Kaen

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ABOUT

After sold out of my first collection « Tales of Surrealism », I came back with the collection « Memories of Tomorrow », which has been lunched on @objktcom.

Actually, already 43 artworks have been minted and 16 artworks have been sold to 22 amazing owners with a total volume of 567 $TEZOS.

« Memories of Tomorrow » have newly been created on $BASE via @foundation.

What are memories of tomorrow ?

The artworks presented in the "Memories of Tomorrow" collection explore the latent tension between innocence and vast systems—cosmic, digital, urban, and emotional. Each artwork reflects a modern visual sensibility shaped by digital culture, childhood memories, and a cosmic imagination.

The artworks in this collection are a blend of different graphic styles, reminiscent of vintage comic book covers, European fantasy scenarios, and cosmic science fiction, where the simplicity of lines and flat colors convey an emotional gravity.

The artistic style of this collection is a form of contemporary surrealism rooted in emotional clarity and symbolic simplicity that is both gentle and unsettling, playful and philosophical. At once fragile and luminous, these images invite the viewer to slow down, to decipher the silence between the forms, and to recognize themselves in this space where vulnerability meets wonder.

Each artwork unfolds in a space suspended between innocence and lucidity. It evokes a fragile future, perceived through the prism of memory, as if each image were a memory yet to come. These works offer a reflection on modern existence, anchoring abstract imagery in intimate human feelings: the feeling of being lost, the feeling of being small, the experience of being together, the imagining of the future.

The deliberately minimalist figures and objects amplify their emotional resonance. Short phrases appear as declarations, thoughts, whispers. The words guide interpretation while leaving room for ambiguity, thus reinforcing the balance between clarity and mystery. The figures, often solitary and introspective, move within silent spaces. They embody moments of contemplation, instants where emotion unfolds without explicit narrative.

The vibrant pastel tones evoke joy and wonder, but they are often placed in dark or empty contexts: something beautiful exists, but it is precarious. This contrast evokes a feeling of luminous nostalgia, a joy tinged with sadness.

Finally, my style carries within it a poetry of the vulnerable future. It is an emotional future: a tomorrow made of memories, traces, and sensations preserved in symbolic objects.

The Artistic Style

The artistic style of the artworks in the "Memories of Tomorrow" collection is instantly recognizable. We enter a coherent, almost mythological universe, where each piece resembles a map of the same cosmos, a visual poetry poised between innocence and metaphysics.

The visual DNA of this collection is pop cosmic surrealism, at the crossroads of retro manga illustration, minimalist vector graphics, risograph/grain print aesthetics, and symbolic pop art.

✦ lines ✦

The line work of every artwork of the collection is essential, with thick, clean, black outlines, simplified, almost naive forms, and few realistic details; the focus is on symbolism. This choice allows for immediate legibility, a strong graphic impact, and a feeling akin to an icon or tarot card.

✦ Colors ✦

Color is one of my primary languages.

I use into this collection ultra-saturated palettes, rainbow gradients, and black starry backgrounds or gradient skies. The rainbow often recurs as a signature motif, where it becomes light, energy, a bridge, destiny, an aura.

Color is emotional and symbolic: green represents growth/soul/nature, pink symbolizes nostalgia/memory/tenderness, purple signifies mystery/spirituality, and black represents cosmic silence.

✦ textures ✦

Even though my style appears vector-based, I always add textures through paper grain, analog noise, risograph printing effects and fine halftones.

This creates an interesting contrast between digital and tactile, and between modern and vintage. The goal is for my images to resemble printed posters from a bygone future.

✦ Composition ✦

In terms of composition, I have worked on my pieces like narrative cards or posters with white borders, short texts (“together,” “dreamland,” “destiny,” “harmony”), a frontal layout, symmetries, centered figures, and a vast sky or open horizon.

Each piece functions like an album cover, a tarot card, a fragment of a story, a scene frozen in time. The goal is to create the impression of leafing through a visual oracle.