An independent culture report on the Middle East contemporary art scene. This issue provides a snapshot of the Gulf art scene through the lens of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. We look back over the last 15 years to make sense of the defining trends that are shaping the sector highlighting local artists and grassroots programming.

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.

A flat shiny glossy future book :: with liminal paradise landscapes from Ethereality by Ruby Bailey, and techno-esoteric whispers from Danielle Paterson. 40 pages 8” x 8” GLOSS

An anthology of 13 essays from the 2025 Essay Architecture Prize. 100% of royalties go to the writers, the judges, and the 2026 prize pool.

A limited edition zine of photographs and monologues centered around the horrors of childhood. Photos and text by Alex Osman

Nine writers explore the future of the internet.

CMYK is an asemic poetry book published by Swedish press Timglaset. It was their blackest book ever and simultaneously one of their most colorful. Now out of print, it was originally published in an edition of 99 copies, and was a winner in The Society of Typographic Arts 45th STA100 in 2024

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.

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.

A 1.7 Publication

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

a crash course in creating digital products for therapists, counselors, social workers and mental health professionals....without gurus, gimmicks or selling your soul.

One way our world could go from here.

2dcloud presents Season 19. A curated alternative comic and zine bundle containing 7 print works that ship together. Mirror Mirror 4 ed. Airplane Mode, East District by Ash H.G., Egirl Magazine 1 ed. Katherine Dee, La Poderosa 1 by Powerpaola, Girls Gone Wild by Katie Lane, Altcomics Magazine 7 ed. Blaise Larmee + Katie Lane, and Nuie by Nuie.

FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT presents the JavaScript-based, generative art collection of the same name by artist Maya Man.

A short observational documentary shot on location at Coney Island, Brookyln NY during the 42nd Annual Mermaid Parade. 2024, 6 min, 8mm, silent A film by Emma Parker

Economic precarity is up. Market demands are too. People are drowning in digital overload. Political threats loom. The second Anonymous Creative Futures survey shares what 300+ anon artists and creators feel about this moment, their words 100%.

Channel Surfing is a monthly web series diving into the digital collections of Are.na super-users. Each month, join host Firuza as she invites 2 of her favourite Are.na collectors to showcase a channel of their choosing, and reflect on why resonant ideas stick.

The first artist release under The Network Archives Label, "Algae Ecosystem," Vol. 1, highlights two creators & two ways of world-building through Vibe Coding. It's a way to document the tools, habits, and creative logic behind the work. This is what modern world-building looks like.

NEW EPUB VERSION: Exocapitalism challenges the critical orthodoxy on how it understands and talks about capitalism today.

Print edition of my English translation of Sefer Yesira, an ancient Hebrew mystical text that first promulgated the concept of combinatorial creativity. You can buy the print edition for $221 via the Blurb link in the release notes. I have provided a free PDF of the entire book and mp3 audio of the translated text via Metalabel.

A blend of IRL ritual and AI prompt, this spell is designed to transform your fears into fresh fuel for your creativity.

'Non-Playable Characters' is a collection of essays, short stories, interviews, and visuals that explores the figure of the NPC as a cultural symbol, internet trope, social mirror, and conceptual vessel. ★ PRE-ORDER NOW. Shipping January 2026. ★

A personal, one-page zine about pouring libations, my grandmother, immigration, grief, and ritual.

"Body Images" explores how photography, editing, and publishing technologies have influenced beauty culture from 1839 through the present day.

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 September 2025. Pre-order now.

A three-year compendium of the author's Instagram Stories that seeks to answer the question: "Why do we post?"

a little song and dance

A series of reflections from my (Yancey's) creative experiences expressed as a written essay (the A-side) and video essay (the B-side)

Imagine we were more like fungi? If we are to solve some of humanity’s most radical challenges, we need radical new ways of thinking. Fungi as your Futurist is a first-of-its kind playbook for imagining regenerative futures, inspired by nature’s intelligence. It invites you to think like fungi.

Our second book was a strange one, some kind of amalgamation of a lore-dump and a cosmological manifesto. It's now available to read as an e-book.

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.

"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

Free PDF of my English translation of Sefer Yesira, an ancient Hebrew mystical text that first promulgated the concept of combinatorial creativity.

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.

A practical introduction to typography; from anatomy and spacing to legibility and alignment, for people who want to create type that reads beautifully and feels intentional.

42 stoic life quotes to remind you how to live well. Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c. 4 BC – 65 AD) was a Roman philosopher, statesman, and playwright — one of the most influential minds of the ancient world. His Letters to Lucilius, written in the final years of his life, remain among the most personal and practical works of philosophy ever written.

ON SKIBIDI is the first in-depth critical examination of Skibidi Toilet. Based off a 3M+ view TikTok series analyzing the YouTube Shorts, this pamphlet seeks to ground Skibidi within its historical moment and use it to illuminate the uncanny configurations of self and screen that define digitality today.

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.

How has technology shaped and been shaped by sexuality? This 700+ page artist book gathers anecdotes, artworks, and historical artifacts that reveal the pervasive and perverted origins of our digital tools.

This book presents a resolute answer to the question of A.I. and art that is both elegant and radical. The time of the artist is over; the time of art has come.

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.

An archive of the TechnoMirage event series, bringing together exhibitions, talks and artist interviews that examine the illusion of progress projected by AI and exploring how creative practitioners can reclaim agency through exhibitions, discourses, and practices that shape more equitable relationships with emerging technologies.

A new annual documenting ten aesthetics forming beneath the surface of everyday life. Read them in the brands we buy, the memes we make, and the objects we collect.

A four week intensive to familiarize participants with core texts and issues in the debate over the role of technology in society, its politics, and future. MONDAYS: 3/2, 3/9, 3/16, 3/23 @ 7:00 - 8:30pm EST

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Our first collection of issues all written, composed, and compiled in 2025. Contains poems, essays, and art on a range of topics from black liberation, women's liberation, Palestine, history, creativity, organizing, theory, and more! Contents: 5 print issues PDF Downloads