IS NOT MUSIC

Collector #17

Is Not Music is a multi-platform project that creates, contextualizes, explores and archives work from artists. We work in physical & digital formats while making sure to privilege the former (IRL experience) over the latter (AI slop, social media & other algorithmic-driven popularity contests).

Elysian Collective

Collector #8

Seven writers explore the future of autonomous governance.

A Human Atlas

Collector #8

Alta is a research-based exploration of social change in Los Angeles in the early twenty-first century.

A Human Atlas

Collector #10

Alta is a research-based exploration of social change in Los Angeles in the early twenty-first century.

Metalabel Squad

Collector #23

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. Join us!

AIxDESIGN

Collector #16

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.

Cuentos cortos con sonido

Collector #7

A "commemorative release" currently without something to collect. This is the 4 piece soundtrack/shortstory/cover art combination which came first. And a co-creation.

Cuentos cortos con sonido

Collector #7

A shorter short story

Cuentos cortos con sonido

Collector #4

a lone boy marches to the beat of his own drum, drawing villagers from far and wide to dance along to his mesmerizing rhythm. but when the prideful king, accustomed to absolute control, feels his power threatened, he sets out to crush the boy's influence. What follows is a clash not of armies, but of souls

Cuentos cortos con sonido

Collector #3

The short trip reached Arras and a small dog is found.

ForTheArtOnly

Collector #9

Some likely subjective thoughts about music, art, platforms and related technology.

Cuentos cortos con sonido

Collector #3

Doesn't exactly fit here, because it's a "normal" song or a snippet of the song. I added a poem, though.

Cuentos cortos con sonido

Collector #4

A drawing and a soundtrack

Underground Art And Design

Collector #18

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.

Modern Chaos

Collector #27

Edit_TWO : CHANNEL SURFING

Pierce Day

Collector #23

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.

Metalabel Squad

Collector #1

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.

The Ideaspace by Yancey Strickler

Collector #5

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.

Bana Mutibwa Foundation

Collector #16

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.

New30 Lifestyle

Collector #8

A girl travels to Copenhagen to retrieve mysterious black market death pills.

The Worst Generation

Collector #8

This is the starter pack to learning about Worst Generation. With over 20 songs, the Master Collection Demo is designed to be a preview to what you get in the full Worst Generation Master Collection.

L00bi

Collector #4

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.

New York City Garbage

Collector #156

Join for updates on all future Garbage releases.

The Creative Independent

Collector #3

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.

Everyone Is A Girl

Collector #35

FANDOM is a communal publication which features critical and experimental short-form responses to the theme of fandom from a variety of upcoming writers and artists.

Ambient Soul Music Club

Collector #9

Four Track Originals Vol. 1 is the first release from Ambient Soul Music Club founder, Graeme Worsfold. A four-track digital-only EP of stunning instrumental ambient soul music and video acting as a gateway drug to this unusual, innovative new genre and community of music creativity.

Hard Art

Collector #20

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.

Glass Mirror: a speculative research journal

Collector #25

"What If?" is a working journal: a reader-reviewed, iterative publication written to evolve alongside conversation. Each chapter is curated around a "what if" prompt—what if WFH took place in Vision Pros? Curators of the working edition (this release) can vote on journal submissions, curate chapter content, and read with the Glass Mirror community.

The Creative Independent

Collector #46

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

L00bi

Collector #32

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.

Rebecca Clark

Collector #131

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.

Metalabel Squad

Collector #42

Collect 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 for the first time

Metalabel Squad

Collector #111

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.

The Dark Forest Collective

Collector #1

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

train_songz

Collector #1107

20 pages of writing, art, data, and puzzles about Billy Strings, bluegrass music history, and up-and-coming acts in the scene. (And two stickers!)

Metalabel Squad

Collector #85

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 Creative Independent

Collector #58

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.

The "O" Piano

Collector #8

Triptych of free jazz duets for alto saxophone and piano / Lo-fi and beatific / PLUS 12.5 palindromes inspired by artists and music such as Agnostic Front, Davido, emo, Iron Maiden and more / Palindromes rendered in Shantell Sans, a new font by fellow Metalabeler Shantell Martin

The "O" Piano

Collector #3

Timeless jazzy piano meets 50something dad beat making.

Shantell Martin

Collector #8

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.

Hard Art

Collector #108

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.

Hard Art

Collector #55

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!

Hard Art

Collector #20

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]

Hard Art

Collector #136

A Manual For Our Time — the first Hard Art Manifesto.