WELCOME TO LAST HUMAN #001

This is the first in a series of publications that pulls back the curtain on the making of LAST HUMAN—a 10,000 sq ft immersive horror experience that will be opening at MAD Arts later this year. We’re prototyping in public: designing, breaking, rebuilding, and documenting each phase of the process. Each issue is an invitation. We’re peeling back the layers to show the how and why of building an ambitious hybrid world: a living system of story, technology, and participation.

Informed by Dead Internet Theory—the idea that much of the web is now populated by algorithmically generated content and synthetic interactions—LAST HUMAN investigates the collapse of authenticity and agency in the digital age. Drawing from traditions of post-cinema, the project blends narrative, architecture, and interface into a living system of horror. LAST HUMAN functions as a discursive artifact for digital literacy, inviting critical engagement with the increasingly unstable boundaries between the real, the artificial, and the performative.

Why a Zine?

Because open prototyping is messy. It’s a living, breathing process filled with discoveries, dead-ends, and breakthroughs. This zine is a field guide, a lab notebook, and a manifesto. It captures the behind-the-scenes thinking, prototypes, and experiments as we build an experience that’s alive, evolving, and collaborative.

Proceeds from zine and collectible sales directly support the upcoming installation of LAST HUMAN.

About

The Last Human Collective is the creative team behind LAST HUMAN, a large-scale immersive storytelling project that explores what it means to remain human in a world overwhelmed by artificial intelligence, synthetic media, and systemic breakdown. The collective brings together artists, designers, technologists, and researchers to create immersive installations, virtual rituals, and experimental storytelling tools. Its mission is to foster new forms of connection and resistance through collaborative storytelling, challenging audiences to confront the fractured realities of our digital age and imagine more humane, inclusive futures.