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The Autonomous Worlds Network’s first publication offers a new vocabulary for a new era of worlding.
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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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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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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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Unlock the Secrets to Intentional Branding and Storytelling with these short visual treats of insights.
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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)
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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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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.
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A love letter to the Bezos chart, this harmless little fi-fi booklet contains art generated using the Netmorf Corporate Graphics model on TITLES dot xyz.
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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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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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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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The Girl is a paradox, at once hypervisible and impossible to define. She is not just an aesthetic persona, but an active force...
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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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The transcendent new film, 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 (YFM), by Baltimore filmmaker Corey Hughes is now available in two exclusive editions: 𝗬𝗙𝗠 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲 or as the ultimate physical artifact - the 𝗬𝗙𝗠 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗸
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Class Fantasy is an action RPG card game that pairs fantasy character classes with political ideologies. The game accommodates 2 - 12 players. Your goal is to defeat other characters in battle and achieve utopia.
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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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A collaboration between Darcia Narvaez, PhD, Developer of the Evolved Nest, and Natureza Gabriel, Developer of Autonomics
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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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This 36-page risograph-printed pamphlet is a radical & practical guide to reclaiming your life from digital technology.
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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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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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Rediscover the art of mindful connection with SCENES: Prompts to Reflect, a beautifully curated postcard book by Jamie Reddington, aka Sound of Fractures. Featuring 66 unique prompts inspired by the SCENES project, each card encourages reflection, gratitude, and authentic connection.
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Chief Hugh Akagi shares some history with Canadian Prime Minister Carney and asks him to correct the current lack of recognition of the Peskotomuhkati people.
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Fashion zine that highlights the artistry of Hmong designs during Hmong New Year.
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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.
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Limited first printing (100) of the 1944 CIA-predecessor manual on everyday resistance. Pocket-sized (4.25"x7") with concealment dust jacket titled Apiculture: Managing Worker Bees & Drones. Learn to "work slowly," "make speeches," and "misunderstand orders" in this historical guide to administrative disruption. Also available as a free PDF.
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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 poem largely composed from the titles of some of my recordings made over the years
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HORDES is an audio/visual film that focuses on the sensory nature of mass amounts of people and objects. It stems from deep claustrophobia.
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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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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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A conceptual card game and thought experiment created by artist Jazsalyn to shift accepted reality through Black Metatheories.
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A collection of writing on the destructive and generative potential of the car crash.