Kusno is one of the two characters for たけくらべ. His character is taken from Indonesia's first president, Soekarno whose childhood nickname was Kusno. He wears a set of black suit and pants on top of a white shirt with polka dotted yellow tie on his neck. He also wears an Islamic hat, just like how an Indonesian  parliament members would look like. His weapon is a spear made from sharpened bamboo, a typical weapon Indonesian used during revolution era in 1940s. 

weapon:  

Lv.1              Lv.7               Lv.13                                                                    

Sarinah         Sarinah+        Sarinah++


He bears the Chiei Star (地英) also known as the Star of Courage or the Hero Star. It was of Péng Qǐ (彭玘) in original version before placed onto Sancho, Genshu, Rico, Ema and Matthias in Konami's five installments of genso Suikoden. In Tierkreis the star belongs to Chihaya. 

Kusno is visualized by Maray Mayasnil. 


installation (part) - Growing Up

performance - Growing Up

installation (full)/performance documentation - Growing Up

performance - Bambu Kuning

photographs - the one that got away