V
Ven Qiu
Joined Metalabel 01/02/2025Ven Qiu is a memory worker and creative technologist based in the Bay Area, co-parented by Chinese immigrants and the internet. Interested in how technology and institutions mediate cultural memory, they think about what gets recorded, how it is kept, and who gets to see it. Compelled by nostalgia, Qiu researches the affective and ethical aspects o
The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet
by Yancey Strickler
Collector #70
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.
Techno Primitivism: Issue 01
by Rachel Jackson
Collector #15
Signed by the artist. Styled as a pseudoscientific journal, Techno Primitivism examines manifestations of the ancient as they are mediated through contemporary technology.