Maria Mochnacz
Directing
Biography
A photographer/video maker trained in fine art & photography. She has been working with musicians & bands since 1991 but also does fashion & fine art work. Her most well known work is with PJ harvey - as well as producing her photographs & videos Mochnacz has been closely involved in PJ Harvey's styling over the course of her career.
Known For
Filmed during the tour for 2004’s Uh Huh Her (and directed by longtime collaborator Mochnacz), Please Leave Quietly intermixes live footage with backstage antics, street scenes, buggered sound checks and impromptu commentary from tour personnel and bandmates. Often interspliced and edited to a near distracting degree, the live performances are riveting, with Polly Jean displaying a venomous allure in her Oz-red high heels and short-skirted dresses.
PJ Harvey on Tour: Please Leave Quietly
‘Reeling’ is made of backstage tour footage filmed over a 3 week period out of PJ Harvey’s 1993 European and American Tour. This is constructed around live footage taken from 2 dates at the ‘Forum’, London.
PJ Harvey: Reeling With
A video album by English alternative rock musician PJ Harvey. Most of the footage featured in Reeling is live footage from a performance at the London Forum in May 1993. Other footage featured throughout includes backstage footage, in-studio footage from the Rid of Me sessions, extracts from interviews, and two full-length music videos of "50ft Queenie" and "Man-Size".