Irene Agrivina (b. 1976, Indonesia) is an artist, technologist, and educator who works at the intersection between art, science, and technology. She is a founding member and current co-director of House of Natural Fiber (HONF) in Yogyakarta. Agrivina is engaged in collaborative, cross-disciplinary, and multimedia 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. For example, HONF has developed a simple DIY filtration system involving coconut palm fibers, gravel, and stones for local residents affected by the water pollution from the volcanic eruption of Mt Merapi in 2010.

Agrivina graduated from the Visual Communication Design Program at the Indonesia Institute of Art (ISI), Yogyakarta and subsequently went on to study at the Culture and Religion Magister Program at Sanata Dharma University in Yogyakarta. She also co-founded XXLab in 2013, an all-female collective focusing on arts, science, and free technology. One of the projects that emerged from XXLab, SOYA C(O)U(L)TURE, 2015 was crowned as the winner of the 2015 Prix Ars Electronica awards. Her projects have been presented internationally at IFVA New Media Art Festival, Hong Kong (2017); 5th Anyang Public Art Project, South Korea (2016); Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria (2015); and Pixelache Festival, Helsinki, Finland (2013).

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Irene Agrivina, “Transpollutant (2022),” @GI_weltweit, accessed November 6, 2023, https://www.goethe.de/prj/csc/en/phase-2/tracing-latencies/transpollutant/project.html.

“The House of Natural Fiber | Vera List Center,” The House of Natural Fiber | Vera List Center, accessed November 6, 2023, https://www.veralistcenter.org/publications/the-house-of-natural-fiber.)