Joined Metalabel 05/06/2025
lasthuman
Last Human Collective
LAST HUMAN #001

LAST HUMAN #001

by Lance Weiler

Collector #98

Our debut issue traces LAST HUMAN’s roots, from eerie prototypes at Lincoln Center to glitch-laden mobile rituals. Dive into neurothrillers, post-cinema, and AI resistance as we explore a decaying web of synthetic identity, broken interfaces, and the horror of a world where reality no longer loads.

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midlit
a guide to reading

a guide to reading

by Rina Beaumont

Collector #22

a girl's bedroom story for the vanishing second internet, this .pdf is a collectible scrap taken from an ongoing confessional prose-poetry project. it is for the girl and her shadow. it should be read alone at 4am, or opened and discarded like an inexpensive gift.

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co—matter
New World Order 2025

New World Order 2025

by Severin Matusek, Alice Smith, and 2 more

Collector #219

New World Order: The Return of Hard Power and Soft Beliefs is a 35-page research memo about what happens when power, infrastructure and ideology collide. A manual for anyone trying to make sense of the present, New World Order contains ideas, context and language to participate in shaping the world that emerges in front of our eyes.

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postmodern tectonics ™
Applied Imagination

Applied Imagination

by postmodern tectonics ™

Collector #112

"A lightly researched field guide for thinking about and/or making creative things" These are observations from real working life, a collective twenty years of our work as professionals in a wide range of fields — architecture, advertising, design, innovation strategy, journalism, and software engineering.

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Network Archives
How to Navigate : A Directory of Inspiration

Collector #132

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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Institute of Machine Unlearning
Institute of Machine Unlearning Zine #2: Free Trade

Collector #44

Free Trade is the second zine from the Institute of Machine Unlearning. Created during a public collage session, it gathers fragments, fears, jokes, and quiet refusals to explore what AI feels like from the inside of everyday life, where attention becomes currency and imagination becomes resistance.

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APEX
APEX

APEX

by APEX Zine, and Freya Bromfield

Collector #78

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.

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Spell of the Month
Spell 002

Spell 002

by Queen of Swords, and Jordanisgreen

Collector #31

Whether you're at a crossroads or lost in the wilds of too many possibilities, this spell conjures a compass from the patterns of your own attention.

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Bloom!
My Mom is My Moat  (the master swipe file for Ecommerce Brands Who Don't Need the Money)

Collector #9

Does radical honesty work? Everyone talks about authenticity in marketing, but does it actually move the needle? I ran an ecommerce experiment to test if simply being honest with our audience would help move more merch. (spoiler alert - it didn't). Here is the swipe file if you're selling stuff but don't really need the cash. You're welcome.

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AIxDESIGN
Making Sense of Slow AI: A zine about Slow AI Imaginaries by AIxDESIGN & internet teapot

Collector #103

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.

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The Dark Forest Collective
The Post-Individual

The Post-Individual

by Yancey Strickler, IY, and 1 more

Collector #498

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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Ariciano
Pelagñou: An Archipelagic Technoculture

Collector #5

This essay enacts what it argues - that knowledge is relational and accumulative, and intelligence is designed by culture. The writing navigates across two very different parties, compares the internet and AGI to desire paths, and brings Caribbean theory into advanced forms of technoculture.

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Post Instruction
What Remains ?

What Remains ?

by Jason Kofi-Haye

Collector #2

A notation instrument for practitioners whose work knows something they don't.

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Metalabel
A New Creative Era

A New Creative Era

by Yancey Strickler, IY, and 2 more

Collector #137

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.

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Second Renaissance
Manifesto - Art of the Second Renaissance

Collector #42

A call to arms for artists to midwife a new cultural movement. This manifesto invites a shift from art as commodity to art as soul-work, uniting the artistic, political, and spiritual in service of a rebirth: a Second Renaissance.

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postmodern tectonics ™
SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL

SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL

by postmodern tectonics ™

Collector #73

a rumination on why small things need to make a big comeback

peckhamdigital
Peckham Digital - Network Terminal
AI-Z: Conversations about resistance & genAI

AI-Z: Conversations about resistance & genAI

by Identity 2.0, and danielle paterson

Collector #49

A zine documenting conversations about resistance from activists outside of technology to translate into modes of resistance against genAI models.

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IS NOT MUSIC
Is Not Music. Zine Issue 02

Is Not Music. Zine Issue 02

by IS NOT MUSIC., Valerie Kamen, and 2 more

Collector #11

Is Not Music. Issue 02 highlights artists whose legacies far outstrip conventional measures of success. In a time when the future feels stalled — these artists serve as our north stars. They’re mile markers we glimpse as we drive forward. Ships Worldwide.

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postmodern tectonics ™
ON IDEAS

ON IDEAS

by postmodern tectonics ™

Collector #72

Some theories and practical approaches that might help you think about how you think about ideas.

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The Ideaspace by Yancey Strickler
Bentoism

Bentoism

by Yancey Strickler, and Laurel Schwulst

Collector #123

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.

d-o-t
Department of Transformation
Workshop of Workshops

Workshop of Workshops

by Dept of Transformation

Collector #53

"Workshop of Workshops" by P. Krishnamurthy, explores various organizational structures—studio, gallery, school, therapy, and temple—analyzing their advantages and disadvantages in fostering creativity, collaboration, and individual development. PK proposes a "new workshop" model that to merge the best aspects of these formats.

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Creasidence
Creasidence Manifesto Zine

Collector #26

Creasidence is a global accelerator in the creative industries, based in Tokyo, Japan. While supporting creators through educational workshops focused on the release of creative projects, we’re building a global community of creatives from over 25 countries. This collaborative comic Manifesto represents our shared vision for the creative future.

donotresearch
Do Not Research
DNR Fall 25: Bootcamp: Sunday

DNR Fall 25: Bootcamp: Sunday

by Theresa Tomi Faison

Collector #100

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: internet-informed identity, political futures, & post-internet art. Facilitated by artist Theresa Tomi Faison via Zoom, SUNDAYS: 10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26, 1-3:30pm EST

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Do Not Research
Do Not Research 2024

Collector #35

Our third anthology book. DNR began as a private Discord server gathered to discuss memetic tactics and emergent political trends.