Artist Profile
Robert Zott
Medium: Music and videos, Performing Arts, Photography / Printmaking
Description: A 50-page book of photographs of tombstones
Robert Zott
Medium: Music and videos, Performing Arts, Photography / Printmaking
Description: A 50-page book of photographs of tombstones
Robert Zott takes photographs of tombstones ... not your average tombstones. Each bears a single last name that is also a common English word. When describing his work, he cites Michelangelo who said, “The greatest artist has no single concept that a marble block does not contain already.” The New York Times has written, “Robert Zott’s surveying of graveyards to find tombstones with startlingly appropriate names on them is a fascinating and increasingly well-known obsession.”
All from the Tombstone Photographs book by Robert Zott (2020)
Fake | Knock Knock | Off Center |
Loss of Vision | Fast Food | Power and Money |
View more at www.robertzott.com/tombstones
Robert Zott is also a singer/songwriter who creates a unique form of conceptual blues. His recordings incorporate objects such as a nautical speaking tube, a Morse code generator, and a music box made from a black box flight recorder. Each object makes reference to communication at a distance and functions as a metaphor for isolation. For each song, he creates a "video storybook" that gives visual context to the narrative.
“Video Storybooks” that combine music and still images to create blues-based narratives
www.robertzott.com/blues.htm
LATEST VIDEO: Baroque Blues Video Storybook - CLICK HERE
Production Stills from the Baroque Blues Video Storybook
See more of the artist's collections at www.robertzott.com
For purchase, pickup/delivery/shipping, contact Robert at robertzott@comcast.net
Tour Location:
Click here to see the 25th Anniversary Video Retrospective produced by CT Public Broadcasting!