Our creative life
Reflecting on what we did and learned this year
Latest
The 30 best Metalabel releases of 2025
"Best" is a false construct, but these are things we really, really like
Our creative future, according to you
The 2026 Anonymous Creative Futures Report
The economics of dark forest spaces
How do dark forests work and support themselves?
Groupcore in theory and practice
Plus a new episode of the New Creative Era podcast
The practice of groupcore
How one practically groupcores, with a case study on Metalabel
A theory of groupcore
How does one groupcore? Why is it emerging now?
Into the Dark Forest
A new podcast season, new releases on Metalabel, and A-Corps on NPR
Creativity, Artist Corporations, and NPR
A new show documents the history and rise of creative culture and A-Corps
How the 1971 "Artist Contract" previewed A-Corps
A historical look at the fight for artist's rights
What's the difference between an artist and a creator?
Parsing some crucial and nuanced distinctions
Your takes: How should art and money relate?
Artist Corporations Update: 009
Dark Forest Theory, six years in
The internet is dying on the outside but growing on the inside
What the world needs now is groupcore
Metalabel's new statement of purpose and a preview of an upcoming release