CYDR: POSTCARDS FROM THE FUTURE

In the landscape of contemporary art, where the boundary between real and digital dissolves into a continuous flow of distorted images and memories, Cydr’s practice emerges as a sensitive reflection on our relationship with technology, nostalgia, and the perception of the everyday. With the new series Postcards, the Brazilian artist reformulates the very concept of visual memory, using digital tools not only as an expressive medium but as an extension of their gaze on the world.

A conversation with Cydr

Born in 2002 in Curitiba, Brazil, Cydr began exploring art at a young age through drawing, painting, and sculpting. However, a pivotal moment came during a school Photoshop class, where Cydr discovered the world of digital art. This sparked a journey from designing YouTube banners to crafting album covers, eventually evolving into deeply personal work that expresses their emotions and ideas. Having grown up immersed in video games, newer technology and internet culture, Cydr often infuses their art with a digital aesthetic, reflecting a deep appreciation for and nostalgia from their childhood. Now, at 22 years old, Cydr merges playful experimentation with profound self-expression, drawing on memories and everyday observations to reinterpret the familiar through a lens of distortion.

Studies in Forgetting: Goldcat’s Manifesto for Creative Freedom

“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child,” Pablo Picasso once said