by Subtext
Collector #1
Album and book from Swedish composer Amina Hocine, who builds site specific organs comprised of materials found in hardware stores, such as PVC pipes, hoses, and ball valves, that are powered by construction site air compressors. The book includes graphic scores and essays from Jennifer Lucy Allan and Amina herself.
by Subtext, James Ginzburg, and 1 more
Collector #6
Edited by writer and artist Michael Salu, fifteen of today’s most daring writers from across the globe read and respond to Italo Calvino’s seminal essay ‘Cybernetics and Ghosts’ with rich and expansive works of fiction.
Collector #2
Fifth Quarter: Derek Jarman, Keith Collins & Dungeness' brings together collaborators, friends, contemporary artists, writers, musicians, and curators to respond to the influence and legacy of Jarman and his late partner Collins. An album recorded in Jarman's studio by editor Alexander Tucker and the late Keith Collins serves as a companion piece.
by Kevin Humdrum
Collector #1
a single-page, double-sided, black & white zine looking back at April 2025 with an accompanying mini-zine of nonsense, Bumfuzzle, and the third issue of four-headed foofaraw, looking at all the upcoming movies, shows, comics, and albums for June.
by Kevin Humdrum
Collector #1
a single-page, double-sided, black & white zine looking back at April 2025 with an accompanying mini-zine of nonsense, Bumfuzzle, and the second issue of four-headed foofaraw.
by Kevin Humdrum
Collector #1
a single-page, double-sided, black & white zine looking back at March 2025 with an accompanying mini-zine of nonsense, Bumfuzzle, and a preview of an upcoming zine from foofaraw.
by Kevin Humdrum
Collector #2
a single-page, double-sided, black & white zine looking back at February 2025 with an accompanying mini-zine of nonsense, Bumfuzzle.
by Kevin Humdrum
Collector #1
A single-page zine looking back at the month of January 2025
by Keely, Caitlin, and 5 more
Collector #17
Every February, we’re reminded how much love has been consumerized and commoditized. So this year, as a palette cleanser, we offer you this short story with a big heart. Words by Lisa Hehnke and Maria Magdalena | Artwork by DomingoB
Collector #2898
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.
by Avi Solomon
Collector #2
Homage to Apollo 8 & 13 Astronaut Jim Lovell RIP
by Avi Solomon
Collector #9
My video homage to the historic Apollo 11 voyage to the Moon
by Avi Solomon
Collector #2
Real footage of Saturn and its rings and moons captured by NASA's Cassini probe
by Avi Solomon
Collector #9
Compilation of all the spacecraft footage of Saturn's moon Enceladus targeted and captured during the course of NASA's Cassini mission.
by Avi Solomon
Collector #7
We humans need to hold our cosmic situation in mind while dealing with matters on Earth. NASA's Parker Solar Probe captured this grand prospect of Earth swimming in a sea of stars over the course of ten days in April 2019. I have processed the raw footage and remixed it with sounds of the Solar wind and a stellar track by Max Richter.
by Avi Solomon
Collector #3
I have demonstrated that the Sunspots are neither Stars nor permanent materials, and that they are not located at a distance from the Sun but are produced and dissolved upon it in a manner not unlike that of clouds and vapors on the Earth -Galileo Galilei
by Avi Solomon
Collector #8
What a transit of Earth and Moon across the Sun would look like
by Avi Solomon
Collector #4
Apollo 15 Astronaut Jim Irwin shot this astonishing sequence of UV photographs (AS15-99-13487 to AS15-99-13490) of a crescent Earth seen during the return from the Moon, Apollo 15, August 1971.
Collector #3
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used its Mast Camera, or Mastcam, to capture this view of Earth setting while Phobos, one of Mars' two moons, is rising. It's the first time an image of the two celestial bodies have been captured together from the surface of Mars.
by Avi Solomon
Collector #11
NASA Parker Solar Probe footage of Venus and Earth swimming in a sea of stars amidst the Milky Way
by Avi Solomon
Collector #16
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 #9
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 Avi Solomon
Collector #12
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 #64
Free PDF of my English translation of Sefer Yesira, an ancient Hebrew mystical text that first promulgated the concept of combinatorial creativity.
by Avi Solomon
Collector #16
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 Avi Solomon
Collector #6
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 Avi Solomon
Collector #14
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 Avi Solomon
Collector #13
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 Sophie Cowen, and Alex Lockwood
Collector #149
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 Charlie Waterhouse, Daze Aghaji, and 8 more
Collector #378
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 Charlie Waterhouse, Nuala Lam, and 16 more
Collector #88
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!
by Charlie Waterhouse, Alex Lockwood, and 4 more
Collector #46
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 Bana Mutibwa, Esben Thornhal, and 1 more
Collector #17
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 Lloyd Davis
Collector #13
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 Franco Alvarez
Collector #17
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 #18
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 Underground Art And Design
Collector #15
"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 Underground Art And Design
Collector #126
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 Sophie Cowen, David Johnston, and 1 more
Collector #148
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 Toby Kaufmann-Buhler
Collector #1
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 Marcus Lyon, Sam Mustow, and 1 more
Collector #19
Alta is a research-based exploration of social change in Los Angeles in the early twenty-first century.
by Marcus Lyon, Sam Mustow, and 1 more
Collector #28
Alta is a research-based exploration of social change in Los Angeles in the early twenty-first century.
by Nadia Piet, Gustavo Nogueira de Menezes, and 1 more
Collector #48
How can ancient wisdom shape the future of AI? In the zine Pasts, Presents, Futures: A Zine About Ancestral AI, we take a step back to reflect and reimagine. What if we used lessons from the past seven generations to create AI that helps us build a world worthy of the next seven?
by Nadia Piet, and internet teapot
Collector #47
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 Nadia Piet, and internet teapot
Collector #117
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 Berto Herrera, Oswaldo Rodriguez, and 1 more
Collector #48
In our digital age, every CAPTCHA solved reduces our existence to data points. Every click fuels a shadow economy, stripping away genuine connection and trapping us in endless metrics. We must reclaim authentic human experience.
by jade, C.Y. Lee, and 1 more
Collector #96
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.
by Sound of Fractures, jade, and 43 more
Collector #19
Network Archives 001: A Directory of Inspiration, is the inaugural drop from the Network Archives label. This release is a curated collection of creative experiments, writings, and reflections by a diverse community of creators, listeners, thinkers and collectors from around the globe drawn together through a love of music.
Collector #12
"Body Images" explores how photography, editing, and publishing technologies have influenced beauty culture from 1839 through the present day.
Collector #40
On a trip to Australia, composer Jlin transformed samples from Sydney's Powerhouse Museum collection into an eclectic and unique composition that highlights her connection to both maths and music.
by A Thousand Forests, Enrique H, and 2 more
Collector #588
"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
by Melisa Seah
Collector #15
GEOTYPE is a font with angular shapes, sharp contrasts, and a bold and experimental style. A playful display typeface that's eye catching on every surface. It's the very first font created by Seah Studio, in partnership with the Letterform Archive.
by These Days, Alexander Jibaja, and 5 more
Collector #36
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.
by Elle Griffin, Étienne Fortier-Dubois, and 5 more
Collector #47
Six writers explore the future of our planet.
by Elle Griffin, Bryce Tolpen, and 6 more
Collector #167
Seven writers explore the future of autonomous governance.
by Lavisha Jain
Collector #2
Feelings play a very important role in our lives. They make us human; the dimensions of feelings and emotions are vast. Most of them cannot be even named. They are triggered by all kinds of chemical, physical, neurological transmissions in our bodies.
by Maddie Potocnik
Collector #6
a small digital magazine filled with my favorite images & missed connections collected from newyork.craigslist.org in june 2025 ♡
by Maddie Potocnik
Collector #8
a small digital magazine filled with my favorite images & missed connections collected from newyork.craigslist.org in july 2025 ♡
by Nick Susi, and Domingo Beta
Collector #17
A century-old myth. Aliens, war and magic. What do they reveal about our modern era of technology and media? The War of the Worlds Did Not Take Place is a 24-page tabloid newspaper created by Nick Susi with visual objects by Domingo Beta. Debuted at FWB FEST25, with an original score by VÉRITÉ.
by Brandon Stosuy
Collector #139
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 Brandon Stosuy
Collector #140
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 Brandon Stosuy
Collector #28
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 Brandon Stosuy
Collector #391
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 Lance Weiler
Collector #17
Various work by Lance Weiler (aka culturehacker) an artist and storyteller working in film, theatre, games and code.
by Yancey Strickler, and IY
Collector #165
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
by Yancey Strickler, and Joshua Citarella
Collector #25
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.
by Rayna, IY, and 4 more
Collector #705
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 Yancey Strickler, IY, and 2 more
Collector #85
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.
by IY, Severin Matusek, and 3 more
Collector #314
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, Erin, and 7 more
Collector #116
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.
by Yancey Strickler, IY, and 1 more
Collector #265
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 Yancey Strickler, and Laurel Schwulst
Collector #72
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 #55
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.
by Yancey Strickler
Collector #108
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 Riel Roch-Decter, and Expanded Views
Collector #7
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
by Severin Matusek, Alice Smith, and 2 more
Collector #134
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.
by Nadia Asparouhova, and Leïth Benkhedda
Collector #589
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.
by Yancey Strickler, Peter Limberger, and 9 more
Collector #91
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.
by VÉRITÉ
Collector #27
Presenting, the sonic architecture of my artist project, uploaded to 10 deconstructed, fragile USBs with an accompanying essay dissecting their meaning. While all of the stems, original demos and commentary are available on my website (veriteofficial.com) for purchase or theft, these will be the only physical manifestations.
by Yancey Strickler, IY, and 1 more
Collector #260
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 Ruby Bailey, Open Secret, and 2 more
Collector #45
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 Ruby Bailey
Collector #69
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 Lance Weiler
Collector #2
Issue #002 documents our latest LAST HUMAN prototype—a creepy descent into the AI slop of the dead internet, Participants were dropped into a glitching system with one urgent task: hunt down their doppelgänger. It’s a game of human CAPTCHA—prove your humanity before the algorithm erases it.
by Lance Weiler
Collector #8
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.