Ariel William Orah is a Berlin-based Indonesian artist who explores themes related to identity, memory, and scarcity. He is intrigued by the durability of homo sapiens and the fragility of machines.

An MA graduate from Steinbeis University Berlin with a major in Sustainability Management, he has also completed a degree in human-centered, empathy and experience-driven design from the School of Design Thinking Potsdam/Stanford and KAOSPILOT Århus. In his artistic practice, Orah works with a variety of media and formats, ranging from sonic and multi-sensory performance, physical and interactive installation, and moving/still images. He co-founded the empathy-driven sound artist collective L-KW, Bandung-based progressive rock band Vincent Vega, Berlin-based multi disciplinary art and culinary collective SOYDIVISION.BERLIN, and non-profit cultural organisation Diantara e.V.

Selected works include a theater music & lecture performance »GAUNG« for Ballhaus Naunynstrasse Berlin (2021), a theater music composition »Götzendämmerung. Post-Funk-Tische Ergüsse zum Zeitgeschehen« for Zimmertheater-tübingen (2019), and a commissioned installation for Tanz im August Festival Berlin (2016). He has self-released numerous solo albums under the alias ravenative, most recently Kosmos Kompromiss in 2021.