{"id":56534,"date":"2017-09-29T16:39:50","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T14:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maisonkitsune.com\/mk\/?p=56534"},"modified":"2018-08-22T09:35:32","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T07:35:32","slug":"jon-koko-exclusive-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maisonkitsune.com\/mk\/2017\/09\/listen\/jon-koko-exclusive-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Koko &#8211; Exclusive interview (Kitsun\u00e9 Hot Stream)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Jon Koko is a Swedish artist whose work is inspired by the purity and essence of Japanese art. Inspired by music, architecture and buddhist philosophy, Jon Koko paints a minimalist arts\u00a0from which can be felt serenity, introspection and creativity.\u00a0<\/em><em>He collaborated with Maison Kitsun\u00e9 while painting for the collection Formidable Courage, and illustrates today Kitsun\u00e9 Hot Stream following the same inspiration.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cMusic is probably one of the most inspiring things in my life.\u201d (Jon Koko)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65966\" src=\"https:\/\/validation.maisonkitsune.bird.eu\/mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Vi-gar-och-dranker-oss28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3307\" height=\"2939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maisonkitsune.com\/mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Vi-gar-och-dranker-oss28.jpg 3307w, https:\/\/maisonkitsune.com\/mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Vi-gar-och-dranker-oss28-600x533.jpg 600w, https:\/\/maisonkitsune.com\/mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Vi-gar-och-dranker-oss28-768x683.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maisonkitsune.com\/mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Vi-gar-och-dranker-oss28-1800x1600.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/maisonkitsune.com\/mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Vi-gar-och-dranker-oss28-750x667.jpg 750w, https:\/\/maisonkitsune.com\/mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Vi-gar-och-dranker-oss28-2000x1777.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3307px) 100vw, 3307px\" \/><\/p><p><strong>Do you remember the first picture (illustration) you\u2019ve ever taken (made)? What was it? Would you mind sharing it with us ?<\/strong><\/p><p>This is one of my first illustration I made in the style I created.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to make a melancholic feeling of what I believed our society looks like. It is made in 2011.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-56535\" src=\"https:\/\/validation.maisonkitsune.bird.eu\/mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Vi-ga\u030ar-och-dra\u0308nker-oss28-1024x910.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"910\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Vi ga\u030ar och dra\u0308nker oss<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Does music inspire your work?<\/strong><\/p><p>Music is probably one of the most inspiring things in my life. Its also very important for doing art work indeed.<\/p><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLB_CXOyhpgjn8xahnOYcKjIxOqRJ8p4ur\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p><p><strong>If your art was a song, what would it be? Why?<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=I1w8a_lfvGY\">Toshifumi Hinata &#8211; Sarah&#8217;s Crime<\/a><\/p><p>This is what I wish my art would sound like. This is kinda ideal art for me.<\/p>\n<p>It has 80&#8217;s vibes with the looping\u00a0drum machine and synths, but at the same time a\u00a0retro and oriental feeling that feels very\u00a0traditional and timeless. This contrast is everything, between stiffness and softness, old and new.<\/p><p><strong>If you could shoot\/draw one artist for its album cover, who would it be?\u00a0Why?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>It would be a huge challenge but I would say Harold Budd would be the biggest of all\u00a0dreams. He has inspired me so much with his\u00a0ambient\u00a0music, it automatically creates images in my mind like no other. Other than that I would say Brian Eno and also Stars of the Lid.<\/p><p><strong>Now that you have linked your pictures (illustrations) with music, what other art would you like to explore?<\/strong><\/p><p>I would like to go deeper into architecture for sure and\u00a0flower arrangement.<\/p><p>Follow Jon Koko : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jonkoko\/\">instagram<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonkoko.com\/\">website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Koko is a Swedish artist whose work is inspired by the purity and essence of Japanese art. Inspired by music, architecture and buddhist philosophy,&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maisonkitsune.com\/mk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56534"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maisonkitsune.com\/mk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maisonkitsune.com\/mk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maisonkitsune.com\/mk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maisonkitsune.com\/mk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56534"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/maisonkitsune.com\/mk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65967,"href":"https:\/\/maisonkitsune.com\/mk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56534\/revisions\/65967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maisonkitsune.com\/mk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maisonkitsune.com\/mk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maisonkitsune.com\/mk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maisonkitsune.com\/mk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}