He contracted HIV and died in 1987, just 36-years-old. For Robillard, the epidemic would have personal implications. Unfortunately, that meant confronting the spectre of AIDS, and how it quite literally killed the carefree, sexually liberated vibe of the 1970s. Robillard lived as an out gay man in 1980s London, where he used his work to explore the realities of contemporary queer life. A reader tipped us off to this new short from director Joe Ingham, a sort of collage film about the late artist David Robillard.
