Alif Ibrahim
Alif Ibrahim (b. 1994 Rotterdam, Netherlands) is an Indonesian artist investigating the construction of ideology in technology, alternative software paradigms, Indonesian technics, digital labour, enchantment of digital objects, as well as the material (pre)-conditions of the digital.
He works through net art, experimental films, installations, sculpture, computational art, print as well as participatory workshops. He also writes about technology, art, design, cinema and new media for online and print publications. He received an MA in Digital Media from Goldsmiths University and BA from Brown University. He has recently completed a residency at Digital Artist Residency, and was one of the first few members of SpaceUs in Boston, MA. He lives and works in London and Jakarta.
About
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Education
2019 MA Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
2016 BA Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Selected Exhibitions & Screenings
2020 I Wanna Show You How, Threads, Kent (Upcoming)
SpaceUs TV, SpaceUs, Online
In.Oscillation, SITE Projects, Online
The Retreat, Arebyte Gallery, London
2019 Internet Death Support Tools (link), Residency 11:11, London
Going Away.TV (link), The Wrong Biennale, Arebyte Gallery, London
Humachine Flux, OVADA, Oxford
Emerging Artists in Residence (link), Digital Artist Residency, Online
Non-Descript Media Authoring (link), isthisit?, Online
You Must Not Stand in One Place, Distillery Gallery, Boston, MA
Hot Steam II, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA
2018 Critical Technical Practice, Goldsmiths University, London
Goldsmiths Festival of the Arts, Goldsmiths University, London
Boston Asian American Film Festival, Pao Arts Center, Boston, MA
Boston Art Book Fair, Cyclorama - Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
Localities, Fort 5 Exhibitions, Boston, MA
2017 Becoming Posthuman, Studio @ 550, Cambridge, MA
EXPO Vol. IV, Granoff Center for the Arts, Providence, RI
Boston Hassle Telethon, SCATV, Somerville, MA
East Meets Beats 27, Democracy Center, Cambridge, MA
2016 Theories in Action, Leung Family Gallery, Providence, RI
Women in Film, Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, Singapore
Ivy Film Festival, Granoff Center for the Arts, Providence, RI
Grants & Residencies
2019 Online Resident, Residency 11:11, London
Emerging Artist in Residence, Digital Artist Residency, Oxford
July Resident, isthisit?, London
2018 Departmental Fee Award, Goldsmiths, University of London, London
SpaceUs Residency, Boston, MA
2016 Student Creative Arts Council Grant, Brown University, Providence, RI
Workshops & Lectures
2020 Theorizing the Web, Museum of the Moving Image, NYC (Upcoming)
Internet Death Support Tools, IAM Weekend, Barcelona
2018 What is Your Utopia? SpaceUs, Boston, MA
Race and Self Publishing, Massasoit Elks Lodge. Cambridge, MA with American Artist, Lily Xie and Aurora Diaz
Other experience
It's Nice That – Editorial Assistant (London, 2019)
Cengage Learning – Strategy Analyst (Boston, MA, 2016-2018)
Boston Hassle – Film Writer (Boston, MA, 2017-2018)
EMW Gallery – Photographer (Cambridge, MA, 2017-2018)
Boston Cyberarts Gallery – Gallery Assistant (Boston, MA, 2016)
Brown Education Department – Research Assistant (Providence, RI, 2015)
Brown University Multimedia Labs – Consultant (Providence, RI, 2014-2016)
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