Generative Art Timeline · Chapter 5: Artist-Programmer Era (1970s)

1972

Shigeko Kubota’s Video Diaries

Artwork · Japan

A still from Shigeko Kubota's Europe on 1/2 Inch a Day (1972), the earliest of her Broken Diary video diaries: traffic on the Champs-Élysées shot from a moving car, with the Arc de Triomphe ahead.
A still from Shigeko Kubota's Europe on 1/2 Inch a Day (1972), the earliest of her Broken Diary video diaries: traffic on the Champs-Élysées shot from a moving car, with the Arc de Triomphe ahead. Shigeko Kubota, Europe on 1/2 Inch a Day, 1972. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York.

The Fluxus artist’s work with video diaries began in 1972. Kubota’s experimental approach combined performance, technology, and personal narratives, creating visually striking and thought-provoking works. She explored themes of identity, feminism, and the relationship between nature and technology. Her influential video sculptures, installations, and performances paved the way for future generations of video artists, inspiring them to merge the personal with technology.

Text by Peter Bauman. Generative Art Timeline, Le Random.

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