Irene Eidinger, who grew up in Ebensee, Salzkammergut, studied journalism and communications in Vienna and Berlin. Afterwards she worked in Vienna and Berlin as a theater producer, organizer and as managing editor of the weekly newspaper “Jungle World”. She is currently realizing the KAIRO KIOSK in Berlin Kreuzberg as part of the cooperative project BAUPALAST, a place that combines events with social, political and cultural aspirations.