Davidson Gigliotti

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Gigliotti
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Davidson

Davidson Gigliotti Biography An original member of the alternative video collectives Videofreex and Media Bus, Davidson Gigliotti was one of video's pioneers. In 1975 he became Director of Video at the Experimental Intermedia Foundation in New York, where he worked until 1987. His body of single-channel tapes and multi-channel video installations includes studies of urban and rural environments, in which he recreates the experience of place. He has also produced anthologies of the work of contemporary performance artists and musicians. Gigliotti was born in 1939. He attended the Rhode Island School of Design and New York University. Gigliotti has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and Creative Artists Public Service (CAPS). He was artist-in-residence at KTCA-TV, Minneapolis; Visual Studies Workshop, Rochestor; and WXXI-TV, Rochester, among other institutions. Distribution Electronic Arts Intermix Early Video Project http://208.55.137.252/