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.

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.

𝕷𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖘𝖈𝖆𝖕𝖊 𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖊𝖉, 𝖍𝖔𝖗𝖎𝖟𝖔𝖓 𝖉𝖆𝖜𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖌. 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖁𝖊𝖗𝖒𝖎𝖑𝖑𝖎𝖔𝖓, 𝖎𝖓𝖘𝖈𝖗𝖚𝖙𝖆𝖇𝖑𝖊, 𝖔𝖕𝖎𝖆𝖙𝖊, 𝖘𝖜𝖔𝖑𝖑𝖊𝖓. 𝕾𝖚𝖓. Salsa and Merango are slowly drying in the desert. These two lab rats are the last human beings in the universe, and they have one task left to do.

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. More info on the lecture performance tour in Fall 2025 below! SHIPPING IN OCTOBER.

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.

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

The original essay, ideas, and research that inspired Metalabel, including: — Unpublished research and thinking from May 2021 — The initial manifesto, first published in February 2022 — Further research, first published in October 2022 Preserved and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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Logos organises around a common purpose: protecting individual freedom and enabling collective prosperity. Our culture is merit-based and participatory, welcoming of contributions of all kinds — code, ideas, design, writing. The "Open Source Everything" zine is the first collective print collaboration in the Logos Network.

A limited series of ten in-depth conversations with some of our favorite thinkers and creatives where we explore how artificial intelligence is changing and challenging creative work. Brought to you by sublime.app, the knowledge tool that sparks creativity.

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.

Esta publicación combina exploración, reflexiones y una guía práctica con herramientas de uso práctico. Propone una visión integral y crítica sobre cómo la IA está transformando las formas de creación y producción musical, ofreciendo un recorrido por el contexto, los usos y los desafíos éticos y legales que conlleva.

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

The Quester’s Guide (Magic issue) is an interactive journey of ideas, activities and stories designed to make you see the world differently and turn the world into a creative playground. Explore through our book, a virtual platform of collective research, and a deck of prompt cards. For people fuelled by curiosity.

One way our world could go from here.

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?

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.

A 7-day worksheet to plan, kickstart, or launch a project.

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 Spring 2026

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.

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.

Esta publicación combina exploración, reflexiones y una guía práctica con herramientas de uso práctico. Propone una visión integral y crítica sobre cómo la IA está transformando las formas de creación y producción musical, ofreciendo un recorrido por el contexto, los usos y los desafíos éticos y legales que conlleva.

"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

The Autonomous Worlds Network’s first publication offers a new vocabulary for a new era of worlding.

An anthology of responses to the prompt REBELLION from the School of Critical Design community. A riso printed, lovingly made edition 1/50, with more than 80 pages. Physical copies are bundled with a discounted course or membership to School of Critical Design.

Written by Ester Freider ISBN: 979-8-9923515-1-4 Publisher: Bimbo Rhetoric Publishing House Publication Date: May 5, 2025 Pages: 63 pages Language: English

Unwritten is a collection of stories and essays for those rewriting the rules of work and life, proving there are infinite ways to matter.

A selection of risograph prints that have been scanned, aligned, and animated into an interactive web-based a about shame and desire.

Created in just 4 days by 20 artists, this zine is the result of the first Creasidence Comics Workshop in Tokyo — an international program uniting visual storytellers to create a playful journey through Harajuku, page by page in collaboration with mentors. Exhibited and released as a limited edition physical comic book at SOMSOC Gallery.

What comes after the 400-year-old nation-state system? Has this revolution already started from the depths of the internet? Farewell to Westphalia explores what is likely to succeed nation states, from cyberstates to internet movements, backed by the authors’ decades of experience.

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.

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

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.

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.

A Surreal Kind of Normal is a browser-based piece exploring the absurdity and dissonance of our contemporary human condition online. The artist performs not as a character, but as an amalgamation of neoliberal attitudes and the frozen subjects of stock images come to life. A “girl” who is not girl so much as a vessel, a gun, an ethos. Edition of 22

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.

Extra Focus: The Quick Start Guide to Adult ADHD is your starter guide to understanding your ADHD brain and learning a smarter way to find motivation.

LOVE LIKE THUNDER, GRIEF LIKE RAIN is a memoir and practices to move us through grief. The work is an offering that leads us back to love with stories, meditations, and mindfulness exercises. Pre-orders are open for the first 100 editions & include a free digital copy of the book. Orders ship March 2026.

Limited edition gtalks! radio steel wire metal keychain. A four-leaf clover logo with ear-shaped petals, tuning into گۇل (flower). Represents a digital movement curating conversations and community in the evolving landscape of art.

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.

a tiny but mighty guide for folks who would love to succeed at Substack, because we ain't going back to retail.

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