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In May 2023, her series of fictional street photography works, created in collaboration with AI, was selected for the "Japan Contemporary Collection" exhibition at the digital art gallery "Bright Moments".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bright Moments Tokyo|url=https://www.brightmoments.io/tokyo|website=Bright Moments Gallery|date=2023-04-05|access-date=2023-04-18}}</ref>
In May 2023, her series of fictional street photography works, created in collaboration with AI, was selected for the "Japan Contemporary Collection" exhibition at the digital art gallery "Bright Moments".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bright Moments Tokyo|url=https://www.brightmoments.io/tokyo|website=Bright Moments Gallery|date=2023-04-05|access-date=2023-04-18}}</ref>


== Syle and technique ==
== Style and technique ==
Kusano draws inspiration from Japanese retro-futurism as a foundation for her artwork, which explores the cutting-edge of technology. This approach is fueled by nostalgia for the pre-internet era, specifically the postwar period when Japanese mass media held significant sway. By blending modern technology with retro-culture, she captures the complex feelings of love, hate, and ambivalence towards present and future accelerationism.<ref name="focus">Focus on the work where can demonstrate her own value in order to balance creative activities and children -rearing -an artist Kusano Emi-{{Cite interview|title=創作活動と子育てを両立するため、自分の価値が発揮できる仕事にフォーカス―アーティスト・草野絵美―|url=https://blog.adobe.com/jp/publish/2023/03/29/corp-international-womens-day-2023-4|website=Adobe.com|interviewer=Mariko Kobayashi|date=2023-04-05|language=Japanese|access-date=2023-04-28}}</ref><ref>Multi-creator Emi Kusano "Uses minorities as weapons and opens up her own life in an alien position." Etsuko Ichihara Asks #Creator's Survival Strategy{{Cite interview|title=マルチクリエイター草野絵美、「マイノリティを武器に、エイリアンポジションで人生切り開く」。市原えつこが聞く #クリエイターの生存戦略|url=https://advanced.massmedian.co.jp/article/detail/id=216?ct_7b206f8306368v93=2.1.365.925b3o315b4e6c8b.365.jC69j3bk534Q8h93cC4h9c1k.c5Aqcd3c413L9b5AL45b426b.null|website=advanced by massmedian|interviewer=Etsuko Ichihara|date=2023-04-05|language=Japanese|access-date=2023-04-28}}</ref>
Kusano draws inspiration from Japanese retro-futurism as a foundation for her artwork, which explores the cutting-edge of technology. This approach is fueled by nostalgia for the pre-internet era, specifically the postwar period when Japanese mass media held significant sway. By blending modern technology with retro-culture, she captures the complex feelings of love, hate, and ambivalence towards present and future accelerationism.<ref name="focus">Focus on the work where can demonstrate her own value in order to balance creative activities and children -rearing -an artist Kusano Emi-{{Cite interview|title=創作活動と子育てを両立するため、自分の価値が発揮できる仕事にフォーカス―アーティスト・草野絵美―|url=https://blog.adobe.com/jp/publish/2023/03/29/corp-international-womens-day-2023-4|website=Adobe.com|interviewer=Mariko Kobayashi|date=2023-04-05|language=Japanese|access-date=2023-04-28}}</ref><ref>Multi-creator Emi Kusano "Uses minorities as weapons and opens up her own life in an alien position." Etsuko Ichihara Asks #Creator's Survival Strategy{{Cite interview|title=マルチクリエイター草野絵美、「マイノリティを武器に、エイリアンポジションで人生切り開く」。市原えつこが聞く #クリエイターの生存戦略|url=https://advanced.massmedian.co.jp/article/detail/id=216?ct_7b206f8306368v93=2.1.365.925b3o315b4e6c8b.365.jC69j3bk534Q8h93cC4h9c1k.c5Aqcd3c413L9b5AL45b426b.null|website=advanced by massmedian|interviewer=Etsuko Ichihara|date=2023-04-05|language=Japanese|access-date=2023-04-28}}</ref>
While at university, Kusano was profoundly influenced by Naoki Sakai, the industrial designer responsible for igniting the retro-futurism movement. In her musical project "Satellite Young", Kusano dons the persona of an '80s female idol and sings about contemporary technology. In her installation piece "Singing Dream", she investigates the concept of an artificial life form inhabiting a karaoke machine, which has been popular since the 1980s, compelling people to sing. In the collaborative NFT art project "Shinsei Galverse", Kusano reimagines a cyberpunk anime primarily featuring female characters, incorporating elements of magical girls popular in the early Heisei period. <ref name="focus"/>
While at university, Kusano was profoundly influenced by Naoki Sakai, the industrial designer responsible for igniting the retro-futurism movement. In her musical project "Satellite Young", Kusano dons the persona of an '80s female idol and sings about contemporary technology. In her installation piece "Singing Dream", she investigates the concept of an artificial life form inhabiting a karaoke machine, which has been popular since the 1980s, compelling people to sing. In the collaborative NFT art project "Shinsei Galverse", Kusano reimagines a cyberpunk anime primarily featuring female characters, incorporating elements of magical girls popular in the early Heisei period. <ref name="focus"/>

Revision as of 08:34, 2 May 2023

The native form of this personal name is Kusano Emi. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Emi Kusano
草野絵美
File:EmiKusano-600x400.jpg
Born (1990-08-04) August 4, 1990 (age 34)
Tokyo, Japan
Alma materKeio University
Occupation
Artist
Known forDigital Art
ChildrenZombie Zoo Keeper [ja]
WebsiteOfficial website

Emi Kusano (Japanese: 草野 絵美, Hepburn: Kusano Emi, born August 4, 1990) is a Japanese multidisciplinary artist, entrepreneur, singer and songwriter also based in Tokyo.

She is a lead singer of the synthwave unit Satellite Young and also writes and composes their music. She is co-founder and creative director of Web3 community anime project Shinsei Galverse. Her photography was exhibited at the FIT Museum in New York [1] and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London[2] as a successfull photographer.

Early life

Kusano was born and raised in Tokyo.[3] Prior to 2008, during her high school years, she was active as a street fashion photographer. She took street snaps primarily in Harajuku and published them on the website "Japanese Streets", as well as in English magazine "Metropolis", CNN's travel guide magazine "CNN GO", and UK industry magazine "WGSN".

In 2011, while studying at the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies at Keio University, Kusano started a startup company.[3] As a member of the fourth batch of Open Network Lab, a business incubator led by Joichi Ito, she launched a beta version of "arraies", a social networking service for graphic designers targeting overseas users. However, the development was postponed due to the employment of the founding members.[4]

Career

In 2014, she started her work of a music unit "Satellite Young" in genre of synthwave, with the Soundman BelleMaison Sekine.[5]

She created music with a modern twist on the 80's, incorporating themes in her lyrics related to the post-Internet era, such as the societal aspects surrounding cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence and online dating. [6]

She and her band provided the theme song for the indie anime "Senpai Club" from Sweden, released music on US based indie music labels such as Future City Records and New Retro Wave, gaining a large fan base in the United States and Europe. In 2017, the band acted in the music festival "South by Southwest" in Texas.[6]

In 2018, Kusano was selected as a participating artist for the hackathon "Art Hack Day" that specialized in cross-disciplinary art. She presented an art piece called "Singing Dream", a karaoke machine with artificial life. She won the Special Jury Prize (Wada Ei Prize).[7] In the same year, she left the advertising agency and became a freelancer.

Since 2019, Kusano has been appointed as a part-time lecturer at the Tokyo University of the Arts. She stand on the podium together with Sputniko! who is a contemporary artist.[8]

In 2019, Instababy Generator, a co-created installation with Junichi Yamaoka that explores the future of designer babies, won an award in the Art Gallery at SIGGRAPH.[9]

In October 2020, under the name of Emi Satellite, she released her first single "Glass Ceiling", an empowerment song resonates with the difficulty of being a woman and carries a message of moving towards the future.[10]

In March 2021, Kusano released her second single "IPO". The lyrics were inspired by the daily fluctuations of the stock market ups and downs. At the same time, she exhibited her first NFT artwork, "Love Is an IPO,"[11] which was sold on the Foundation of NFT auction site.

In April 2022, Kusano co-founded NFT's art collection "Shinsei Galverse" with Ayaka Ohira, Devin Mancuso, and Jack Baldwin. She serves as creative director. The machine generated 8888 gal illustrations, including hairstyles, clothing, eye color and shape, and more. The work was ranked #1 in OpenSea's "Top NFTs" ranking, 24-hour category, on April 14 and stayed there for several days. The team's ultimate goal is to turn Galverse into an iconic IP, underpinned by a real anime production dreamed up and created in their native Japan.[12]

As of April 17, the total transaction amount, including secondary market trades, reached over 3600 ETH (equivalent to more than 10.23 million US dollars).[13]

In November 2022, Kusano participated as an expert in a Web3.0 study group organized by the Japanese government’s Digital Agency.[14]

In May 2023, her series of fictional street photography works, created in collaboration with AI, was selected for the "Japan Contemporary Collection" exhibition at the digital art gallery "Bright Moments".[15]

Style and technique

Kusano draws inspiration from Japanese retro-futurism as a foundation for her artwork, which explores the cutting-edge of technology. This approach is fueled by nostalgia for the pre-internet era, specifically the postwar period when Japanese mass media held significant sway. By blending modern technology with retro-culture, she captures the complex feelings of love, hate, and ambivalence towards present and future accelerationism.[16][17] While at university, Kusano was profoundly influenced by Naoki Sakai, the industrial designer responsible for igniting the retro-futurism movement. In her musical project "Satellite Young", Kusano dons the persona of an '80s female idol and sings about contemporary technology. In her installation piece "Singing Dream", she investigates the concept of an artificial life form inhabiting a karaoke machine, which has been popular since the 1980s, compelling people to sing. In the collaborative NFT art project "Shinsei Galverse", Kusano reimagines a cyberpunk anime primarily featuring female characters, incorporating elements of magical girls popular in the early Heisei period. [16]

Personal life

In August 2021, Kusano minted her son's pixel art on "OpenSea" as part of his summer research project. It gained attention after being purchased by Brud CEO McFedries, among others, attracting a lot of interest. As a result, many people became interested in and purchased the artwork. Additionally, Steve Aoki purchased the work for the equivalent of 21.82 thousand US dollars, further increasing its popularity.[18][19][20]

Bibliography

  • "Neo Parenting, Developing Intellectual Curiosity with Parents and Children" (March 2022, CCC Media House, Japanese)
  • "Let's touch the science in the future! Ouchi-Jikken-go" (March 2022, CCC Media House, Japanese)

Art exhibition

  • "Japan Fashion Now" (April 2011, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York )[1]
  • "Four Alchemists Method" (January 2012, Seibu Department Store Art Space)
  • "Shibukaru Festival" (October 2012, Parco Museum)
  • "Art Hack Day" (March 2018, National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation )
  • "What is NFT?! ~The world of NFT through animation~" (July 2022, Haneda Airport museum)
  • "Hello my name is NFT" (September 2022, Laforet Museum)
  • "Tokyo Digital Art Gallery" (October 2022, ARTFACTORY Jonanjima)
  • "Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk" (August-October 2022, Victoria and Albert Museum)[2]

Filmography and performance

  • Sony walkman shooting
  • Panasonic Lumix GX1 tied-up shooting
  • Recruit (company) app profile shooting
  • Santen Pharmaceutical, Sante PC, TV ad appearance[21]
  • Adobe Premiere Rush CC web as appearance and theme song [22]
  • Google Pixel Buds in-store ad appearance and theme song [23]

Appearance

Television
  • SENSORS (April 18, 2018 -, BS NTV, regular appearance as an assistant MC)
  • Reiwa Net Theory "NFT & Metaverse" (March 2022, 3, NHK E Tele, studio appearance)
  • Reiwa Net Theory 10min. "Change with NFT! Art & Entertainment" (March 19, 2022, NHK E-tele, appeared as a lecturer and MC)
  • Reiwa Net Theory "WEB3 Part 1" (June 2022, 6, NHK E Tele, studio appearance)
  • Reiwa Net Theory "WEB3 Part 2" (July 2022, 7, NHK E Tele, studio appearance)
  • Sukkiri (From July 29, 2022, NTV, regular appearance as a commentator)
Radio
  • Roar in the galaxy! Space G-Men TAKUYA (November 2009, Nippon Broadcasting System, biweekly regular)
  • Groove E Motion (January 2011 - January 2012, Radio Shonan, regular appearance as an assistant)
  • Magnet Girl Radio (January 2012 - October 2012, SHIBUYA-FM, regular appearance as composition producer/ main personality)
  • PRIME FACTOR (January 2015 -, J-WAVE, regular appearance in the TRED THE TREND corner)
  • Geek Mom Communication by Emi Kusano (June 2018 -, Voicy, Main MC)
  • Futurelists (October 19, 2018, -, JFN, Guest MC)

References

  1. ^ a b "Japan Fashion Now Fashion Institute of Technology". www.fitnyc.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  2. ^ a b "Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk - Exhibition · V&A". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  3. ^ a b Emi Kusano's Website (In Japanese and English) "Biography". 草野絵美公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  4. ^ Open Network Lab、起業家育成プログラム第4期参加チームを決定(Japanese)
  5. ^ "The Kong Show introduces Satellite Young". JAPANTODAY. 2015-03-11. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  6. ^ a b Heisei generations make their "Envious 80's" - an unknown band to he appointed at an American Music Festival "平成生まれが作る「憧れの80年代」 無名のユニットがアメリカの音楽フェスに呼ばれるまで". BuzzDeed News (in Japanese). 2017-03-12. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  7. ^ "Art Hack Day 2018" Selected an art piece won the first prize - The National Museum Of Emerging Science and Innovation "「Art Hack Day 2018」最優秀作品決定！ - 日本科学未来館" (PDF). Nihon Kagaku Miraikan (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-03-18.
  8. ^ List of teachers "教員一覧". Tokyo University of the Arts (in Japanese). 2020-04-28. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  9. ^ "ACM Digital Library". ACM Digital Library. 2019-09-15. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  10. ^ Kusano Emi from Satellite Young released her first solo single 'Glass Ceiling' under the name of 'Emi Satellite' and its MV""Satellite Young・草野絵美、Emi Satellite名義で初ソロ・シングル「Glass Ceiling」リリース ＆ MV公開". Spincoaster (in Japanese). 2020-10-14. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
  11. ^ Emi Kusano from Satellite Young released a new single "IPO" singing about ups and downs in the stock market and exhibited her first NFT art work at the same time "Satellite Young・草野絵美、株式市場のアップダウンを歌う新曲「IPO」リリース　初のNFT作品も同時出展". Spincoaster (in Japanese). 2020-10-14. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  12. ^ "Shinsei Galverse: Creating Japan's First Breakout Web3 Success with Bueno". Buenosdias. 2022-08-17. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  13. ^ [NFT and the family] The reason why the total transaction amount of mother's art piece reached equivalent to more than 1.3 billion yen.Nishiyama, Rio (2022-04-18). "【NFT家族】母親のアートが13億円以上の取引総額になった理由。". BUSINESS INSIDER JAPAN. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  14. ^ Web3.0 study group (The 3rd meeting)"Web3.0研究会（第3回）". Digital Agency. 2022-10-21. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  15. ^ "Bright Moments Tokyo". Bright Moments Gallery. 2023-04-05. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
  16. ^ a b Focus on the work where can demonstrate her own value in order to balance creative activities and children -rearing -an artist Kusano Emi-"創作活動と子育てを両立するため、自分の価値が発揮できる仕事にフォーカス―アーティスト・草野絵美―". Adobe.com (Interview) (in Japanese). Interviewed by Mariko Kobayashi. 2023-04-05. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  17. ^ Multi-creator Emi Kusano "Uses minorities as weapons and opens up her own life in an alien position." Etsuko Ichihara Asks #Creator's Survival Strategy"マルチクリエイター草野絵美、「マイノリティを武器に、エイリアンポジションで人生切り開く」。市原えつこが聞く #クリエイターの生存戦略". advanced by massmedian (Interview) (in Japanese). Interviewed by Etsuko Ichihara. 2023-04-05. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  18. ^ [An NFT capriccio] Why reached at a price of 3.8 million yen of a summer homework by third-grader child? Rio Nishiyama (2021-09-09). "【NFT狂想曲】なぜ、小学3年生の夏休みの自由研究に380万円の価値がついたのか". Business Insider Japan. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  19. ^ An 8 year-old boy created one NFT art work and result in the equivalent of 1.6 million yen! He's glad to buy a pokemon trading-card Akiko Kobayashi (2021-09-09). "8歳の少年が描いた1枚の絵が、NFT取引で160万円相当に！ 「ポケモンカード買えてうれしい」". Buzzfeed Japan. Retrieved 2021-09-10.
  20. ^ Steve Aoki has purchesed it for 2.4 million yen! How great is a famous 8-year-old boy and his "NFT art". "スティーヴ・アオキが240万円で購入！ 話題の8歳少年「NFTアート」がすごい。". Pen Online. 2021-09-17.
  21. ^ " Who is she featured as a spokesperson for "Sante PC" ad? - Me who could not take a great achievement at ad agency to be performing in TV ad "「サンテPCの広告の人って誰？」 広告代理店で活躍できなかった私が、テレビCMに出るまで。". Huffingtonpost (in Japanese). 2018-07-11. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  22. ^ Satellite Young released their new track was selected as a theme song on Adobe Rush WEB ad "Satellite Young、新曲配信＆草野絵美も出演するAdobe「Rush」WEB CM楽曲に起用 | Spincoaster｜ 心が震える音楽との出逢いを". Spincoaster (in Japanese). 2018-11-02. Retrieved 2019-01-02.
  23. ^ A new song "IPO" by Emi Sattelite, who is a vocalist of Sattelite Young Emi Kusano, has released! Its remix version also released as NFT. "Satellite Youngボーカル草野絵美ことEmi Satelliteによる新曲"IPO"がリリース！リミックス版をNFTとしても発表 | Qetic". Qetic. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
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