The main theme of Ai Hashimoto’s artwork is about her narratives called “Pink Tsunami” and its subsequent world about “Kinoko”. Kinoko is a creature with a mushroom head and it brings new life and new landscape in the post apocalyptic world after the Pink Tsunami disaster.
After the Pink Tsunami disaster, all living creatures seemed to be extinct.
Everything was covered with pink sand.
One day Kinoko came.
It was carrying a bag full of the essence of life.
Kinoko was alone.
It took the bag and put the bottom head into the ground.
It sat down in a casual pose for a while.
Small balls started to bubble on the surface of the bag and covered everything rapidly.
All of a sudden the balls all burst together and were absorbed into the pink desert.
Then new life began like bamboo shoots after rain.
Everywhere was completely covered with new life.
The landscape is unfamiliar.
It was the beginning of a new era for better or worse.