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Bob de Jong approached synthetic media as a research medium.
His early work with face replacement, AI-generated likeness and de-aging investigated how moving images change when identity becomes technically reproducible.
These works circulated through journalism, television, public debate and film production, placing synthetic image-making in direct contact with questions of trust, authorship, performance and representation.
Synthetic media is treated as a way to study likeness, memory and credibility once images can be reconstructed through software.
neural networks, code, synthetic media, AI film, face replacement, deepfake research, image trust, moving image, public image culture.
A 2020/2021 synthetic media work using face replacement and AI-generated likeness as a research medium. The work investigated image trust, recognisable identity and the changing status of the moving image.
A synthetic political image experiment connected to Dutch public debate around deepfakes, media trust and political representation.
A public-facing synthetic media project connected to memory, witness appeal and the ethics of image reconstruction.
Work with AI-assisted image production, face replacement and de-aging in film and television contexts.
Synthetic media presented through journalism, television and public debate as a question of trust, authorship and representation.