Sybren van der Velde (The Hague, 2001) is a British-Dutch artist who grew up in De Rottefalle, a small village in Fryslân. In 2024, he graduated as a performer from the Maastricht Academy of Dramatic Arts. The majority of his work stems from hypernostalgia, a concept rooted in a deep sentimental longing for a space, place, or moment—whether in the past or the future. He tends to amplify or even fetishize these feelings in both the everyday and his artistic practice. In doing so, he constantly questions whether such emotions are strictly personal, how flexible they are, and whether it is possible to long for a space, place, or time one has not personally experienced. Hypernostalgia neither denies nor fully accepts the largely linguistic limitations tied to nostalgia, but instead plays with a broader spectrum of emotions. Sybren seeks to channel these feelings into landscapes—to cushion the homesick and the ones lost in time.