As the internet becomes increasingly commercialized, controlled, and streamlined, the question arises: what parts of this digital culture do we want to preserve, and what might be better left abandoned? This playroom (free walk-ins) invites everyone, young and old, to think, create, and join the conversation about what parts of the internet we want to carry with us into the future.

Bring your laptop (if possible) and create your own zine to celebrate the digital worlds, works, and memories you believe should be preserved for the future. From early interactive web documentaries and experimental immersive projects to personal anecdotes, favorite memes, and online discoveries that mean something to you. Take inspiration from artist Jeroen van Loon's Life Needs Internet (a growing archive of handwritten letters in which people from around the world describe how the internet shapes their daily lives), and meet artist Nathalie Lawhead who will offer digital tools that encourage us to take back control, to build our own software, make zines, and reclaim the quirky freedom of the early internet days. Meanwhile, Avinash Changa from WeMakeVR will present new tools to address the challenges (and opportunities) of preserving and future-proofing immersive art.

DocLab Playroom: I Feel Zine is presented in collaboration with CIIIC.