Vincent Moon is an independent french filmmaker and sound explorer. He has been making films in the past twenty years, traveling around the world in quest of sounds, from stadium rock music to rare shamanic rituals, from experimentations in electronics to accapella village songs.
All his work is strictly non-commercial. He is currently assisted by the swiss independent producer, curator and author Julie Henoch ( www.powapowa.ch ) and by american editor & filmmaker Daniel Oxenhandler.
other websites of various projects:
SHORT BIO
Vincent Moon (real name Mathieu Saura, born August 25, 1979) is an independent filmmaker and sound explorer. He was the co-creator of the Blogothèque's ‘Concerts à emporter’ devoted to Western indie music. For more than twenty years he has been a nomad, travelling the world with a camera on his back, documenting popular and sacred music, trance ceremonies and sound experiments for his Petites Planètes Collection, which to this day includes more than 1,300 films, all published in open source. He produces and distributes films without following the established industry standards, breaking away from Western narrative while questioning the hybridisation of our digital practices. He shares all his work, films and music recordings, for free on internet, under a Creative Commons license.
THESIS AND ESSAYS ON MOON'S WORK
• Listening to Vincent Moon by Matheus Siqueira
• Cooking the Cosmic Soup - Vincent Moon's Altered States of Live Cinéma by Amir Vudka
TECHNOLOGY
- Film: camera Panasonic P2 ag-hpx250 + Audio-Technica BP4025 camera mic + Zoom H2n + Zoom H6e + Zoom F2 + Tram & Sanken lavelier mic.
- Cut: DaVinci Resolve (ex-Final cut pro 7)
- Publish: Vimeo + YouTube. Creative Commons license by-nc-sa.
- Live Cinéma: VDMX + Ableton Live
PRESS AROUND THE WORLD
(old selection of articles) + * wikipedia * ted talk *
Argentina • vein ti tres / whats up buenos aires / vomb / loop / casa fibra /
Australia • beat/ the age / time out / russh / dumbo feather /
Azerbaijan • azertag /
Brazil • o globo/ radar radar radar / o globo / aic / saraiva / folha sp / soul art / a critica / revista chao / o povo / ultimo segundo / o tempo / mimo /µ
Canada • cyberpresse /
Chile • la tercera / super 45 / absenta musical / la tercera /
Colombia • vive in / zemos98 / exclama /
Denmark • dr / a propos /
Ethiopia • addis rumble /
France • les inrocks / telerama / magic / cellulodream / son et lumiere / libé next / blogotheque / wine and noise / france 24 /
Germany • michelberger hotel /
Iceland • reykjavik grapevine /
Indonesia • gigs play /
Italy • wired/ pronti al peggio/ wired / personal report / desis /
Japan • qetic /
Peru • caretas / la región / dafo /
Philippines • inquirer /
Russia • the moscow news / vashdosug / the moscow times /
Spain • venuspluton / rockdelux / vice /
UK • the guardian / little white lies / director's notes / the guardian / director's notes / stool pigeon / sounds and colours / nowness / the line of best fit /
Ukraine • timer odessa / vo / dixi tv / gloss /
USA • new york times / cnn/ new york magazine / live music blog / good / prefix / creative commons / ny press / psychopedia / redefine mag / ata / union docs / hello incredible / esquire / tri state indie / the 405 / the creators project / about / voices of youth / about / ssg / cc licensed / musicfilmweb /
Turkey • sabah / rave mag /
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