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A new book from the Dark Forest Collective

This week we’ve been catching up with friends and people in our creative community. Each person we’ve talked to has brought up Metalabel. What people appreciate about Metalabel, they tell us, is that it celebrates the small and the unusual. It gives them permission to think and act

We spend years discovering who we are creatively through trial and error — trying instruments, movements, performance, forms of writing. Eventually, and sometimes without knowing it, we dial into our frequency. Our essence becomes clear. But that’s only half the journey. The other half is finding the formats that bring

In a world of cultural and digital abundance, how do we create value and meaning? Is it even possible to digitally experiment and explore while also making something of value anymore? Last year in an essay called “Formulary for New Media” we theorized ways this could be done. By making

An influential cultural incubator joins our universe

Last week I walked someone at one of the major publishers through the economics of the Dark Forest Collective and Antimemetics book. I was considering using their services to distribute and print our future titles.  After showing them our margins, sales, and splits, I was surprised by what they said: