Baroque Blues with Robert Zott at Artspace 12/7/12

What if Marcel Duchamp and Koko Taylor had an illegitimate child at Captain Beefheart's house in the Arizona desert? This progeny would be Robert Zott. We met him at erector square at city-wide open studios in October. An artist and blues guitarist, Zott is a real original. This performance was held at the Artspace Gallery. Zott's pieces included the use of "ready-mades" for lack of a better term. The first song showcased him singing into a submarine's talking tube that gave a weird echo effect. The next piece involved video close-up of a watch that acted as a metronomic percussion. A flight box lifted from a 737 acted as a music box for the next song. A video mashup of Zott playing an inverted flying V guitar projected him to be a human compass. The final piece went down outside on Orange St. Zott had his amplifier rigged to a propane tube that acted as a visual "equalizer". As notes were strummed, the propane flames danced in proportion to the sound. Part inventor, part blues man, Robert Zott is a true artist