SHIGEKO KUBOTA: PORTAPACK TEARS DOWN MY SHOULDER
29 MAR 2016



“I travel alone with my Portapak on my back, as Vietnamese women do with their babies. I like video because it is heavy. Portapak and I travelled over Europe, Navajo land, and Japan without male accompany. Portapak tears down my shoulder, backbone and waist. I feel like a Soviet woman, working on the Siberian Railway”.

Shigeko Kubota

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