Aaron Matys

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Aaron Matys

Joined Metalabel 02/23/2024
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The Creative Independent
On dealing with creative anxiety
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Collector #19

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

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Embrace Variety
Embrace Variety Vol.01
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Collector #56

Embrace Variety Vol.01 contains three guides about the core and often overlooked aspects of visual branding: personality, design taboos, and the North Star. It is for everyone who wants to give their brand an image that stands out, stands the time and resonates. And for those who want to take better control of the branding process.

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Baukunst
Notes from the Baukunst Creative Technologist Conference - Spring 2022
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Collector #16

On May 4th and 5th, 2022, Baukunst gathered at The Interval at The Long Now— a prominent foundation for long-term thinking— to share projects, processes, and new areas of inquiry. This is a zine we published to capture notes from the gathering.

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The Ideaspace by Yancey Strickler
Bentoism
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Bentoism

by Yancey Strickler, and Laurel Schwulst

Collector #43

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.

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Underground Art And Design
Worlds Unfolding: Ideas and Prompts for Virtual World-Making
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Collector #81

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.

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AIxDESIGN
[Dis]enchantment: A zine about Esoteric AI by AIxDESIGN & internet teapot (Slow AI Series)
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Collector #88

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.

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Hard Art
Hard Imagination
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Hard Imagination

by Sophie Cowen, David Johnston, and 1 more

Collector #104

Hard Imagination invites Venture Capitalists to see a world beyond an extractive mindset, to create pathways for capital allocation that are not self-terminating Limited run of 23 bound copies or download the PDF for free

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Baukunst
Contours of CAD + AI - Baukunst Study Group 002
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Collector #12

In our second Study Group at Baukunst, Contours of CAD and AI, we set out to explore how emerging AI and machine learning techniques have the potential to revolutionize computer aided design in industrial design, engineering, construction, virtual environments, and beyond. We worked in collaboration to form a picture of what the future of engineeri

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AIxDESIGN
AI for Ants: A zine about Small AI by AIxDESIGN & internet teapot
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Collector #19

Bigger isn’t always better. What could we make with AI if scale wasn’t an objective? The 38-page zine “AI for Ants: A zine about Small AI” draws inspiration from the degrowth movement, climate justice, and low-tech to re-imagine AI that is locally-rooted and more attuned to our natural world.

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The Mothership
Observations Issue 01 - A Gulf Contemporary: The Forefront of International Art
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Collector #9

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.

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Elysian Collective
CITY-STATE
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CITY-STATE

by Elle Griffin, Bryce Tolpen, and 6 more

Collector #42

Seven writers explore the future of autonomous governance.

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Metalabel Squad
Anonymous Creative Futures Report
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Anonymous Creative Futures Report

by Rayna, IY, and 4 more

Collector #2

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.

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Rhizome.org
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internet hat

by bri griffin, and Rhizome

Collector #134

A limited edition hat, in support of rhizome's web servers, that includes 1 year of rhizome membership! ⋆ ˚。⋆୨୧˚

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Baukunst
Notes from the Baukunst Creative Technologist Conference - Fall 2022
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Collector #15

On October 25th and 26th, 2022, Baukunst gathered at Warehouse XI, just outside of Boston in Somerville, MA, to share projects, processes, and new areas of inquiry. This is a zine we published to capture notes from the gathering.

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Open Secret
Becoming Press x Open Secret @ Casa do Comum, Lisbon
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Collector #8

Open Secret x Becoming Lisbon edition, hosted at 'Casa Do Comum' as a part of Becoming's launch of Unconscious/Television (2025) by Lucas Ferraço Nassif https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auX5SuV8uzg&t=716s Took place in January 22, 18:00 CASA DO COMUM Rua da Rosa 285, Lisbon

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Black Beyond
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Warpmode

by Jazsalyn

Collector #29

A conceptual card game and thought experiment created by artist Jazsalyn to shift accepted reality through Black Metatheories.

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Glass Mirror: a speculative research journal
Glass Mirror 001: What If?
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Collector #41

"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.

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Hard Art
THIS IS NOT A BLUEPRINT #1 : By process of invitation
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Collector #84

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.

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Brian Eno and Bette A.
What Art Does
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What Art Does

by Bette A., The Heroines! Movement, and 1 more

Collector #289

'What Art Does' by Brian Eno and Bette A. Limited artist edition of 777 copies. A black and white PDF of the book will be available for 7 days from initial release for $1 when the book is shipped.

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Rebecca Clark
Book of Hours: An Artist's Book for the Anthropocene
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Collector #88

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.

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Hard Art
Open letter to all people of conscience in response to the acquittal of the HSBC 9
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Collector #24

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]

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Hard Art
Introducing Hard Art
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Introducing Hard Art

by Charlie Waterhouse, Daze Aghaji , and 8 more

Collector #152

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.

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Hard Art
The Work WE Need to Do
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The Work WE Need to Do

by Charlie Waterhouse, Fraser Muggeridge, and 4 more

Collector #187

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

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The Dark Forest Collective
The Post-Individual
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The Post-Individual

by Yancey Strickler, IY, and 1 more

Collector #145

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

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The Dark Forest Collective
The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet
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The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet

by Yancey Strickler, Peter Limberg, and 9 more

Collector #676

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.

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Hard Art
The Fête of Britain
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The Fête of Britain

by Charlie Waterhouse, Nuala Lam, and 16 more

Collector #8

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!