Emi Kusano: links
Sources trace Kusano’s Art Blocks release and her wider movement among generative art, photography, performance, institutions, and popular culture.
In the AB[500]: Art Blocks
Art Blocks presents the collection as 300 unique artworks released on 28 February 2024.
Art Blocks collection ↗Interviews
Right Click Save discusses Kusano’s progression from street photography and Satellite Young to AI and blockchain art.
Japan’s New Retro ↗Vogue Japan interviews Kusano about AI technology, fashion, and contemporary digital creation.
AI and fashion ↗Branding in Asia examines Kusano’s use of AI, nostalgia, music, and imagined futures.
Imagined Futures ↗Whitewall considers memory, desire, retrofuturism, and alternative histories across Kusano’s visual and musical work.
Human and Machine ↗Press and criticism
Forbes Japan publishes a joint discussion with Kusano and Claire Silver about AI artistry and the creative economy.
Future skills ↗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 ↗Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs lists Kusano on its 25th-term Copyright Subcommittee and identifies her as Fictionera's representative director.
Copyright Subcommittee ↗Galleries and exhibitions
Load Gallery profiles Kusano as a Tokyo-based multidisciplinary artist working with AI, nostalgia, and collective memory.
Emi Kusano ↗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 ↗Particle’s podcast discusses Kusano’s AI photography and work connected with Bright Moments, Gucci, and Christie’s.
Reimagining Culture ↗Profiles and archives
Raster indexes Kusano’s oeuvre and market activity in its artist archive.
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