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A four week intensive course delving into the core ideas and questions explored in the foundational stages of DNR. We will examine artworks, texts, and internet media covering topics like internet-informed identity, political futures, and post-internet art. Facilitated by artist Theresa Tomi Faison via Zoom Sundays: 8/3, 8/10, 8/18, 8/24, 1-3pm EST
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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.
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"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
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Cover: Heiny Srour (The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived, Leila and the Wolves). Features: PINKS, María Alejandra Rojas and Arturo Salazar, Katja Raganelli, Rintu Thomas on Writing With Fire. Festivals: Doc's Kingdom 2024, CPH:DOX 2025, Jeonju 2025. Columns: AI Tips for U.S. Documentary Filmmakers, Screen Time.
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This mediation journal was inspired by those who want to see new realities. may it serve as critique, a grounding, a compass, a diary, a portal.
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Incidental Container is simultaneously a singular artwork and group exhibition conceived and organized by Jason Isolini. Featuring artists: Jake Brush, Courtlin Byrd, Tomi Faison, Sarah Friend, Xavier Mcfarlin, Rebecca Millsop, Zach Nader, Georgica Pettus, and Molly Soda. The IC tote-bag is a unique work derived from the artists' collaboration.
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The original essay, ideas, and research that inspired Metalabel, including: — Unpublished research and thinking from May 2021 — The initial manifesto, first published in February 2022 — Further research, first published in October 2022 Preserved and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.
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Bad Kingdom is a poetic visual novel that follows three characters: Robin in Taipei, Swan in Tokyo, and a mysterious Crow, as they reflect on the loss of their beloved online multiplayer game Fly Like a Bird. The piece is presented both as an interactive Ren’Py visual story and as a comic in PDF format.
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Full-color 8.5 x 5.5 inch artist's book of 24 pages containing 50 videos stills and images from the first season of Life Touching Life.
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Still visuals generated from an ongoing live coding project of Jitr จิตร: an extended gong ensemble that utilizes computer programming, non-Western sound cultures, historical research, archive footage, and text aiming to reconcile the lost connection of Southeast Asia's shared heritage. Featuring writing by Jitr Poumisak in Thai.
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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.
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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.
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Pre-order artist and filmmaker Cristine Brache's second collection of poetry: 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. For international orders contact: goodnightsweetthing@gmail.com
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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.
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The Creative Life: Conversations Toward a New Creative Era
by Yancey Strickler, and Joshua Citarella
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Artist Joshua Citarella and writer Yancey Strickler spoke weekly about their creative practices for the "New Creative Era" podcast. This book edits those discussions into a collection offering a new perspective on the creative life. Available July 1.
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A final batch of 50 long sleeve TCI shirts, designed by Carlos Sanchez, found in storage, and now available at cost—no profit, just to be worn and enjoyed. The design features snails, spirals, Laurel Schwulst's words, and other TCI easter eggs. Limited sized; once they're gone, that's it.
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a tiny but mighty quirky collection of 30 DBT cards for therapists, coaches, teachers, social workers, mental health professionals and the curious but not yet convinced.
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Some theories and practical approaches that might help you think about how you think about ideas.
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Sketches from an ongoing series, drawn in multi-color ink on 4 x 6 inch watercolor paper. There are eight total available in this first set, each is unique and selected at random.
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@Metalabel. A thank you letter, to all the people who have helped me to be here <3.
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This 36-page risograph-printed pamphlet is a radical & practical guide to reclaiming your life from digital technology.
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We’ve been told patriarchy is inevitable. It’s not. In redefining power, this book imagines the next world and invites you to help build it. Pre-order for Fall 2025
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The definitive documentary on this legendary magazine. From its 1968 inception as a nightclub through 1980s Supreme Court battles, Hustler has endured into the 21st century, evolving alongside, as well as influencing, modern pornography, satire, and free expression. Director Michael Lee Nirenberg father was one of the original art directors.
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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
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Now shipping... What is the egirl? A print magazine puts it all in a timeline. Writing by internet culture reporter and amateur anthropologist Katherine Dee. Supported by sumptuous illustrations from Blaise Larmee, Kristina Tzekova, Bubbles, Raighne.
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The third issue of Fishnet Magazine explores the topic of Suburbia. Issue now available for preorder, will ship the first week of August.
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White t-shirt with sunrise graphic inspired by the Tibetan flag. All proceeds support Serving the People Foundation.
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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.
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This is a free edition that focuses on how to navigate your 'Network Archives 001: A Directory of Inspiration'. It is a curated guide highlighting key themes, insights, and actionable ideas from a selection of the projects to help you explore the directory more deeply. This drop follows the inaugural release from the Network Archives label.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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SPILLOVER studied the impacts of a proposed lithium mine in northern Portugal using drones, LIDAR scans, and community discussion. Through data, sound and images from these scans, SPILLOVER explores humanity’s relationship with its surroundings, advocating for a renewed harmony with the environment, while eschewing unnecessary extraction.
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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
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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.
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Get detailed Notion templates for all the exercises in the Artist's Way book. ⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪ Unlock your higher creativity with the self-guided 12 week program in the Artists Way written by Julia Cameron. Join artists like Doechii, Alicia Keys, Bella Hadid, and more in the creative transformation guided by these exercises.
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"Body Images" explores how photography, editing, and publishing technologies have influenced beauty culture from 1839 through the present day.
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The definitive Other Internet anthology collects our essays and reports in print for the first time, traces crypto-cultural history in 6 new pieces, and surfaces new material from the OI archives. Ships June 2025. Pre-order now.
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SOMETHING SOON is a comic project about the premonition of big changes. But until something great actually happens, we can only watch life go by — between concrete buildings, near libraries and in the tunnels of the old subway. SCURRY was created as an exercise during Inktober 2024. The only condition was that there was no pre-conceived script and
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These Days Magazine presents the final edition of our annual Chicago Artists to Watch feature. This year's class includes m.e.h., Menace4hire, Mike DFG, Mvte, Sparklmami, Teala Vera, The Era & Woes. Read the interviews & check out the photography in our first ever digital zine.
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neutra is a sans-serif typeface inspired by the aesthetics of retro-futurism, gen x soft club, and y2k. rooted in a geometric approach, its minimalist forms have a sleek, technical feel with a nod to space-age graphics.
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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.
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A series of reflections from my (Yancey's) creative experiences expressed as a written essay (the A-side) and video essay (the B-side)