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Emi Kusano: links

Sources trace Kusano’s Art Blocks release and her wider movement among generative art, photography, performance, institutions, and popular culture.

12 sources · last updated 2026-07-11

In the AB[500]: Art Blocks

Art Blocks presents the collection as 300 unique artworks released on 28 February 2024.

Art Blocks collection collection · 2024

Interviews

Right Click Save discusses Kusano’s progression from street photography and Satellite Young to AI and blockchain art.

Japan’s New Retro interview · 2023

Vogue Japan interviews Kusano about AI technology, fashion, and contemporary digital creation.

AI and fashion interview · 2023

Branding in Asia examines Kusano’s use of AI, nostalgia, music, and imagined futures.

Imagined Futures interview · 2025

Whitewall considers memory, desire, retrofuturism, and alternative histories across Kusano’s visual and musical work.

Human and Machine interview · 2026

Press and criticism

Forbes Japan publishes a joint discussion with Kusano and Claire Silver about AI artistry and the creative economy.

Future skills press · 2023

Museums and institutions

Mita-hyoron, Keio University’s official journal, profiles Kusano and records that the 300 works in Melancholic Magical Maiden sold out in 50 minutes.

Person of the Hour institution · 2024

Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs lists Kusano on its 25th-term Copyright Subcommittee and identifies her as Fictionera's representative director.

Copyright Subcommittee institution · 2026

Galleries and exhibitions

Load Gallery profiles Kusano as a Tokyo-based multidisciplinary artist working with AI, nostalgia, and collective memory.

Emi Kusano gallery profile · 2026

Essays, talks and podcasts

MOCA LIVE speaks with Kusano about her 1980s-oriented aesthetic, AI practice, fashion, and crypto art in Japan.

The 80’s and the Machine podcast · 2023

Particle’s podcast discusses Kusano’s AI photography and work connected with Bright Moments, Gucci, and Christie’s.

Reimagining Culture podcast · 2023

Profiles and archives

Raster indexes Kusano’s oeuvre and market activity in its artist archive.

Emi Kusano archive · ongoing

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