The economics of dark forest spaces
In the world of online platforms there’s a well-known pattern called the 90-9-1 rule. It says that in most
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Defining groupcore
In a recent post I wrote that Metalabel’s focus is groupcore: software, tools, economics, spaces, and ideas that help
How the 1971 Artist's Contract previewed A-Corps
In 1971 conceptual art dealer Seth Siegelaub and lawyer Robert Projansky collaborated to create a new contract for the purchase
How to get where you need to be when you don’t know where you’re going
We obsess over finding the meaning and purpose of our lives. But how do we go about finding it?
We
What's the difference between an artist and a creator?
In 1973, experimental filmmaker Hollis Frampton wrote a letter to MoMA that captures a paradox that still defines creative work
The internet is dying on the outside but growing on the inside
Dark Forests rule everything around us. Signal chats to plan wars? Check. Private group chats where rival athletes discuss injuries?
Do artists get paid for making art?
Artist Corporations are important not just as a legal structure, but as a concept that redefines creative output as real
A-Corp tour diary
The past week I’ve been on the road, giving talks and speaking with artists, creators, and community and political
We are the 48% (A-Corp update #3)
The common perception is that artists and creative people are a small slice of the population. But how true is
What happens after the TED talk (A-Corp Update #2)
Back in April I stood on stage at the TED conference in Vancouver to publicly share the idea of Artist
A release is a doorway, not an endpoint
This week we’ve been catching up with friends and people in our creative community. Each person we’ve talked
Let's make a law (A-Corp Update #1)
Since this project became public in June, we’ve been working hard behind the scenes to establish connections and follow
Private first, public when ready
I recently read Galileo’s Dream by Kim Stanley Robinson, an exquisite historical science-fiction novel about the Italian scientist’s
Why Artist Corporations?
It’s recently dawned on me that I’ve spent most of my life working on the same problem: how
Artist Corporations: A groundbreaking new structure for creative people
Two wild assertions we can’t 100% back up but pretty sure are true:
1. Art and creative expression have
A revolution that won't be quantified
Hello friends new and old. After the first two weeks of a creative listening tour, a string of thoughts about
How to long game
No AI, no lengthy edits, just a single-shot on a Sunday morning.
In a flow state with the void
I’
Embrace the wiggle
The other day I found myself having lunch with a well-known musician and book editor. They were talking about the
Some things are worth the wait: Diary of a TED talk
It's 6:30pm on a Monday and I'm standing off-stage waiting for someone to call my
What we lose when we start with the ending
It’s hard to grasp how uncertain the present feels until you’re in it. Looking back, we compress complex