Only in the beginning, Kubota used a pseudo name of Love-ko AI which was given by Paik. At the Perpetual Flux Fest which was held a number of times from 1964 to 1965, Kubota participated in Eric Andersen’s Opus 45 and Yoko Ono’s Beat Piece as a performer. One of the prints Alison Knowles made for The Identical Lunch documents Kubota eating a tuna sandwich according to Knowles’ instruction. Although many members left New York in the late 1960s, Kubota stayed near Maciunas and continued helping him, for which he was grateful and called her “Fluxus Vice Chairman.” Kubota met composer David Behrman in 1965. In the following year, she began participating in performances by the Sonic Arts Union (SAU), which Behrman co-founded with Robert Ashley, Alvin Lucier, and Gordon Mumma. In 1967, Kubota married Behrman and accompanied SAU’s tour in Europe along with the female partners of other members (Mary Ashley, Mary Lucier, Barbara Lloyd), occasionally performing in pieces through voice or walking with sensors on her hands. She also joined SAU’s 1969 tour in Northern Europe, England, Belgium, and Italy for some time.

Chronology: Fluxus Years

1964
■ [Jan. 26‒27] Participated in Hi-Red Center’s Shelter Plan at the Iimperial Hotel, Tokyo.
■ [Mar. ?] Retired from 2nd Ebara Middle School.
■ [May 24 or 31] Participated in Yoko Ono’s Morning Piece.
■ [May 29] Attended Works of Nam June Paik at Sogetsu Art Center. Nam June Paik praised her Naiqua Gallery show.
■ [June 17‒22] Participated in OFF MUSEUM (Tsubakikindai- Gallery, Tokyo), organized by Ushio Shinohara.
◎ Miss Universe
■ [July 4] Flew to New York with Mieko (Chieko) Shiomi. Lived in an apartment prepared by George Maciunas and began participating in Fluxus activities.
■ [Oct. 12‒17] Submitted a work to Yasunao Tone’s solo show (Investigation Event) at Naiqua Gallery. [title unknown, black underwear on the wall]
■ [Nov. 4] Took publicity photos of Vagina Painting at Peter Moore’s studio. The event was postponed.

1965
■ [Around June 27 or around July 4 ] Performed Vagina Painting as part of the Perpetual Flux Fest at Cinemateque.
■ [‒1966 ] Enrolled at New York University to obtain a student’s visa.
■ [Sept. 6‒14] Included her work in Flux Week exhibition at Gallery Crystal in Tokyo.
◎[title unknown] (same work at Tone ’s solo show 1964)
■ [Sept. 8] Participated in Dick Higgins’ Long Constellation No. 10 Graphis No.131 as a performer, as part of the 3rd Annual New York Avant Garde Festival, at Judson Hall, New York.
■ [Sept. 25 ] Participated in the Flux Concert THE 83RD FLUXUS CONCERT: FLUXORCHESTRA, at Carnegie Recital Hall, playing the violin.

1966
■ [‒1967] Enrolled at New School of Social Research to extend her student visa.
■ [Sept. 9] Participated in the 4th Annual New York Avant Garde Festival in Central Park.
◎ peeping into the balla

1967
■ [Jan. 21, 22, 27‒29, Feb. 3‒5] Participated as a Vietnamese in Carolee Schneemann’s anti-Vietnam performance, Snows at Martinique Theater, New York
■ [‒1968] Enrolled in the Brooklyn Museum Art School to extend her student visa.
■ She occasionally participated in concerts of the Sonic Arts Union of which David Behrman was a founding member. Accompanied SAU concert tour in Italy and Belgium in April. After marrying composer Behrman, she moved to Stony Point, about sixty km from New York City.

1968
■ [Mar. 5] Photographed Reunion chess event between John Cage and Marcel Duchamp in Ryerson Theatre, Tronto.
■ [Mar. 9] Met Mr. and Mrs. Duchamp on the airplane to Buffalo to go see Merce Cunningham’s Walk Around the Time.
■ Taught Japanese to make ends meet.

1969
■ [Apr.‒May] Sonic Arts Union Europe Tour (Stockholm, Sweden; Aquilla, Italy; and Brussells, Belgium)
■ [May] Occasionally wrote a report on the New York art scene for Japanese art magazine Bijutsu Techo.