Natasha Tontey
Biography
Natasha Tontey is an artist and designer based in Yogyakarta, interested in exploring the concept of fiction as a method of speculative thinking. Through her artistic practice, she investigates how fear, horror, and terror could be manifested to control the public. Her works have been shown internationally in the Next Wave Festival ’16, the Koganecho Bazaar ’15, and the Instrument Builders Project–Kyoto Art Centre. She recently held a solo exhibition at Cemeti Institute for Art and Society in Yogyakarta.
In 2020, her project »From Pest to Power« was awarded the »Hash« award of the web residencies of Akademie Schloss Solitude and ZKM.