Robert Todd

Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie give a new meaning to the calling, The British Are Coming! The British Are Coming! Then they take aim on the most messy in the U.S.! You think your house is "a mess" , you have got to see this! Two very proper ladies from across the pond tear through homes in America on a mission. Some of these episodes are unbelievable and if the tips they hand out for cleaning success aren't enough, knowing your house really isn't the mess you thought it was, should be! When's the last time you polished copper with ketchup and scrubbed tubs with baking soda and lemon juice; how about fog-proofing mirrors in the bathroom with shaving cream? Tune in and find out, How Clean Is Your House?

Panes are Planes, A spring squall, as seen from the inside out and back again. and again.

Ashby, MA 2008

A day of ritual, repeating a call for a cycle of life to be left open.

Common spaces, veiled through distances of varying sorts, living within the constraints of our fixed positions.

Movement through and into a special time of day. An hour of interior time.

Kim Woodburn and Aggie MacKenzie give a new meaning to the calling, The British Are Coming! The British Are Coming! Then they take aim on the most messy in the U.S.! You think your house is "a mess" , you have got to see this! Two very proper ladies from across the pond tear through homes in America on a mission. Some of these episodes are unbelievable and if the tips they hand out for cleaning success aren't enough, knowing your house really isn't the mess you thought it was, should be! When's the last time you polished copper with ketchup and scrubbed tubs with baking soda and lemon juice; how about fog-proofing mirrors in the bathroom with shaving cream? Tune in and find out, How Clean Is Your House?

Panes are Planes, A spring squall, as seen from the inside out and back again. and again.

Ashby, MA 2008

A day of ritual, repeating a call for a cycle of life to be left open.

Common spaces, veiled through distances of varying sorts, living within the constraints of our fixed positions.

Movement through and into a special time of day. An hour of interior time.

a film by robert todd

"A blind predator dreams through its prey's eyes."

Short film directed by Robert Todd.

Sketches made on errant paths discoveries made in the wild.

A place where we wait to find either transcendence or a path into ourselves that is deep enough to draw new life from. Here we wait...

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Points to be found amid the grander point of departure. A single roll of film, forms overlapping forms in the belly of the camera only…

Shot from the perspective of an avian observer, Robert Todd’s camera traces pathways and patterns that exist on the street but to which we rarely pay any attention. The procedural nature of the way the camera scans the scene alienates our senses and implies sinister intentions.

Short film by Robert Todd

Windows into dreams and mythologies, interrupted peacefully.

Moving through fall’s end and beginning, falling. - RT

Entering and exiting a season.

Short film by Robert Todd.

A way of considering Europe in the light of day.

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Divided lights.

Short film by Robert Todd.

Active elements at play, in toil, and in retreat, seeking peace.

Telling tales small and tall.

A Fantasy, Time Travel

a film by robert todd

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Regarding the make-up of man's glory....

The Nest is a place of resting, but for the restless spirit, it is a moving island. Here we find silence, if not solace.

Cascade is an experimental, contemplative medium-length film shot on 16 mm, focused on the observation of nature, light, and movement. Rather than following a conventional narrative, the film creates a sensory experience through fluid imagery and visual layering, exploring the transformation of landscapes and the relationship between time, memory, and the natural environment.

Short film directed by Robert Todd

a film by robert todd

Distance is at issue in this final chapter of the “Human Nature” series, which speaks of our positioning of the landscape as a source for contemplation as being a form of consumption and thereby invoking claims of ownership. These hills, found within the coal ranges of Eastern Pennsylvania, are marked by our vision as both “nature” and “territory”, subject to varied forms of reverence and exploitation. The film continues OVER WATER’s theme of controlling elements of nature, here complicated (and obviated) by the use of the grid as a trope serving as a reference to not only the literal introduction of powerlines (the energy grid), but more generally to the utility of image in relation to function, the epistemological goals of mapping, and the aspects of control that are intertwined with ownership and consumption.

States of mind and being, structures to wander through, on our own, or together.

Life shivers as the ground beneath and sky above tremble.

A tale of 2 passages within the Spirit house. This is the first in a series that looks at the places we find our spiritual presence augmented, inflamed, or simply acknowledged.

This officescape reflects the rhythms of my mind from daybreak-to-break: light journeys within and without my office, in 3 movements: InnerClose with Shadow and Steam (Andante Up, Down, and Sidelong), Exterior Fantasy from Dawn to Break (Allegro in moving colors), and Hallway (the End of that World: the pyre lit, it roars to life, rages, and fades...) -RT

Peter Miller/R.Todd collaboration: Super8 text and image poetry. 2003

In my former home-town of Rye, New York, individuals representing three different generations describe their experiences as artisans, craftsmen and shop keepers. All consider their "businesses" as dying trades, and struggle to maintain their livelihoods and the value of their contributions.

A bed of flowers.