New media
Formulary for New Media
New Media does not exist. New Media must be built.
Yancey Strickler
Metalabel Director
Product updates
Product Update 001 (July 2024)
This is our first quarterly update to the creative community sharing what’s going on behind the scenes with this
Creative practices
Small is more meaningful than big
Imagine it’s your birthday party.
It’s the start of the night. You and your closest friends are there.
Creative practices
How to talk about your creative work at a party
Plus a charming new artist book from Japan
Creative practices
The artist and the inner retreat
After recent reflections on the challenges we feel about needing to promote our work (here and here), we’ve come
Releases we love
Editor's Picks (June 24, 2024)
Featured Releases
Shantell Sans
Shantell Martin
Font library | .zip download
Open edition
Beloved visual artist Shantell Martin returns to Metalabel
Creative practices
Promotional principles for creative people
Plus the Creative Independent reissues “On making a living as an artist”
IRL
"mollysstuff" IRL with Molly Soda
Plus a special performance by Mackenzie Thomas, Maya Man, and Maya Martinez
Q&As
Q&A: Forever Magazine on making your own magazine
Behind the scenes of a Downtown NYC staple
Creative practices
Rethinking the unbearable weight of self-promotion
In the past thirty years what it means to be an artist has dramatically changed.
Before the internet being an
Releases we love
Editor's Picks (June 6, 2024)
木 mù and 水 shuǐ by Anonymous — 木 mù and 水 shuǐ are two art books by a studio based
Releases we love
Editor's Picks (June 5, 2024)
Today we’re honored to introduce a new work by one of our favorite artists: Molly Soda and her piece
Creative practices
Guest Essay: The courage to let your guts out
By Paul Waters and Jamie Nami Kim
Releases we love
Editor's Picks (May 29, 2024)
Drawn Without Looking
By Ian Bruce
Label: Hard Art
100 editions
Hard Art — the UK-based collective of artists, activists, and
About Metalabel
In groups we become stronger
Wires are crossing. Scenes are building. Can you feel it?
Releases we love
Editor's Picks (May 22, 2024)
Featured Release
Salon du Monde, Fremont: The Soundtrack
Format: Cassette, MP3s, video
Logline: A concept album based on a fictitious
Releases we love
Editor's Picks (May 15, 2024)
Autonomous Worlds N1
By the Autonomous Worlds Network
Physical book plus PDF
333 editions
As a source of self-legitimization, the
Q&As
Q&A: Salon Du Monde, Fremont on collaboration
A wildly imaginative new release based on a fictional TV show
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