Matt Brand

Matt Brand runs Qualitative Methods, a print and audio label that focuses on the catalytic-validity of humanistic outside-art as a mode of inquiry against an increasingly quantized era of neoliberalism. Matt's writing tends to orbit around hauntology and the human condition under late-capitalism via themes such as spectacle, intimacy, splintering individualism, isolation, and self-delusion. Originally from Redwood City, California, the author has spent his adult life in Seattle, Grenoble, Los...See more

Matt Brand runs Qualitative Methods, a print and audio label that focuses on the catalytic-validity of humanistic outside-art as a mode of inquiry against an increasingly quantized era of neoliberalism. Matt's writing tends to orbit around hauntology and the human condition under late-capitalism via themes such as spectacle, intimacy, splintering individualism, isolation, and self-delusion. Originally from Redwood City, California, the author has spent his adult life in Seattle, Grenoble, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Berlin. He prefers verbs over nouns, life-long amateurs over professionals, and face-to-face interactions over digital proxies. He believes that humans are inherently good even though they can get misguided or under-nurtured in their psychological development. Matt's writing tends to orbit around hauntology and the human condition under late-capitalism via themes such as spectacle, intimacy, splintering individualism, isolation, and self-delusion. He hopes that putting such focuses on creative display might serve to aid others' reflection and self-awareness-to help comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable, as the saying goes. Currently, when not writing or working on releases, Matt is trying to assess the best routes forward for contributing to sizable dual-power and material change. He is always open to connecting with others who are trying to do the same. See less