Not being political here, friends. Just documenting another moment in this new American history.
Heading off the Occupy Congress march on January 17, 2012, singer/songwriter Joe Nolan sang his anthem Occupy Song on the East Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. In this film, Joe’s music accompanies the march up Capitol Hill, ending at the Supreme Court. From there, the film takes a vérité style U-turn as it follows the march down Pennsylvania Avenue, ending at the White House.
As the companion piece to a combination of Zucotti Park Zoo: Being There and its musical sibling Payroll | Occupy that I filmed in New York City last October, this film visualizes the Occupy movement against a backdrop of democratic iconography - there are weirdly beautiful moments in this film. I never expected, after moving here over ten years ago, that it would take so long to see anything of this magnitude, in a spirit of revolution. The debate over Occupy’s message, its means, and its virtue is distinct, to me, from its extraordinary visual wealth.
Song and lyrics by Joe Nolan | joenolan.com
Filmed and edited by H. Paul Moon | Zen Violence Films | zenviolence.com
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Outside the Machine: The Best Classical Performances of 2011 (featuring my INUKSUIT vérité film)
To my family and friends at Christmas 2011. The music is by Francis Poulenc, his Concerto for Two Pianos performed by the Labèque sisters. I shot all the footage 5-10 December 2011 in Paris. Special thanks to Autumn and Eric, Pierre and Fanny for their hospitality and friendship.
[Filmed and edited by H. Paul Moon | Zen Violence Films | zenviolence.com]
Raw, unmanipulated sound recordings straight into my Zoom H4n, capturing the sound environments of: firstly, Line 6 in the Paris Metro toward Nation; secondly, the RER B train to Aéroport Paris-Charles de Gaulle. Recorded December 2011. 16-bit uncompressed audio at 44.1 kHz.
Au revoir, Paris
Louvre II
Louvre
Beth Dunkel, viola
Susan Robinson, harp
IBIS: A Chamber Music Society have begun appearing at venues that are unusual for their neighborhood-focused classical music concerts, and their latest was at the legendary IOTA Club & Cafe in Clarendon. For the first set, IBIS co-founder Joseph Scheer arranged this work for his wife Susan Robinson on harp, and for the amazing Beth Dunkel on viola.
This video is the complete performance of the work, unedited, using a simple one-camera setup that peered up from the stage’s edge. You’ll hear an occasional clink of silverware and tumbling ice cubes, but that’s just part of the soundtrack to this innovative way of presenting classical music.
[Created for IBIS by H. Paul Moon | Zen Violence Films | zenviolence.com]
Joseph Scheer, violin
Susan Robinson, harp
IBIS: A Chamber Music Society have begun appearing at venues that are unusual for their neighborhood-focused classical music concerts, and their latest was at the legendary IOTA Club & Cafe in Clarendon. For the first set, IBIS co-founder Joseph Scheer performed this arrangement for violin and harp with his wife Susan Robinson.
This video is the complete performance of the piece, unedited, using a simple one-camera setup that peered up from the stage’s edge. You’ll hear an occasional clink of silverware and tumbling ice cubes, but that’s just part of the soundtrack to this innovative way of presenting classical music.
[Created for IBIS by H. Paul Moon | Zen Violence Films | zenviolence.com]
