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Kay Hermes publishes work about future life, future work, and the systems that shape both.
This is the public studio: releases, long-form writing, and the book archive in one place. The older material stays in the back catalogue; the front of the site is for the work ahead.
Selected releases
Albums and book
Liquid Fortress
The book archive that anchors the site: systems, identity, and a public studio built for the long run.
The Mirror of Jam-e Jam
A reflective album about signal, memory, and seeing the system from both sides.
Be Melting Snow
A transitional album about dissolution, weather, and adaptation.
The Industrial Land
An album about labor, automation, and the shape of future work.
Writing
Notes from the studio
Future of Work Is a Design Problem
An artist’s note on why the next decade will be won by people who design workflows, not just content.
Kay Hermes as a Public Studio
The site is the stage, the archive, and the distribution layer. It should feel like a studio with a public front door.
Mumega as Backend, Not Brand
A public artist site can use Mumega as the engine without turning the homepage into a product demo.
The site