{"rewrite":{"id":"r_4e35316d2fc313a17a4b5595","clusterId":"c_b7cd854d7440b56fc8693b50","slug":"lam-and-ilya-kuvshinov-talk-internet-art-at-night-hike-2026","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"LAM And Ilya Kuvshinov Talk Internet Art At NIGHT HIKE 2026","summary":"NIGHT HIKE 2026 in Makuhari runs October 31 and November 1 at Makuhari Messe, moving up from its 2023 start at Shibuya WOMB. LAM made the key visual and appears in the live installation SYNK, while Ilya Kuvshinov performs live drawing. In a joint interview, the two illustrators trace how they found each other's work online more than 10 years ago and discuss shared motifs, including short hairstyles.","whyItMatters":"The festival built on internet-born music, illustration, and video moves from a Shibuya club to Makuhari Messe, and its key visual and lineup come from two artists whose careers grew out of posting work online.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eLAM and Ilya Kuvshinov had seen each other\u0026#39;s work for more than a decade before they met. LAM found Kuvshinov on pixiv, through fan art of Persona and Danganronpa; Kuvshinov found LAM on X, drawn to the color schemes and character designs.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat shared history is the subject of their talk tied to NIGHT HIKE 2026 in Makuhari, which runs October 31 and November 1 at Makuhari Messe. LAM made the event\u0026#39;s key visual and appears in the live installation SYNK. Kuvshinov performs live drawing. Both now work beyond illustration: LAM as original creator and director on the short anime DemVAMPS in 2026, Kuvshinov on character design for Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045 and the game Villion:Code.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"NIGHT HIKE 2026 in Makuhari runs Oct 31 and Nov 1 at Makuhari Messe. LAM made the key visual and appears in SYNK; Ilya Kuvshinov does live drawing. The two talk about finding each other's work online more than 10 years ago.","twitterPost":"NIGHT HIKE 2026 in Makuhari runs Oct 31 and Nov 1 at Makuhari Messe. LAM made the key visual and appears in SYNK; Ilya Kuvshinov does live drawing. The two discuss a decade of following each other's work online.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"NIGHT HIKE 2026 in Makuhari takes the internet-culture festival from Shibuya WOMB to Makuhari Messe on October 31 and November 1. LAM made the key visual and appears in the live installation SYNK, and Ilya Kuvshinov performs live drawing. The two sat for a talk about how they found each other's work online more than 10 years ago and the motifs they share.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"KAI-YOU\",\"url\":\"https://kai-you.net/article/96788\",\"title\":\"LAM × Ilya Kuvshinov Special Talk: I Thought Being an Illustrator Was a Lonely Job, But It Wasn't\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4762,"outputTokens":700,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792582630,"createdAt":"2026-10-21T11:31:46.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-21T11:36:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-21T11:36:06.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_b7cd854d7440b56fc8693b50","canonicalTitle":"LAM×イリヤ・クブシノブ特別対談　イラストレーターは孤独な仕事だと思っていた、だけど違った","representativeArticleId":"a_b894912373869b6efedcc157","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"NIGHT HIKE 2026 in Makuhari\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"LAM\",\"Ilya Kuvshinov\"],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"music\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-21T10:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-21T10:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-21T11:36:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"KAI-YOU","url":"https://kai-you.net/article/96788","title":"LAM×イリヤ・クブシノブ特別対談　イラストレーターは孤独な仕事だと思っていた、だけど違った"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["NIGHT HIKE 2026 in Makuhari"],"studios":[],"people":["LAM","Ilya Kuvshinov"],"type":"event","domain":"music","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}