HACKING TO LIVE
Artist Talk by Irene Agrivina in the context of the Feminist Hardware Festival at the Institute for Education in the Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
Open systems advocate, technologist, artist & educator
Irene Agrivina is one of the founding members and current directors of HONF, the Yogyakarta-based arts, science and technology laboratory. Created in 1998, HONF aka the 'House of Natural Fiber' was born out of the social and political turmoil against the nepotism and corruption of the Suharto regime. In 2013, Agrivina co-founded XXLab, an all- female collective focusing on arts, science and free technology as a second generation of HONF’s spin-off communities. One of XXLab’s projects, SOYA C(O)U(L)TURE was awarded [the next idea] Art and Technology Grant voestalpine by Ars Electronica in 2015. In 2019, Agrivina was chosen by Asialink, Australia as one of six women pioneers from south-east Asia and Australia.
Solo Exhibitions:
PULP PHILOSOPHY, 2000,ViaVia Gallery,Yogyakarta, Indonesia
I WAS BORN TO BE A LEGEND, 2002, Kedai Kebun,Yogyakarta, Indonesia
GUILTY PLEASURE, 2010 , IFI-LIP Gallery,Yogyakarta, Indonesia