In 2014 I met Frank Morison, an Oakland based artist, who over the course of 11 years has become a close friend and a continual collaborator on creative endeavors. I now know him as Full Flavor Frank.
Most of Frank’s themes and projects go over the heads of a casual consumer of social media content. I am fortunate to be nearly fluent in “Frank Speak” and understand the reason and purpose for every creatively calculated, nuanced and thoroughly thought out art series he’s published. He also graciously explains things for me, allowing me to ask questions along the way when I don’t quite get it. For most of my work with Frank, he presents a creative project to me over a beer at Merchant’s or when we’d be out back of my studio smoking “Jacks”.
These stop motion pieces were used to promote his collage series “Jacks”, which is a term used to describe a cigarette in DC, where Frank grew up. These videos were our first collaboration to go live on Instagram and promoted his series release in a group collage exhibition in Alameda, California.
Bots Are Free Speech
‘BOTS ARE FREE SPEECH’ is a series of videos promoting a long sleeve t-shirt design Frank created. We chose to use stop motion to give the videos an analog and glitchy feel to contrast the abstract concept of bots having free speech or performing human actions in real time. You can purchase a shirt at this link.
Dsrptr3
In 2024 Frank launched a series about AI and the colloquial initialism phrases used in tech business and start up culture called Dsrptr3. He created a series of fonts that speak to these ideas and language uses. My role was to create a photographic space where Frank could visually document the expressions of these phrases, ala LOL or IYKYK.
Tinder Profiles
Brandon photographed and art directed Frank for this series and it’s best described in Frank’s own words from his website.
‘Tinder Profiles is a collection of short-form videos designed to advertise Frank on dating apps.
Far from the content of a typical profile, the videos cast Frank as a toy in different settings so as to play with what it means to present one’s self romantically online.’
For the full Full Flavor Frank experience visit his Instagram, Youtube or website.