Shigeko Kubota

Watching Shigeko Kubota’s Video Journal felt like entering an intimate diary where sound functions not as background, but as a pulse.

Unlike common video art, the sound often illustrates the visual field, Kubota’s soundscapes work more like inner monologues. They, the sounds give the visuals a psychological depth that might otherwise remain hidden.

Sound becomes a way of remembering, what was heard then, what she hears now, what she wants us to feel in the present.

I found myself noticing moments where the camera’s movement directly shapes the sound.