Exhibition catalogue/publication for "Curator Diary": The Curatorial Work of Shigeko Kubota, curated by Gladys Lou, April 4 - May 24, 2026, CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art.

"The exhibition title draws from a video that Kubota made, Curator Diary (1974), which documents her appearance on a cable-TV video art telethon for Anthology Film Archives. Featuring materials from the Shigeko Kuboka Video Art Foundation and the John G. Hanhardt Archives at the CCS Bard Archives, the exhibition situates Kubota's curatorial initiatives within the social and cultural context of the New York avant-garde of the 1970's and '80s, rooted in collaborations among Fluxus artists and the underground film and video communities. Her work embodied the era's collective and experimental spirit, fostering dialogue within second-wave feminism and advancing video as an international medium of exchange."

"The exhibition and this accompanying publication are both organized into five sections: Video Poem; Love, Shigeko; Red, White, Yellow, and Black; From Film to Video; and Tokyo-New York Video Express." (From the catalogue)

Shigeko Kuboka's essay "Video - Open Circuits," is reprinted in this publication. (Pg. 30)