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cyberbirdxx, visuals & design

look · lights, glitches, glows and motion blurs from arnhem

couture portrait: photo & outfit design by @niencotine.couture

cyberbirdxx is merel van kesteren, a digital artist based in arnhem. she makes the visuals and performs them live (vj), and builds immersive worlds, animation and installation. for clients: visual identity, graphic design, web and animation, ethereal compositions of lights, glitches, glows and motion blurs, exploring a darker digital destiny.

the work grows from cyberfeminist theory and speculative worldbuilding, transhumanism, hyperreality, holography, cyberspace, narratives that blend reality, internet culture and nostalgia. she is the visuals of s3x, live and made, and, like rrrrip9, a designer too.

artist in residence, creative coding utrecht, 2025–ongoing. open for collaborations and commissions.

the cyberbirdxx artist portfolio, opened on a dark landing page: a salvaged monitor dripping with cyberslime, the words dreaming in the ruins of big tech glowing in neon artist portfolio cyberbirdxxdreaming in the ruins of big tech, and the work behind it →

moving image, youtube

gatekeep
divine machinery (1/3 of an installation)
holograms of her
amalthea
infected cells

all videos, youtube.com/@cyberbirdxx →

the record

selected installations & works

selected talks, vj & curation

selected brand & identity

logo designs

marks and wordmarks, drawn by hand and by machine. a few are named below.