The world of web craft is a space where the imperfect and the handmade thrive. Artists on the internet are returning to craft and zine-making, in response to AI and an increased awareness of the environmental impacts and omnipresent observation of everything we do,
Using experimental publishing and DIY techniques, with web tools like Shrimpzine and Downpour, artists are building communities which offer alternative spaces to exchange and create a more hand-crafted and poetic web.
From LAN parties, the Internet Phone Book and wikis, to zine swaps and libraries, Connection Established maps a history of online communities, inviting you to get involved and explore the re-emergence of the digital handmade.
Curated by Kendal Beynon and Sam Mercer
Explore deeper
Find deeper connections through interviews, projects and micro-sites related to the exhibition.
Internet Phone Book Meetup - Bring Your Own Website
As part of Connection Established: Digital Folklore and Web Craft, Anne Lee Steele hosted an introduction the Internet Phone Book, her own practice and formed a space for those working across craft webs to connect, share practices, and extend the network offline.
Participants at the meetup presented a website of their own - explore them all now!
Web craft: an interview with Daniel Murray
Building on Valentina Tanni’s reflections on digital aesthetics and nostalgia, this conversation brings together Kendal Beynon and Daniel Murray (Melonking), a key figure in the revival of DIY web craft. As the creator of MelonLand, a thriving hub for sharing and exploring the handmade web, Murray offers insights into community-building amid an internet shaped by algorithmic feeds and AI content. The discussion considers how web craft reclaims the web as artistic and human-centred.
