Deepnudes, Feminist Data & Cyborgs – in conversation with three designers
Sunday Talk — Vrouwen als technologieWhy is Deepnude technology more effective at generating naked female bodies than male bodies? How can feminist values and principles be applied within data and technology? What are alternative representations of the steoretypical cyborg? Three designers offer answers to these questions. On the final day of the exhibition Women as Technology, they will speak about their work and design vision.
Each of the three designers will give a short presentation of 15 minutes. This will be followed by a Q&A session, where the designers will engage in conversation with each other and respond to questions from the audience. This afternoon talk will function as a thought-provoking closure of the exhibition, by offering a glimpse into the meaningful creations of these makers.
Lotte Louise de Jong
Lotte Louise de Jong is a Rotterdam-based Dutch new-media artist whose research-driven practice spans installations and narrative forms. She examines how digital culture and platform economies mediate, stage, and commodify intimacy and desire, revealing the mechanisms of mediated life with humor and care. She holds an MA from the Piet Zwart Institute, teaches at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy (DogTime), received the Mondriaan Fund Artist Basic grant in 2025, and begins a two-year Rijksakademie residency in 2026.
Renee Noortman
“As a design researcher, I combine storytelling, design fiction and feminist design practice to imagine positive, alternative futures. Specifically, I am interested in how we can live with technology in data in more equitable and interesting ways. I love crafting stories, prototypes and experiences that invite people to imagine a world that is different from the one we know, with an eye for craftsmanship, sustainability and equity.”
Loan Favan
Loan Favan is a jewelry designer and artist from New Caledonia and founder of Naula_studio. Her work draws inspiration from futuristic scenarios, indigenous traditions and body explorations. Through her work, she pays homage to Pacific traditions. She designed the work P’AROWO NO ORORÉ (Faces of Tomorrow) in collaboration with Stefan Boerkamp, which is exhibited in Women as Technology. This work questions stereotypical depictions of cyborgs (which are often clearly based on Western ideals) by imagining what cyborgs based on Pacific culture might look like.
