Tina Lorenz came of age in the Chaos Computer Club but went on to study Drama and American Literary History in Vienna and Munich. They were a lecturer for theater history at the Academy for Performing Arts Bavaria, later dramaturg at the Landestheater Oberpfalz and finally consultant for digital communication at the Staatstheater Nürnberg, before founding and leading the Digital Theatre department at the State Theatre of Augsburg from 2020 to 2023.

Tina Lorenz is a founding member of the hackspaces metalab Vienna and Binary Kitchen Regensburg; since January 2024, they head the department of artistic research and development »Hertzlab« at ZKM | Karlsruhe