As a conceptual artist with a didactic intent, Lamar Robillard’s practice takes a multidisciplinary approach, using information as a medium.  The information is pulled from research, which ultimately guides his material choice. Robillard’s work combines and expands on various ideas: Sun Ra, Black material culture, literature, spirituality, resistance, assemblage, Haiti, the Unfavoured American Experience, and an obsession with flying and freeing.

Robillard frequently substitutes the term “fly” for “free,” in an effort to mitigate the emotional impact associated with the concept of “freedom,” thereby encouraging individuals toward what he refers to as “Flydom.” Flydom is a theory Robillard has developed, which promotes living unencumbered by conditioned constraints or barriers. In his view, this approach exemplifies true liberation.

Through curiosity and skepticism, Robillard cross-examines the political and socio-economic aspects of said information and how it directly relates to behavior and psyche. His goal is to address viewers’ understanding of a subject matter (information) in hopes of lifting whatever veil they’ve been conditioned to believe. Understanding that we all have our singular perspectives, Robillard aims to direct folks to the one(s) they may miss while simultaneously exposing himself to new perspectives through the exchange between art and the audience.