These latest films offer a series of celebratory explorations, and, in some cases, transformations, of varied components of my life. To me, this set of works is an odd blend of performance and alchemical construction, freedom and control, a highly crafted and rather baroque diary. By way of a more general statement about the making of films, I offer this excerpt from a response to a question in a summer interview with Mike Hoolboom:

I was speaking with a painter friend about what the process is like. She was talking about a series she's making that are phases within a transitional state. I told her that this describes my making films—they are transitory and transitional: there doesn't seem to be a state of completion. While making Qualities of Stone in May 2006 I became interested in some things which were shot through the summer and fall for There, which in turn led me to shoot along more developed lines for Office Suite in the winter. In each instance, I felt that there was more to say because when I watched the footage cut together, it was nagging at me, not like a problem, but like a solution that I was having trouble seeing. Shooting was a way of seeing more.

But this only captures some of the picture; I do have little fires that crop up, and I obsess about pursuing them. The film that I have already made is the record of a process of discovery which I’m only casually interested in revisiting. The great thing about having a full program of my films is having the chance to see several movies flow as a set. This larger view is exciting because it blends various mysteries together that make more sense than I could ever glean from a single film. – Robert Todd