Programm Datenspuren 2020

Irene Agrivina is an open systems advocate, technologist, artist and the founder of HONF a centre of arts, science and technology based in Yogyakarta Indonesia.

Design program at the Indonesia Institute of Art (ISI), Yogyakarta, and continuing her study at Culture and Religion Magister Program at Sanata Dharma University in Yogyakarta. She is one of the founding members and current directors of HONF, the Yogyakarta based new media and technology laboratory. Created in 1998 as a place of open expression, art and cultural technologies in the wake of the Indonesian "revolution", HONF aka the 'House of Natural Fiber' was born out of the social and political turmoil against the Suharto regime, its nepotism and governmental corruption. Agrivina runs HONF's 'Education Focus Programme' (EFP) which focuses on the application and practical use in daily life of collaborative, cross-disciplinary and technological actions responding to social, cultural and environmental challenges. In response to the needs of societies in development and transition, HONF and EFP apply open, collaborative and sustainable actions that systematically expand or convert accessible technologies to be used as multifunctional tools and methodologies. She has participated in numerous festivals such as Re;Publica, Transmediale, Pixelache, Mal Au Pixel, New Museum Trienalle, APAP 5. At 2011 in collaboration with Waag Society she co-founded HONFablab, as the first Fablab in South East Asia, and at 2013 she founded XXLab an all female collective focusing in arts, science and free technology as a HONF’s spin-off communities, one of their project, SOYA C(O)U(L)TURE (2015), was crowned as the winner of 2015 Prix Ars Electronica awards, a prestigious European Commission-supported competition for cyberarts in Linz, Austria. She was also chosen by Asialink, Australia as one of The Six Women in Pioneer from South East Asia.

Kontakt

E-Mail: agrivine.ira@gmail.com

Links

• HONF