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Shigeko Kubota
Niigata, 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…
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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.
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2006
Winter in Miami 2005
Movie Self
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1999
April is the Cruelest Month
Movie Director
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1998
Sexual Healing
Movie Director
- 1994
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1994
Video Installations 1970-1994
Movie Director
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1993
Sistine Chapel
Movie Self
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1986
Rock Video: Cherry Blossom
Movie Director
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1985
SoHo SoAp/Rain Damage
Movie Director
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1984
Trip to Korea
Movie Director
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1982
Allan ‘n Allen’s Complaint
Movie Director
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1978
Merce by Merce by Paik Part Two: Merce and Marcel
Movie Director
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1977
Personal Documentation of Fluxus Soho Tour, May 15, 1976
Movie Director
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1976
Meta-Marcel: Window (Flowers)
Movie Director
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1975
My Father
Movie
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1974
Suite 212
Movie Co-Director
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1974
Curator Diary
Movie Director
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1973
Video Girls and Video Songs for Navajo Sky
Movie Director
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1972
Marcel Duchamp and John Cage
Movie Director
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1972
Europe on 1/2 Inch a Day
Movie Director
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1971
Self-Portrait
Movie Self
