{"product_id":"emi-kusano-kamikakushi-summer-96-kopie","title":"EMI KUSANO - Techno-Animism: Children's Guardian - Kamikakushi Summer 96 II","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"653\" data-start=\"147\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTechnique:\u003c\/strong\u003e Promptography on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eImage size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 48 x 27 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5 + 1 AP\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-end=\"653\" data-start=\"147\"\u003eWith \u003cem data-end=\"177\" data-start=\"151\"\u003eKamikakushi Summer 96 II,\u003c\/em\u003e Emi Kusano opens the techno-animistic narrative toward collective memory. Instead of a single heroine, three children take center stage: They stand in a sparse forest, surrounded by lush greenery, engrossed in a game that simultaneously possesses a ritualistic quality. One holds a traditional spinning top, the other adorns her hair with flowers—gestures reminiscent of archaic children's games yet simultaneously borne of innocent seriousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-end=\"1123\" data-start=\"655\"\u003eIn the background, a friendly-looking robot with a round face, mint-green body, and gentle smile appears. It seems like a companion from a parallel world: not an overpowering guardian, but a quiet friend whose presence naturally surrounds the children. The symbiosis between nature and technology is particularly palpable here: moss and machines seem to blend organically into one another, as if forest and robot were formed from the same substance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-end=\"1437\" data-start=\"1125\"\u003e With \"Kamikakushi\"—the motif of mystical disappearance—Kusano evokes the possibility that this scene is both dream and reality. The year \"96\" bridges the gap to a generation that grew up in a transitional period: between an analog childhood in the forest and a digital childhood in front of screens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-end=\"2017\" data-start=\"1439\"\u003eThe work thus becomes an allegory of an innocent negotiation of the future: The children represent a community that recognizes the robot not as an alien object, but as a friend. Technology appears here not as a threat, but as an extension of play, imagination, and childhood rituals. Kusano shows how a techno-animistic attitude can unfold even in the earliest moments of togetherness—an image of hope that spirituality, technology, and nature need not be opposites, but rather part of a shared, lived reality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AI - EDITION BERLIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54342545244495,"sku":null,"price":1500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0828\/2826\/3759\/files\/technoanimsm-reedition2.jpg?v=1738344244","url":"https:\/\/ai-edition-berlin.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/emi-kusano-kamikakushi-summer-96-kopie","provider":"AI - EDITION BERLIN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}