Billy Gerard Frank discusses his life as a multi-disciplinary artist. He sees each film frame as a painting, a theatre moment, and an art installation—a hybrid filmology that explores space and the relationship between actors. Billy shares with us his many influences: from his life growing up in Grenada as the son of a sailor and a boat-maker.
In 2018 he represented Grenada at the Venice Biennale with his short film called “Absence of Love” which explores the relationship with his father “through the lens of two fictitious brothers processing the loss of their father”. Billy went on to represent Grenada again at the Venice Biennale in 2021. Billy has had recent shows at The Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio, and The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine.
Listen in as he shares his unique morning practice, his thoughts on growing up as a gay outsider in Grenada, and how his perspectives have changed.
