Media Arts

Gene Gort | This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
Associate Professor
BFA: Hartford Art School
MFA: University of California, San Diego

Gene Gort is a visual artist and video producer living in Collinsville, Connecticut. His artwork, videotapes and installations have been shown internationally including; DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA; TheVideoArtFoundation, London, UK/Barcelona, Spain; VTape Salon/Prefix Centre of Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada; La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain; Island Film and Video Festival, Prenelle Gallery/UGC Cinema, London; Pacific Film Archive/Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA; University of Rochester; Tyler School of Art; Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT; Hallwalls, Rochester, NY as well as numerous media festivals including the Black Maria Film and Video Festival (traveling); Athens International Film and Video Festival, Athens, Ohio; and the Boston Cyberarts Festival. His work has been recognized with grants and awards from the Pollack-Krasner Foundation; Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Massachusetts Cultural Council/NEA Regional Arts Program; and has been nominated twice for a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship in Film/Video/New Media. This past summer he was in residence at the MacDowell Artists Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire. He received his MFA from University of California, San Diego ('82) and his BFA from Hartford Art School, University of Hartford ('78) where he presently holds the position of Associate Professor of Media Arts, a program he designed and directs.

Artist Statement
My work over the past 20 years has been primarily in the area of video/media and installations. As an extension of the installations I began to produce digital images made using a flatbed scanner. Within the last two years I have been working on a series which addresses the elusive notion of perfection. "Numerous Attempts at Perfection, Each of Which Fails Miserably" includes video projection, digital imaging and fictional writing under this somewhat ironic descriptive umbrella. Considering the futility of achieving perfection of any kind, the result of one's attempts are compelling, engaging and fruitful. I suppose this is why one persists.