Shigeko Kubota

Known for DirectingBorn 1937-08-02Died 2015-07-23Niigata, Japan

Shigeko Kubota was a Japanese video artist, sculptor and avant-garde performance artist, who mostly lived in New York City. She was one of the first artists to adopt the portable video camera Sony Portapak in 1967. Kubota is known for constructing sculptural installations with a strong DIY aesthetic, which include sculptures with embedded monitors playing her original videos. She was a key member and influence on Fluxus, the international group of avant-garde artists centered on George Maciunas, having been involved with the group since witnessing John Cage perform in Tokyo in 1962 and subsequently moving to New York in 1964. She was closely associated with George Brecht, Jackson Mac Low, John Cage, Joe Jones, Nam June Paik, and Ay-O, other members of Fluxus. Kubota was deemed "Vice Chairman" of the Fluxus Organization by Maciunas.Read more

Movies & web series

KIKAIDE MIRUKOTO = Eye Machine / To See by Chance –The Pioneers of Japanese Video Arts–

Winter in Miami 2005

April is the Cruelest Month

Sexual Healing

Video Installations 1970-1994

George Maciunas With Two Eyes 1972, George Maciunas With One Eye 1976

Sistine Chapel

Rock Video: Cherry Blossom

SoHo SoAp/Rain Damage

Trip to Korea

Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint

Merce by Merce by Paik Part Two: Merce and Marcel

Personal Documentation of Fluxus Soho Tour, May 15, 1976

Meta-Marcel: Window (Flowers)

My Father

Suite 212

Curator Diary

Video Girls and Video Songs for Navajo Sky

Marcel Duchamp and John Cage

Europe on 1/2 Inch a Day

Self-Portrait