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Brandon Alvendia
Joined Metalabel 08/10/2024Brandon Alvendia, Chicago-based artist and curator, promotes artist-run initiatives across America through community-driven exhibitions, events, and publications. Co-founder of artLedge, The Storefront, Silver Galleon, and the revived MdW Coalition, he supports a growing ecosystem of hyperlocal art scenes, building lasting coalitions of purposeful,
Homage to Apollo 8 & 13 Astronaut Jim Lovell RIP
by Avi Solomon
Collector #11
Homage to Apollo 8 & 13 Astronaut Jim Lovell RIP
A SEXUAL HISTORY OF THE INTERNET
by Mindy Seu, Esra Soraya Padgett, and 28 more
Collector #1561
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.
The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet
by Yancey Strickler
Collector #179
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.
Legal Structures for Creative Practices
by A Thousand Forests, Enrique H, and 2 more
Collector #803
"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
Shantell Sans
by Shantell Martin
Collector #150
Shantell Sans mixes variable axes for Weight, Italic, Informality, and Bounce to deliver a wide array of font styles, from friendly, readable, everyday typographic workhorses to striking, high-energy, experimental styles meant especially for animation. This is the story behind its inspiration and creation.
Book of Hours: An Artist's Book for the Anthropocene
by Rebecca Clark
Collector #233
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.
Internet Phone Book
by Kristoffer Tjalve, Elliott Cost, and 11 more
Collector #552
An annual publication for exploring the vast poetic web, featuring essays, musings and a directory with the personal websites of hundreds of designers, developers, writers, curators, and educators. Ships from Europe.
Anonymous Creative Futures Report
by Rayna, IY, and 4 more
Collector #495
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.
After the Creator Economy
by IY, Severin Matusek, and 3 more
Collector #27
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.