By Charlie Waterhouse and 5 others
Collector #146
### A Manual For Our Time — the first Hard Art Manifesto.
By Charlie Waterhouse and 9 others
Collector #118
### 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.
By Yancey Strickler and 2 others
Collector #52
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
By Arthur Röing Baer and 9 others
Collector #73
This is a book about how to survive on the internet. It’s about the cozy web, the dark web, the dark forest, the clear net, the dark net, and a new social world emerging around us. This is *The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet* (second printing)
By Charlie Waterhouse and 17 others
Collector #28
### 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!