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Shigeko Kubota(1937-2015)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Cinematographer
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Shigeko Kubota was born on 2 August 1937 in Maki, Niigata, Japan [now Niigata, Niigata, Japan]. She was a director and writer, known for Meta-Marcel: Window (1976), Projects: Video VI (Computer Video) (1975) and Duchampiana (1976). She was married to Nam June Paik and David Behrman. She died on 23 July 2015 in New York City, New York, USA.
BornAugust 2, 1937
DiedJuly 23, 2015(77)
BornAugust 2, 1937
DiedJuly 23, 2015(77)
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Known for

Meta-Marcel: Window (1976)
Meta-Marcel: Window
TV Series
  • Director
  • 1976
Projects: Video VI (Computer Video) (1975)
Projects: Video VI (Computer Video)
  • Director(segment "Video Girls & Video Songs for Navajo Sky")
  • 1975
Duchampiana (1976)
Duchampiana
Video
  • Director
  • 1976
Berlin Diary: Thanks to My Ancestors (1981)
Berlin Diary: Thanks to My Ancestors
Video
  • Director
  • 1981

Credits

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Director

  • Nam June Paik I and II (2007)
    Nam June Paik I and II
    Video
    • Director
    • 2007
  • Winter in Miami 2005 (2006)
    Winter in Miami 2005
    Video
    • Director
    • 2006
  • April is the Cruelest Month
    Video
    • Director
    • 1999
  • Sexual Healing
    Video
    • Director
    • 1998
  • Video is Ghost of Yourself
    Video
    • Director
    • 1996
  • Video Rock Garden
    Video
    • Director
    • 1996
  • Duchampiana, 1968-1995
    Video
    • Director
    • 1996
  • George Maciunas with Two Eyes 1972, George Maciunas with One Eye 1976 (1994)
    George Maciunas with Two Eyes 1972, George Maciunas with One Eye 1976
    Video
    • Director
    • 1994
  • Video Installations 1970-1994: A 20-min Overview
    Video
    • Director
    • 1994
  • Video Sculpture: I video come forma di collisione spirituale col mondo (1994)
    Video Sculpture: I video come forma di collisione spirituale col mondo
    Video
    • Director
    • 1994
  • Jogging Lady
    Video
    • Director
    • 1993
  • Korean Grave
    Video
    • Director
    • 1993
  • Pissing Boy
    Video
    • Director
    • 1993
  • Tree I and II
    Video
    • Director
    • 1993
  • Bird II
    Video
    • Director
    • 1992

Writer

  • Nam June Paik I and II (2007)
    Nam June Paik I and II
    Video
    • concept
    • 2007
  • Winter in Miami 2005 (2006)
    Winter in Miami 2005
    Video
    • Writer
    • 2006
  • April is the Cruelest Month
    Video
    • Writer
    • 1999
  • Sexual Healing
    Video
    • Writer
    • 1998
  • Rock Video: Cherry Blossom (1986)
    Rock Video: Cherry Blossom
    Video
    • Writer
    • 1986
  • SoHo SoAp/Rain Damage
    Video
    • Writer
    • 1985
  • Trip to Korea
    Video
    • Writer
    • 1984
  • Berlin Diary: Thanks to My Ancestors (1981)
    Berlin Diary: Thanks to My Ancestors
    Video
    • Writer
    • 1981
  • Three Mountains, 1976-79 (1979)
    Three Mountains, 1976-79
    Video
    • concept
    • 1979
  • Merce by Merce by Paik (1978)
    Merce by Merce by Paik
    7.5
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1978
  • Marcel Duchamp's Grave (1976)
    Marcel Duchamp's Grave
    Video
    • Writer
    • 1976
  • Meta-Marcel: Window (1976)
    Meta-Marcel: Window
    TV Series
    • creator
    • 1976–1991
  • Nude Descending a Staircase (1976)
    Nude Descending a Staircase
    Video
    • Writer
    • 1976
  • Chessgame (1976)
    Chessgame
    Video
    • Writer
    • 1976
  • Duchampiana (1976)
    Duchampiana
    Video
    • Writer
    • 1976

Cinematographer

  • Duchampiana (1976)
    Duchampiana
    Video
    • Cinematographer
    • 1976
  • Self-Portrait (1971)
    Self-Portrait
    Short
    • videography
    • 1971

Personal details

  • Born
    • August 2, 1937
    • Maki, Niigata, Japan [now Niigata, Niigata, Japan]
  • Died
    • July 23, 2015
    • New York City, New York, USA(cancer)
  • Spouses
      Nam June Paik1977 - January 29, 2006 (his death)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    She was a pioneer of video art and a Fluxus artist. Fluxus was a New York-based, avant-garde art movement during the 1960s that appealed to her with its "anti-art" strategies and its interest in Zen Buddhism.

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