Blog posts by Marcus Moonen — musician, photographer, filmmaker, writer.https://marcusmoonen.com/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/the-magic-hammer/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/the-magic-hammer/It might be a bit early to call generative AI one of the modern revolutions on par with the invention of the steam engine, although I suspect that even though its development and accomplishments are iterative and not yet fully realized, that honor will soon befall it. I’m walking through a forTue, 10 Mar 2026 19:19:58 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/friday-nights-in-the-90s/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/friday-nights-in-the-90s/Friday nights in the 90s: The house, shuttered, would grow larger inside than out. Time would dilate. Being there, lost, inside of time, out of your mind.Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:30:48 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/interviewed-by-an-ai/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/interviewed-by-an-ai/Anthropic, the company behind AI has deployed a Claude version to interview users about their thoughts on the future of AI. I was asked to participate.Thu, 04 Dec 2025 23:29:33 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/flashback-deel-de-dinsdag-2005/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/flashback-deel-de-dinsdag-2005/Ze zijn in mijn geest bijna legendarisch geworden, dinsdagen. Het is de meest neutrale, nietszeggende dag van de week. Niet dat ik de dinsdag daardoor minder sympathiek vind, verre van, zelfs. Het is een bijna veilig gevoel dat deze dag met zich meebrengt. Er kan niet veel kwaads gebeuren op een dinMon, 01 Dec 2025 13:32:40 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/stress/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/stress/Once you realize life primarily consists of stress, that realization becomes another stressor. Worrying about worrying is quite stressful.Wed, 06 Aug 2025 07:41:58 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/uap-likelihood-analysis-a-rational-breakdown/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/uap-likelihood-analysis-a-rational-breakdown/What if the ‘Fox Mulder’ UAP interpretation isn’t crazy? A probabilistic analysis shows it’s about as likely as being dealt a flush in poker. The math matters.Sat, 26 Jul 2025 19:53:14 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/from-firmware-frustration-to-first-flight-setting-up-and-testing-the-dji-mini-4-pro/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/from-firmware-frustration-to-first-flight-setting-up-and-testing-the-dji-mini-4-pro/Just finished unboxing my DJI Mini 4 Pro and immediately hit a wall—the firmware wouldn’t update. Despite having a strong Wi-Fi connection and no internet issues, I kept getting server errors that prevented the download. After half an hour of frustration, I found the solution. The DJI AssistanSun, 20 Jul 2025 11:13:49 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/causalidox-interview-with-cyclical-magazine-may-2025/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/causalidox-interview-with-cyclical-magazine-may-2025/Cyclical Magazine interviews CausaliDox on the occasion of the new album release In No Memory.Fri, 09 May 2025 12:51:53 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/the-cost-of-control/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/the-cost-of-control/Working on new art today dragged me under, into melancholy. Bringing up thoughts of the danger of emotions and the cost of control.Mon, 05 May 2025 00:36:00 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/new-album-causalidox-in-no-memory/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/new-album-causalidox-in-no-memory/Today my new CausaliDox album In No Memory is available for pre-order.   First release on EC Underground In No Memory will be released on 05/20/2025 by Florida-based electronic music label EC Underground. This release will mark the first time I collaborate with them. After 9 album releases on tMon, 21 Apr 2025 14:32:34 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/some-thoughts-on-a-saturday-night/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/some-thoughts-on-a-saturday-night/A Saturday night in the early spring of 2025. In order to distract myself from vain hope that something exciting will happen, I’m writing down some thoughts.Sat, 05 Apr 2025 16:43:37 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/anatomy-of-a-vacation/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/anatomy-of-a-vacation/In a matter of hours, my two weeks off will be over. Here at the end of it, I realize I really don’t know how to do vacation.Fri, 04 Apr 2025 09:36:45 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/llms-narcissus-reflecting-pool/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/llms-narcissus-reflecting-pool/LLMs reflect your thoughts back, fostering narcissism and blurring self-reflection with self-indulgence, leading to intellectual stagnation and isolation.Sat, 25 Jan 2025 02:11:07 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/the-detritus-of-times-lost/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/the-detritus-of-times-lost/I’m starting a new collection of images that, to me, represent an ephemeral feeling of loss and pain, yearning and lust. I gave the collection the name ‘Detritus’.Sat, 18 Jan 2025 10:35:27 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/an-attempt-to-unblock-myself-photography/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/an-attempt-to-unblock-myself-photography/I love to tell stories with photos, looking for the numinous and the essence of people. This is the last blog in a series about trying to get myself unstuck.Thu, 03 Oct 2024 12:00:19 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/causalidox-open-source-radio-shipwrec-takeover-03-02-2022/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/causalidox-open-source-radio-shipwrec-takeover-03-02-2022/An hour long CausaliDox mixset and video art, produced for a Shipwrec label takeover of Open Source RadioFri, 20 Sep 2024 21:47:15 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/an-attempt-to-unblock-myself-music/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/an-attempt-to-unblock-myself-music/Technology plays a significant role my creative endeavors. I spent the most time being creative in my studio. In this blog I will look at podcasts and music.Sun, 15 Sep 2024 12:05:42 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/an-attempt-to-unblock-myself-film/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/an-attempt-to-unblock-myself-film/Another form of expression I love is very dependent on technology. In this blog I will look at making films and talk about my ambitions and goals.Sat, 07 Sep 2024 09:00:21 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/an-attempt-to-unblock-myself-writing/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/an-attempt-to-unblock-myself-writing/In the next couple of blogs, I will talk about how technology helps me to get my ideas out into the world. I’ll also reflect upon my ambitions and goals. In this blog I focus on writing.Wed, 04 Sep 2024 17:54:15 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/an-attempt-to-unblock-myself/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/an-attempt-to-unblock-myself/For many years now, I have enacted violence upon myself by stifling my thoughts and expressions. It is time for change.Sun, 01 Sep 2024 11:31:17 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/a-journey-through-our-cosmic-neighborhood/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/a-journey-through-our-cosmic-neighborhood/My dad who is nearly 81 years old, is really into space. I thought it would be fun to write a basic introduction to the cosmos for him.Mon, 12 Aug 2024 20:43:26 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/just-a-dream/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/just-a-dream/I’ve been frustrated, thinking of selling my studio. Meanwhile I released an album and tried to find inspiration again. This weekend I recorded “Just A Dream”.Sun, 16 Jun 2024 21:11:17 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/released-5-years-ago-today-summer-of-92/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/released-5-years-ago-today-summer-of-92/5 years ago today Shipwrec released my CausaliDox EP Summer Of ’92. In this post I take a look back and talk about what the tracks mean to me.Sun, 18 Feb 2024 13:32:27 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/sampling-into-assimil8or/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/sampling-into-assimil8or/Today I decided to sample some non-electronic instruments into my Eurorack sampler. A tabla, a cabasa, a wooden flute and some pillbottles.Thu, 28 Dec 2023 18:52:19 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/a-critic-in-time/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/a-critic-in-time/Today I spent some time selecting poems I wrote in my early 20’s for the website. It feels strange to critique myself and my poetry 20-some years later.Tue, 26 Dec 2023 16:16:10 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/a-synth-sci-fi-short-story/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/a-synth-sci-fi-short-story/I’m not recording. I’ve decided to just let this happen. It’s been going on for a while now. And I think it is probably too late anyway.Sat, 09 Dec 2023 16:43:12 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/lost-in-a-memory-hole/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/lost-in-a-memory-hole/I’m not sure what happened. I got lost in a memory hole tonight. Well, I can reconstruct it, sort of. And it’s not like it hasn’t happened before.Sat, 09 Dec 2023 00:11:21 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/bob-knutton-it-sates-itself-on-doubt/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/bob-knutton-it-sates-itself-on-doubt/Ventured into darker regions today, tribal modular drums, echoing and distorted thrust me into the gloom. I explain how I recorded the track and what gear I used.Sat, 25 Nov 2023 01:12:17 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/causalidox-on-ntrfrnz-radio-show/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/causalidox-on-ntrfrnz-radio-show/This past week the track There Is Nothing In The World from my CausaliDox album Between The Leaves Lies Eternity opened the excellent NTRFRNZ radio show in Brasil.Fri, 24 Nov 2023 14:39:01 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/sononos-tomorrow/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/sononos-tomorrow/Got lost in the machines today. It was nice.Sun, 19 Nov 2023 18:03:44 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/causalidox-cohort-death-signal/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/causalidox-cohort-death-signal/I wanted to make the Pro-One sound dangerous. Things started building from there. It sounds like an existential threat.Sat, 18 Nov 2023 22:10:06 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/website-redesign-finished/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/website-redesign-finished/Over the past 6 weeks I have worked on redesigning my website. It was hard work, but I am so glad I stuck with it, because I am quite happy with the redesign.Fri, 17 Nov 2023 18:19:29 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/causalidox-youll-know-when/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/causalidox-youll-know-when/The first track in 6 weeks. I have been busy, distracted, agitated, frustrated… Does one instinctively sense the end of things? I wonder. I’d hope I’d know. You’ll know when I know. Gear Sequencer: Sequentix Cirklon Soundsources: Intellijel Atlantis Sequential Pro-One ElektroSat, 04 Nov 2023 22:13:43 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/releaseday-in-case-i-dont-see-you-and-contagion-on-diffuse-reality-records/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/releaseday-in-case-i-dont-see-you-and-contagion-on-diffuse-reality-records/Today is the day! My new CausaliDox albums “In Case I Don’t See You” and “Contagion” are released by Teorema / Diffuse Reality Records. CAUSALIDOX –Mon, 08 Aug 2022 15:27:31 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/new-photoseries-light-and-dark/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/new-photoseries-light-and-dark/Saturday night dark In the middle of the pandemic, as autumn was moving in, I felt Saturday night grab me by my throat as the cold, bony fingers of memories past, missed opportunities and a shrinking future filled me with panic and dread. As often is the case, this resulted in a new photoseries, calSat, 13 Nov 2021 16:41:43 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/new-causalidox-tracks/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/new-causalidox-tracks/I added a section to the site, where you can hear (and see) the most recent tracks from my projects. This feed refreshes automatically when a new video is added.Sat, 12 Jun 2021 11:23:53 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/bandcamp-friday/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/bandcamp-friday/Four albums released on Diffuse Reality in one year For the next 22.5 hours it is Bandcamp Friday, which means that Bandcamp is graciously waiving their revenue share on any sale made on that day. In the last year I’ve released three albums with the awesome folks over at Diffuse Reality RecordFri, 05 Mar 2021 11:10:28 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/the-obscure-new-causalidox-album-announced/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/the-obscure-new-causalidox-album-announced/Today the release of my new CausaliDox album The Obscure was announced. The album will be released March 12, 2021 on Diffuse Reality Records’ sublabel Teorema.   Recorded in 2017 and 2018, these six tracks are the spiritual progeny of my 2019 EP Summer Of ’92,Mon, 15 Feb 2021 15:04:11 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/diffuse-reality-teorema-podcast-causalidox-triggerrat/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/diffuse-reality-teorema-podcast-causalidox-triggerrat/Since that day in August 2020 I came into contact with the very nice and lovely people of Diffuse Reality Records in Barcelona, a lot of things have happened! One of them is this podcast! We have been following your music for a long time, we love it! Do you have any demo of tracksFri, 12 Feb 2021 17:19:01 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/slowly-slipping-into-darkness-5-photos/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/slowly-slipping-into-darkness-5-photos/A new virus is sweeping the world. People are scared, uncertain, weary… Everything outside my door has adopted a darkness, has a slightly menacing shadow cast over it. I went outside for the first time in a while and decided to show you what this world looks like to me at the moment. You canSun, 15 Mar 2020 21:45:22 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/musicnews-fr-sononos-interview-tuesday-july-11-2017%c2%b7/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/musicnews-fr-sononos-interview-tuesday-july-11-2017%c2%b7/In 2017 I gave an interview for French music magazine MusicNews.fr and recorded a track exclusively for the magazine. sonOnos : Dig Deep exclusively for MusicNews/Acid Techno Dutch producer sonOnos delights us with one of his acid tracks, exclusively recorded for musicnews.fr, called ‘Dig Deep’. TheSat, 18 Jan 2020 16:55:59 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/new-photoseries-exoplanetary-holiday/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/new-photoseries-exoplanetary-holiday/Daytrip to Proxima Centauri C I’ve just published a new conceptual artphotography series consisting of 5 works. The series is called “Exoplanetary Holiday: Daytrip to Proxima Centauri C”. On a holiday It imagines a short stay vacation on an exoplanet that is home to strange beings,Sat, 18 Jan 2020 12:24:08 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/the-crazy-mind-interview/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/the-crazy-mind-interview/Some time ago, I did an interview with The Crazy Mind, a website that features artists from across the world. We talked about my project Aether. Time to put it on the site. Marcus Moonen is a filmmaker, photographer and musician. He lives in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He is working on a new photoserMon, 23 Dec 2019 17:16:42 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/lensculture-review-of-aether/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/lensculture-review-of-aether/On August 1, 2018, my photo series Aether was reviewed by LensCulture: Dear Marcus, thank you for your submission to LensCulture. It is a pleasure to review your work. I’m fond of this series. You have a strong sense of movement, color, and aesthetic principles throughout the series. Your statWed, 01 Aug 2018 14:30:47 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/heroes-for-ghosts-directors-commentary/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/heroes-for-ghosts-directors-commentary/Director’s commentary In 2011 I flew to Norway to shoot a musicvideo (or more accurately a short film) for The Gathering with their singer Silje Wergeland. The video was for Heroes For Ghosts, the first track off their new album “Disclosure”. The video was shot in just 4 days. To mThu, 13 Apr 2017 19:56:10 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/from-daw-to-sequencer/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/from-daw-to-sequencer/I wrote a blog documenting my journey from using a DAW for electronic music production to working with hardware sequencers.Wed, 11 Jan 2017 10:41:48 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/working-on-aether/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/working-on-aether/My new project is called Aether, a new photoseries that explores the concept of science fiction photography. I was recently interview by The Crazy Mind about this new project. You can find the interview here:   Depicting imagined celestial phenomena, stellar clouds, the event horizon of a blackThu, 28 Apr 2016 07:39:11 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/hangin-at-the-thiemeloods/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/hangin-at-the-thiemeloods/Thiemeloods During the entire month of August some of my photography can be seen at the Thiemeloods (Leemptstraat 34) in Nijmegen. The Thiemeloods is a place where you can relax, chill out, read a book and listen to some vinyl. My friend Remy, who runs the place, is a self-styled cultural entrepreneTue, 18 Aug 2015 15:54:28 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/photobook-the-island-now-available-online/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/photobook-the-island-now-available-online/The Island Near the end of 2013, I spent a few days by myself on an island in the North Sea. I had to take some time to reflect, think over the past year and look forward to the future. I wandered around alone on a cold, dark island, but when I started to lookMon, 17 Aug 2015 15:09:03 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/thought-interstellar/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/thought-interstellar/So I finally saw Interstellar. And as I feared, I was very disappointed. Not sure what I expected, but I know what I hoped for. Because of all the hype around “the science” and scientists involved I thought it was going to be about the physics of going through a wormhole, about exploringFri, 06 Feb 2015 12:58:10 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/rodelle-utah/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/rodelle-utah/Update Official selection for the 2014 Great Lakes International Film Festival, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Official selection for the 2014 Red Rock Film Festival, Cedar City, Utah, USA Official selection for the 2015 Berlin Independent Film Festival, Berlin, Germany USA, I love you! Now hold on, you saSun, 02 Nov 2014 10:59:40 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/affordable-art-fair-amsterdam/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/affordable-art-fair-amsterdam/Exhibition As announced in my last blogpost, my work is currently being shown at the worldwide Affordable Art Fair this weekend in De Kromhouthal in Amsterdam, courtesy of ABN AMRO Recruitement. About 65 galleries are displaying works by artists unknown and well-known, including household names suchThu, 30 Oct 2014 19:03:11 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/exhibition-filmfestival/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/exhibition-filmfestival/Exhibition Two months have passed since my last blogpost and the exhibition in Times Square. Thank you again for helping me choose which pictures should go up! I’m happy to say that things haven’t slowed down in the meantime. In fact, a lot has happened since then. Let me catch you up. MTue, 09 Sep 2014 12:33:18 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/macro-experiment/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/macro-experiment/Patience Last year I traded in my 100mm 2.0 lens for a 100mm 2.8 macro lens, because I wanted the ability to get very close to my subject while filming. I hadn’t really thought much of using the lens for macro photography. I always thought of macro photography as a niche occupied by very patieSun, 06 Jul 2014 13:07:26 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/pick-pic-times-square/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/pick-pic-times-square/Update: We have a winner! And these are the photos that are going to be exhibited in New York: Times Square I just heard today that three of my photos will be displayed in a Times Square exhibition, in NYC on July 24th. If I understand the info correctly each photo will beThu, 03 Jul 2014 17:08:06 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/portrait-and-clouds/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/portrait-and-clouds/I added two new photos today, a portrait and an iPhoto. The portrait is a photo of a woman. I’ve deliberately kept it a very dark, dreamy image, because I really like how it disguises her, but not her beauty. The highlights on her cheekbones and her nose give her a very youthful look. Her hairMon, 23 Jun 2014 18:22:40 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/spring-london/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/spring-london/A couple of months ago I was in London. While there I took a stroll through Greenwich Park. It was a very nice day, the sun was out and the clouds drifted by lazily. I had my camera with me and I tried to capture the mood I was in, walking there by myself. ItMon, 16 Jun 2014 16:19:48 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/summer-plans/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/summer-plans/Flowers The picture of the flowers above, I took back in April, when I was over in London for a visit. I saw them basking in the sun and couldn’t resist. I normally don’t go for pictures of flowers, but in this instance, I thought I’d make an exception. I like the colors. New projeSun, 01 Jun 2014 19:02:01 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/see-me-nyc/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/see-me-nyc/Some interesting news in my mailbox today! 🙂 Hi Marcus Moonen, Thanks for being a part of See.me One Life 2013. We’re excited to announce that your work will be included in a digital Group Show of all One Life entrants in our exhibition space, opening this Friday! We’ll be hard at work producWed, 28 May 2014 15:46:47 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/tweaking-reality/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/tweaking-reality/“…no hope, no harm, just another false alarm…” I took this photo a while ago, while flying over the North Sea. The sky was bright blue that day and the clouds were fluffy and white. As you can see, none of that early spring vibe has survived in the photo above. I like this imSat, 24 May 2014 13:03:10 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/new-music-video-rodelle-2/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/new-music-video-rodelle-2/Rodèlle – I’m Afraid I’m Not I had been in talks with Robert from Rodèlle for a long time about doing a video for him. Over the last couple of years talks and plans were ramping up, until finally in 2013, we decided to give it a go. Script There was a new Rodèlle EP comingTue, 22 Apr 2014 17:56:30 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/lecture-filmmaking-dummies/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/lecture-filmmaking-dummies/Lecture For a local filmcompetition in Lux, Nijmegen I was asked to give a lecture on indie filmmaking. The theme of the competition was the future of Nijmegen and the planned artificial island in the river to the north of the city.Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:40:28 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/new-distel-music-video-released/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/new-distel-music-video-released/Shot in an abandoned hotel, lost in the woods for over 30 years, I present to you the new music video for Distel‘s track “hxxx”. Location Scouting Distel and I spent some time talking about his new track, the ideas behind it, the lyrics (in Japanese by the way!), when we hit upon aSun, 03 Mar 2013 18:52:13 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/bddc-new-distel-musicvideo-gathering-bts/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/bddc-new-distel-musicvideo-gathering-bts/Update Time goes by so fast, when you´re busy! I can´t believe that it´s already been so long since the last update. There´s lots of news so let me just jump right in! Black Devil Disco Club During the summer I got in contact with French electro legend Black Devil Disco Club‘s, Bernard Fevre. Sat, 13 Oct 2012 16:32:45 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/updates-distel-zeno-rodelle/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/updates-distel-zeno-rodelle/Don’t you just long for summer, when it’s this cold? =) It’s been some time since I’ve updated the blog, that’s because I’ve been very busy over the last months. In my regular life, I have a job and in October, that job changed. I now have to travel up to 4 hours Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:10:55 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/new-short-film-space/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/new-short-film-space/A new film! I’m currently working on a new short film, a dark comedy called “The Space Between”. It was written by my friend Andrew Hickson, owner of the best cocktail bar in Nijmegen: Absolute Zero. Currently we’re in pre-production, still punching up the script, scouting loTue, 13 Sep 2011 16:00:11 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/osx-update-kills-mercury-engine/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/osx-update-kills-mercury-engine/Since I’m running Adobe’s Premiere Pro as a part of Production Premium CS5.5, I bought an nVidia Quadro 4000 to make sure I take advantage of the CUDA technology and Adobe’s Mercury Engine. My platform is a Mac Pro 8 core 2.4GHz with 24GB RAM, which came with an ATI Radeon card thaMon, 27 Jun 2011 15:58:12 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/promo-gathering-ghostride-tour-2011/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/promo-gathering-ghostride-tour-2011/The Gathering will be touring South America this summer with their South American Ghostride tour. To help them promote the tour, they asked me to shoot a promovideo for their tour. Last year I also produced two promo’s for the benefit concert they did in Chile for the victims of the earthquakeSat, 14 May 2011 15:47:12 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/hadewych-machinist-perform-mol/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/hadewych-machinist-perform-mol/On December 18th 2010 in Den Bosch during MOL, my good friend Peter Johan Nijland gave a performance with his ultragrotesque project Hadewych at a special location. Also my friend, the great experimentalist Zeno van den Broek gave a performance with his project Machinist. MOL is a project by Renk vaMon, 24 Jan 2011 15:47:10 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/semi-acoustic-performances-geselxl-2010/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/semi-acoustic-performances-geselxl-2010/After filming the Chapelsessions in the summer of 2010, I was asked once again by the local branch of VPRO Broadcasting Company to film a series of semi-acoustic sessions. These sessions were part of the Gesel XL 2010 Music Festival. I shot the sessions on two Panasonic DVX100B’s and created aThu, 02 Dec 2010 15:34:06 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/covering-de-affaire-vpro-3voor12/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/covering-de-affaire-vpro-3voor12/Each year the summerfestivities hit my hometown of Nijmegen like a nuclear bomb. Nearly one and a half million people descend upon our city near the river to be merry and enjoy music at a party called “De Affaire”. This year I was asked by VPRO Broadcasting Company to film a number of spSun, 25 Jul 2010 14:15:08 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/rob-van-hattum-portrait/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/rob-van-hattum-portrait/This spring I filmed a short portrait documentary of Rob van Hattum, Film director for Science Programs at VPRO Broadcasting Company and Creative Director at NEMO science center in Amsterdam. This short version was made as an assignment for the Art Academy I’m currently enrolled in. There are Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:10:48 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/work-progress-rob-van-hattum-portrait/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/work-progress-rob-van-hattum-portrait/I’m currently preparing for production of a portrait of Rob van Hattum, Film director for Science Programs at VPRO Broadcasting Company and Creative Director at NEMO science center in Amsterdam. I will be directing, filming and editing. The initial portrait will be short, as it is an assignmenSat, 17 Apr 2010 14:01:48 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/two-promos-gathering/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/two-promos-gathering/I’ve been working with The Gathering on two promo’s for the benefit concert they gave at Teatro Caupolicán in Santiago, Chili on April 11th 2010 for the victims of the earthquake. I edited and worked on the sound of the first promo with Frank Boeijen of The Gathering: The second promo I Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:55:18 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/way-wins-48-hour-film-project-2010-nijmegen/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/way-wins-48-hour-film-project-2010-nijmegen/I’ve co-directed and shot a film for the 48 Hour Film Project 2010 in the city of Nijmegen. Our film took first prize and then some! It will also be submitted for the finals in Miami, USA in March of 2011. The movie tells the story of a dramatic last journey of three siblings contained within Sat, 17 Apr 2010 13:31:37 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/vpro-3v12-5-year-anniversary-analogic-sound-project/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/vpro-3v12-5-year-anniversary-analogic-sound-project/VPRO 3voor12 Arnhem / Nijmegen celebrates its’ 5th anniversary this month. There are many parties planned with live acts. For the party at De Onderbroek I was asked to shoot some video of one of the live acts: Analogic Sound Project. The endresult is a video for the track “Bicycle”Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:25:06 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/sgblade-virtual-memory-older-xp-box/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/sgblade-virtual-memory-older-xp-box/35mm adapter To get that sought-after filmlook you need a couple of things. First off, you need a brilliant idea, a great story. Second, you need to know how to frame and light, direct and edit. But what definitely is the cherry on top, is having the footage look like it was shot on actual film.Sat, 16 May 2009 13:15:20 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/blog-2000-2006-archive6/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/blog-2000-2006-archive6/Friday 21 July 2006 5:23 NP: Ladytron – Cease2Xist High 21st of July You know the thought is all wrong but the feeling is right Say on the 19th of May turn it on close the door and then set to ignore Hey, where did you come from?  And why don’t you stay where you belong?  TFri, 21 Jul 2006 00:57:11 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/blog-2000-2006-archive5/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/blog-2000-2006-archive5/Thursday 21 July 2005 19:27    talkback NP: Fischerspooner – Never Win I needed that sleep… Weird fucking dreams… London again… man… that’s fucked up… Perhaps Tandtelefoon-guy is right? Thursday 21 July 2005 10:30   &nThu, 21 Jul 2005 00:54:03 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/blog-2000-2006-archive4/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/blog-2000-2006-archive4/Wednesday 21 July 2004 23:32 NP: Samuel Barber – Adagio for Strings, op. 11  Tuesday me, Zieg, Josh and SmAids headed out to Amsterdam. We left in the afternoon, had drinks at this bar, drinking Mojito’s, vodka’s, beers, you name it, we drank it… It was suWed, 21 Jul 2004 00:52:24 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/blog-2000-2006-archive3/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/blog-2000-2006-archive3/day 21 July XXXX OO:00 Doesn’t mean a goddamn thing. Friday 18 July 2003 16:19 NP: Skinny Puppy – Spasmolytic Work last week, Tuesday was a bit weird, Wednesday I had my first taste of the festival. I had a pretty good time actually. Although I seem to be somewhat jaded by the Mon, 21 Jul 2003 00:51:58 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/blog-2000-2006-archive2/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/blog-2000-2006-archive2/Sunday 21 July 2002 7:54 <unretrievable images> Thursday 18 July 2002 23:33 Talked about the future concerning my job, there seems to be some perspective, but it’s not at all clear what is going to happen precisely. Read all nite tuesday. Slept during the day. Fixed the site, S came overSun, 21 Jul 2002 00:46:18 GMThttps://marcusmoonen.com/blog/blog-2000-2006-archive1/https://marcusmoonen.com/blog/blog-2000-2006-archive1/Saturday 21 July 2001 7:21 Okay three hours later… My system didn’t melt! Yippie! (:  Everything seems to be quite stable, and so i’ve been working on getting the webcam online. It took me quite some configuring and aggrevation, but it’s online! I won&#821Sat, 21 Jul 2001 00:15:26 GMT