Simone C Niquille

Guided tour of the exhibition 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗖 𝗡𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲: 𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗯𝗶𝘁.𝘁𝘃 𝟮.𝟬 🦆🐇 𝟮𝟭 𝗠𝗔𝗬, 𝟭𝟲:𝟬𝟬—𝟭𝟳:𝟬𝟬 Part of @ljubljanaartweekend 𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑖𝑡.𝑡𝑣 is a video installation that explores the political implications of contemporary vision technologies, questioning how computational photography, datasets, and rendered imagery often act as substitutes for what is real. The work centres on a confused and curious queer character: a digital reincarnation of the 1892 duck-rabbit optical illusion, popularized by philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein to illustrate the ambiguity of perception. Now revived in the age of synthetic vision, this character becomes a vessel through which the project navigates the trials and tribulations of self-discovery and CGI production. Curated by: 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗼 𝗗𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗶𝘀 for tactics&practice#17: #BecomingImage. The tour will be guided by 𝗘𝗺𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝘇𝗻𝗶𝗸 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰́.

Thanks to everyone who spawned at the opening of 𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑖𝑡.𝑡𝑣 yesterday! 🦆🐇✨ Duckrabbit will be roaming through synthetic reality and questioning what is real 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝟭𝟮 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 at #Aksioma. ♥︎ Curated by 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗼 𝗗𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗶𝘀, part of 𝘁&𝗽#𝟭𝟳: #BecomingImage programme & in collaboration with @vfxljubljana Photo: Domen Pal / Aksioma

🔵 𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚: 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒆 Slovenian Cinematheque | 12 May, 5 PM 🪼 Part of @vfxljubljana , in collaboration with @slovenska_kinoteka 𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝑂𝑙𝑑 𝐻𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑 by 𝗔𝗸𝗶𝗵𝗶𝗸𝗼 𝗧𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗶 A digital film exploring the meaning of “homeland” in a networked world using a 3D-scanned avatar. It presents homeland as something more visible through distance or loss. The work blends virtual structures and absence to rethink belonging. + 𝐻𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 by 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗗𝗼𝗿𝗳 Reimagines The Odyssey as a reflection on home in a time of environmental and technological uncertainty. Combining live footage and digital media, it explores memory, displacement, and fractured realities. It questions the possibility of returning to a stable sense of home. + 𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝐽𝑢𝑖𝑐𝑒 by 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗖 𝗡𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 Inspired by Thomas Nagel’s essay, the film reflects on the limits of perception through a bat’s perspective. It questions whether human-made computer vision can move beyond subjective experience. The work challenges assumptions about objectivity in AI. ֎ 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞 > link in bio

𝗡𝗢𝗗𝗘#𝟯 of #BecomingImage centres on the work of 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗖 𝗡𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 – a designer and researcher exploring computation through #computervision, 3D animation, and #synthetic datasets. Their work critiques machine learning for reinforcing assumptions and shaping perception, while advocating non-binary technological imaginaries. The programme brings together a series of events anchored by the video installation 🔵 𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑖𝑡.𝑡𝑣 2.0, which explores the political implications of contemporary vision technologies and questions how computational photography, datasets, and #rendered imagery increasingly act as substitutes for what is considered real. Through a playful yet critical approach, Niquille examines how computational systems shape reality, producing images that function less as representations of the world than as tools of classification and detection. 🐰𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝟭𝟮 𝗠𝗮𝘆 | 𝟳 𝗣𝗠 | 𝗔𝗸𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗺𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 🦆Full programme via the link in bio ֎ curated by Marco De Mutiis ♥︎ in collaboration with @vfxljubljana

The last node of 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀&𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲#𝟭𝟳: #BecomingImage happens next week! 🔗֎ full programme > link in bio 🔗֎ 🔵 𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 | 12 May | 5 PM | Slovenian Cinematheque Part of 𝗩-𝗙-𝗫 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹, with screenings by 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗼 𝗠𝗶𝘆𝗮𝘁𝗮, 𝗡𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗞𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗡𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗻, 𝗔𝗸𝗶𝗵𝗶𝗸𝗼 𝗧𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗶, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗗𝗼𝗿𝗳, 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗖 𝗡𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 + 🔵 𝗘𝗫𝗛𝗜𝗕𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 | 12 May–12 June | Aksioma Project Space 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝟭𝟮 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝟳 𝗣𝗠 𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑖𝑡.𝑡𝑣 2.0 by 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗖 𝗡𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 + 🔵 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞 | 13 May | 3 PM | ALUO, Erjavčeva 𝐵𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑒𝑡𝑐. by 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗖 𝗡𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 + 🔵 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗣 | 13 May | 5 PM | ALUO, Tobačna 𝑊𝐴𝑊𝐿𝐴 (𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐴𝑟𝑒 𝑊𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐴𝑡) by 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗖 𝗡𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲 ֎ curated by Marco De Mutiis ♥︎ in collaboration with @slovenska_kinoteka @vfxljubljana @academy_aluo

🎈🦆🍌 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗖 𝗡𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲: 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗷𝗲 & 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝘁𝗶𝗸𝗲&𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗸𝘀𝗮 #𝟭𝟳: 𝙋𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙟𝙖𝙣𝙟𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙙𝙤𝙗𝙖, 𝗦𝗸𝗹𝗼𝗽 #𝟯 📅 𝗦𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗮, 𝟭𝟯. 𝟱. 📍 𝗨𝗟 𝗔𝗟𝗨𝗢 17. edicija 𝗔𝗸𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲 serije Taktike&praksa, ki v sodelovanju z UL ALUO poteka od februarja do junija 2026, se posveča nedavni transformaciji digitalnih podob, ki so se iz reprezentacijskih površin oblikovale v operativna okolja. Tudi letošnja edicija obsega tri programske sklope. Vse delavnice in zadnje predavanje v programu gostimo na UL ALUO. V tretjem in zadnjem letošnjem vabimo na predavanje in delavnico 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗖 𝗡𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲, ki poučuje in raziskuje na presečišču oblikovanja, arhitekture in kritične programske opreme, med drugim pa se trenutno pripravlja tudi na doktorat v okviru podiplomske šole ARTILACS na HFBK Hamburg. 🎈 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗔𝗩𝗔𝗡𝗝𝗘: 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶 𝗶𝘁𝗱. 𝗨𝗟 𝗔𝗟𝗨𝗢, 𝗘𝗿𝗷𝗮𝘃𝗰̌𝗲𝘃𝗮 𝟮𝟯 𝗦𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗮, 𝟭𝟯. 𝟱., 𝟭𝟱.𝟬𝟬–𝟭𝟲.𝟬𝟬 Izhajajoč iz balona raziskovalno predavanje sledi zaporedju napihnjenih objektov, povečanih JPEG-podob in projiciranih tekstur ter ob tem preizprašuje načine, kako sintetične podobe upodabljajo svet in kakšna pričakovanja se vanje vpisujejo. 🦆 𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗔𝗩𝗡𝗜𝗖𝗔: 𝗪𝗔𝗪𝗟𝗔 (𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝘁) 𝗨𝗟 𝗔𝗟𝗨𝗢, 𝗧𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗰̌𝗻𝗮 𝟱 𝗦𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗮, 𝟭𝟯. 𝟱., 𝟭𝟳.𝟬𝟬–𝟮𝟬.𝟬𝟬 Poglobili se bomo v svet računalniškega vida, podatkovnih zbirk za učenje podob in nevidnega človeškega dela, na katerem temelji strojno zaznavanje. 𝗨𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘇̌𝗯𝗮 𝗻𝗮 𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗵 𝗱𝗼𝗴𝗼𝗱𝗸𝗶𝗵 𝗷𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝘇𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰̌𝗻𝗮, 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗯𝗻𝗮 𝗽𝗮 𝗷𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗷𝗮𝘃𝗮 𝗻𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗼! => LINK IN BIO @aksiomaorg #tacticsandpractice17 #node3 #aksioma #aluo #simonecniquille #delavnica #predavanje #workshop #lecture

Simone C Niquille receives the Swiss Grand Award for Design 2026 for her transdisciplinary practice at the intersection of design, research, and education. Her work examines how digital image systems shape bodies, spaces, and perception. Through films, installations, and research-based projects, she reveals how standards and classifications embedded in technology influence the way we see and understand the world. As the first recipient of the award in the field of Media & Interaction Design, her practice represents a new generation of designers who redefine design as a critical and investigative discipline.   1: Elephant Juice (2020) - © technoflesh Studio 2: Portrait Simone C Niquille (2026) - © technoflesh Studio 3: Beauty & The Beep (2024) - © technoflesh Studio 4: Sorting Song (2021) - © technoflesh Studio 5: Safety Measures (2018) - © technoflesh Studio 6: Homeschool (2019) - © technoflesh Studio 7: The Fragility of Life (2017) - © technoflesh Studio 8: duckrabbit.tv (2023) - © technoflesh Studio   @technoflesh #SimoneCNiquille #SwissGrandAwardForDesign #MediaAndInteractionDesign #SwissDesign

The Swiss Grand Award for Design 2026 is awarded to three outstanding positions that have shaped Swiss design and continue to expand its horizons: atelier oï, Ursula Hiestand and Simone C Niquille. On the recommendation of the Federal Design Commission, the Federal Office of Culture (BAK) honors three positions whose work has had a lasting impact on Swiss design culture at both national and international levels. Their practices span architecture, product design, graphic design, research, and media-based work, reflecting the diversity of contemporary design in Switzerland. @atelier_o ï is recognized for its interdisciplinary practice that combines product design, architecture, scenography, and material research into a poetic and internationally influential body of work. Ursula Hiestand is honored for shaping Swiss graphic design and the visual culture of everyday life through clarity, precision, and social responsibility. Together with her husband Ernst Hiestand, she led the Zurich-based studio E + U Hiestand from 1960 to 1980, and subsequently pursued an independent career with a strong focus on socially responsible design projects. Simone C Niquille (@technoflesh ) is awarded for her transdisciplinary practice in Media & Interaction Design, critically examining how digital technologies shape bodies, spaces, and systems of power. Since 2007, the Swiss Grand Award for Design has recognized designers of major cultural significance; each award is endowed with CHF 40,000. The award ceremony will take place on 15 June 2026 in Basel as part of the Swiss Design Awards exhibition. On the occasion of the Swiss Grand Award for Design 2026 award ceremony, video portraits in the Swiss Design Awards exhibition and a publication will be released featuring brief portraits by @susanna_koeberle , interviews with the award winners by @keijiashizawa , Isabel Koellreuter & Franziska Schürch @schuerchundkoellreuter as well as @noraomurchu , and visual material on the award recipients. Design @nadine_wuethrich_ with @lea.romana (@role.std ) Animation @ycoco___ (@role.std ) Publication coordination @mille_pages Video @juliaannjule @michaelschwendigner

҉b҉e҉a҉u҉t҉y҉ ҉a҉n҉d҉ ҉t҉h҉e҉ ҉b҉e҉e҉p҉ exhibited in Chairs: Form, Function, Future at Shenzhen Bay Culture Square in collaboration with the Design Museum London. The exhibition showcases 92 chairs from the museum’s collection alongside works by over 40 contemporary Chinese designers and architects. The exhibition was curated by Naiyi Wang.

Server Tempeh 🫘 Tempeh made from Dutch heirloom bean varieties, fermented using data server heat New animation 🍿 Eating to Extinction by @technoflesh Commissioned by @stroom_den_haag And inspired by the work of @slowfoodnederland @slowfood_international and of course @dan.saladino

“Hoe ga je als lichaam door een wereld die je bekijkt door de lens van stereotypen en standaarden?” @technoflesh onderzoekt met CHAIR DON’T CARE de grenzen van verhalen vertellen met en over machine learning. Het is in feite een onderzoek naar computer vision, en hoe de blik van de computer onze wereld ziet en beïnvloedt. 💡 🎥 Elk jaar werken drie kunstenaars aan hun eigen vernieuwend onderzoek op het snijvlak van technologie en samenleving binnen het NFF Fellowships-programma. Om meer te weten over het werkproces van de Fellows 2024 - 2025, lees het volledige interview met Simone C Niquille via de #linkinbio

* Geen plek kunnen bemachtigen? Stuur ons even een mailtje; we zetten je graag op de wachtlijst: [email protected] SOFT OPENING & DINNERS - Kom naar de soft opening én diners van Server Tempeh bij Stroom op 16 oktober en 19 november 2025! In Server Tempeh onderzoekt Leanne Wijnsma (yeast.computer), samen met Boonzaak, hoe restwarmte van dataservers kan worden ingezet om tempeh te fermenteren van bijna vergeten Nederlandse bonen. Bij Stroom wordt het project gepresenteerd samen met 3D-animaties van Simone C. Niquille / Technoflesh Studio, die met popcultuurverwijzingen kritisch naar ons datalandschap kijken. MELD JE AAN VOOR DE DINNERS: 16 oktober – dinner met Ark van de Smaak / Slow Food Nederland over lokale biodiversiteit & een bijdrage van TogetherTogether. 19 november – diner met chef Amber Toorop @keukenverhalen & dichter Eelco Couvreur over de koloniale geschiedenis van tempeh. Aanmelden via de link in bio. Deelname is gratis! [ENG] SOFT OPENING & DINNERS Join us for the opening and dinners of Server Tempeh at Stroom Den Haag: on 16 October and 19 November 2025! 🌱 In Server Tempeh, Leanne Wijnsma (yeast.computer) and Boonzaak explore how waste heat from data servers can be used to ferment tempeh made from nearly forgotten Dutch beans. At Stroom, the project is shown alongside 3D animations by Simone C. Niquille / Technoflesh Studio, offering a pop culture-inspired critique of today’s data landscape. BOOK YOUR TICKET FOR DINNER: 16 October – dinner with Ark van de Smaak / Slow Food Netherlands on local biodiversity & A contribution from TogetherTogether. 19 November– dinner with chef Amber Toorop @keukenverhalen & poet Eelco Couvreur on the colonial history of tempeh. Sign up via the link in bio. Participation is free!