Bio (short)

Simone C. Niquille is a designer and researcher whose work investigates how computation functions as a contemporary optical system. Working with vision technologies such as computer vision, 3D animation, computational photography, and synthetic training datasets, their practice examines how images no longer simply represent the world but actively organise perception, legibility, and reality itself. Engaging these systems from within, Niquille critiques machine learning as a tool for stabilising assumptions and instrumentalising difference, advocating instead for non-binary technological imaginaries. They teach and conduct research across design, architecture, and critical software, and are currently a PhD researcher within the ARTILACS graduate school at HFBK Hamburg. Their work has been exhibited and published internationally.