Rose
Robert Todd is the most prolific of filmmakers, completing forty films in the last ten years alone. Trained as a painter, Todd carefully observes his Boston surroundings and re-presents them to us with an astute sense of form. His films are works of magnification, employing macro-focus lenses, and an eye for detail that bring us closer to levels of reality we often miss. His films can reveal the forgotten beauty of the natural world or the hidden stillness in busy parts of the city. The works in this program date from the last three years and wrestle with themes such as the corporeal elements of the body; places and moments of passage; and the fleeting glimpses of, or hauntings by, spirit.
Special thanks to Ben Donaghue and LIFT for helping to make this event possible*.
Programme:
Interplay, Robert Todd, 16mm, 2006, USA, 6.5 min.
Qualities of Stone, Robert Todd, 16mm, 2006, USA, 11 min.
Dig, Robert Todd, 16mm, 2007, USA, 3 min.
Passing, Robert Todd, 16mm, 2008, USA, 4 min.
Antechamber, Robert Todd, 16mm, 2008, USA, 12 min.
Rose, Robert Todd, 16mm, 2008, USA, 9 min.
Repair, Robert Todd, 16mm, 2009, USA, 15 min.
+ night side, Rebecca Meyers, 16mm, 2009, USA, 4.5 min. (invited by Robert Todd)
@ the Art Bar, Gladstone Hotel | 1214 Queen St West
Tuesday November 17, 2009 | 7:30pm screening, $5
Repair
Interplay
Qualities of Stone
*Robert Todd’s Stable will be showing at a LIFT screening November 21 at Trash Palace,
89-B Niagara Street (Just West of Bathurst). More info at www.lift.on.ca