Dutch tile trucker hats

Rhizome, “Internet” hat

RECOMMENDED IF YOU LIKE: Headwear, The Internet, Supporting digital art

WHAT IT IS: Rhizome is a NYC-based institution that’s long championed the power of digital art, from their 7x7 series to their digital restoration and preservation work. This week Rhizome opens up their membership with the introduction of the must-have headwear of the 2020s: a hat with the word “internet” on it. Just $40, limited edition, exclusively on Metalabel, and it comes with an annual membership to Rhizome. No-brainer!

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The Worst Generation, “The Worst Generation Master Collection"

RECOMMENDED IF YOU LIKE: Storage-unit freestyles, Limewire-era full catalog downloads, Anime references

WHAT IT IS: A new release from an artist in our Fall-Winter collection: the rapper and creator Black Dave. The Worst Generation is a quintessential example of the power in the collective. Six artists experimenting with bold, genreless music over a decade-plus, and doing it together. Now they make their prolific catalog available for new fans and old in a big, completist drop you’ll want to explore cover-to-cover.

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Sublime, Whoa, Vol 1

RECOMMENDED IF YOU LIKE: Collective intelligence, First-person experience, Curated wisdom

WHAT IT IS: Sublime is a knowledge tool and network that we’re big fans of at Metalabel. Not only does their space collect great knowledge, their weekly newsletter and frequent interviews with entrepreneurs and practitioners is one of our most relied-on sources of emotional and practical support. Whoa, Vol 1 is a new print publication that collects a dozen conversations with some of the most important builders and thinkers working today, now on its second release due to instant popularity. Read an excerpt from our interview in the zine here.

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“Extremely Online Delft Blue”

RECOMMENDED IF YOU LIKE: 4Chan-inspired bathroom remodels, Old media forms starring new media subjects, Ceramics

WHAT IT IS: Last week one of the wildest projects to grace our servers hit Metalabel: a series of beautiful blue Dutch tiles featuring very unexpected online images. Amazingly, the limited-edition collection sold out in less than an hour, making it the second release to sell out last week without us managing to collect a copy. (We’re slipping, apparently, but also a great sign.) Here’s hoping for a second run.

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MURDERPACT x TRNGS x Mark Fingerhut x Brian Mark, “BOOSTED.exe”

RECOMMENDED IF YOU LIKE: Malware but good, Multi-sensory visualizers, Hypnosis

WHAT IT IS: A multi-year collaboration between Brooklyn-based musicians MURDERPACT and TRNGS, digital artist Mark Fingerhut, and graphic designer Brian Mark culminates into an audio-visual album made into a possessed .exe file that spawns a tightly orchestrated piece of malware and audio-visual experience. Released by the great label 29 Speedway. Wild! 

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“APEX ZINE”

RECOMMENDED IF YOU LIKE: Trend criticism, Being chronically online AND self-aware, Fantasy over cynicism

WHAT IT IS: Multi-disciplinary creative Andrea Evgenieva takes the perpetual slog of online trends and memes and looks from a different angle. How are our digital identities being shaped in the process? Evgenieva posits answers that point to acceleration and tech synergy in this new zine.

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Aksioma, A Short Incomplete History of Technologies That Scale

RECOMMENDED IF YOU LIKE: Simulations, Critical map analysis, Thinking beyond individualism

WHAT IT IS: The newest release from Aksioma, Institute for Contemporary Art in Slovenia. Eight authors prod at different perspectives on scalar thinking in a series of essays to expand our understanding of scale to the more-than-human, trace its movements and frictions through histories, and question the way scale generates political power.

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Morgane Billuart, Cycles, The Sacred and the Doomed: Inquiries in Female Health Technologies

RECOMMENDED IF YOU LIKE: Functional medicine mixed with modern innovation, Proof you’re not crazy

WHAT IT IS: In the 21st century, as technology purports to comprehensively assess and address women’s conditions and physical discomfort, Cycles, the Sacred and the Doomed delves deeply into the realm of female health technologies, revealing a space where science, holistic methods, and mythology converge.

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Laura Welker, “Evil Eye Candles”

RECOMMENDED IF YOU LIKE: Spiritual protection, Body studies, Magical thinking

WHAT IT IS: Artist Laura Welker debuts the "Evil Eye" candle series, a first edition of five, singular hand-crafted candles that embody the protective symbolism of the evil eye. Designed to be collected as art objects or thoughtfully enjoyed when lit.

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