Lanéya Billingsley aka Billie0cean, is an experimental filmmaker , sound designer, curator, graphic designer and overall creative based in the bay area. With a background in animation, theatre, and video, Billie's work is water for the heart and sugar for our melancholy. Bubblegum Afro futurism with brass knuckles and bedroom eyes, pulling you inward towards the places you neglect. Billie’s conceptual video and photo work pushes the boundaries of storytelling, transmuting the spiritual-emotional, creating imagery and installations that expands into a full sensory experience, creating an accessible bridge between the external and internal worlds. Billie has collaborated with artist across the US and Europe and has as well shown work/screened films in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, London, Ireland and Germany.
artist statement
The spewing of the subconscious into the conscious, giving sight to feeling, breath to thought, retrieving power where it was lost , locating the rot, smelling the aroma of desire, the aroma of rage, the aroma of melancholy, a rinse of the heart, and dripping honey into wet tear ducts. Time based work transmuting the spiritual and the emotional, the sweet and the sour, into a visceral visual and sensory experience that touches, uncovers, and mends the subconscious. A space to breathe, a space to immerse, a space to feel, however uncomfortable. A reminder to move through trauma and align with our highest self(selves). Ascension is vital, however lost we may feel.
a thought:
*Sometimes through wet eyes, clenched teeth, and syrup stains-
smelling like jasmine, shea butter, and heart centering-soul sanctifying oil,
one must utter "Rock n fucking roll baby"