Today we’re unveiling a big step in establishing a new model for creative people to grow and flourish together: the first release platform for creative work.
What’s a release platform and do we need one?
Creative people today are trapped in systems not in service to our needs.
We chase limited opportunities for legitimacy and financial security controlled by giant corporations and legacy institutions.
We compete against each other for likes and attention, generating content for social media platforms whose algorithms benefit them and advertisers, not us.
Creative fans lack easy places to go to discover the new and the different. For all the headlines about the Creator Economy, most creative ecosystems we know struggle to be valued or seen.
What if we could have a space of our own? What if rather than competing against each for legitimacy we could legitimize ourselves? What if we could build a new creative era starting now?
What does a release platform do?
As a release platform, Metalabel is dedicated to supporting creative people, creative audiences, and the creative work that brings us together. It’s where you can:
- Release your work on your terms in a space curated just for creative output (Art, Design, Film and Video, Music, Publishing).
- Discover unique creative work and own verifiable limited editions as a collector.
- Edition your work and make it valuable through unique bundles that mix mediums, formats, and scarcity, and make all creative work collectible.
- Split revenue among collaborators to automatically share and distribute upside from your work among the people who made it.
Bring these pieces together and a sustainable, replicable new model for creative work begins to take shape.
Metalabel opens its doors
After spending this year in a mostly closed beta, we’re opening our doors. Starting today, anyone looking to release creative work is welcome to do it on Metalabel.
To maintain this as a space dedicated to creative work, we ask that people tell us about what they’re looking to do before getting started.
If you’re a creative person looking to put something out, this will be a simple step. If you’re looking for a generic e-commerce page for your business or to fundraise for personal causes, we will encourage you to look elsewhere.
We’re excited to begin welcoming and discovering more great work in the Metalabel universe.
The Fall/Winter collection
As this new era unfolds, we’re partnering with some of the most remarkable creative people releasing today to introduce new creative works on Metalabel.
The Metalabel Fall/Winter 2024 collection gathers an amazing array of artists releasing with us this Fall. The list includes:
August Lamm
Black Beyond
Black Dave
Brian Eno
Bette A.
Chia Amisola
The Creative Independent
The Dark Forest Collective
The David Graeber Institute
Dirt
Eternal Seeds
Forever Magazine
Hard Art
Joshua Citarella
Katherine Dee
Laura Welker
Marcel Dzarma
Maya Man
Mindy Seu
Molly Soda
Nadia Asparouva
New Inc
Other Internet
Rhizome
Ruby Justice Thelot
Special Effects
Spencer Chang
The Stoa
YACHT
Among this group are some of the most important artists and thinkers in recent decades (Brian Eno, David Graeber); most vital voices today (Mindy Seu, Other Internet, August Lamm); artists and creative people shaping how we look at the future (Black Beyond, Chia Amisola, Katherine Dee, Nadia Asparouva); and young institutions already leading the way (New Inc, The Creative Independent, Rhizome, Special Effects).
All of these incredible artists, authors, and creative people brought together in one place by an excitement for a new way of releasing work.
Metalabel is for you/us
Most importantly, this season is open for you to be part of. Both as a collector supporting these works, as well as an artist releasing work of your own. It all starts with a release.
Peace and love,
Metalabel
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