MAX HATTLER / jemapur: aanaatt

WHAT OTHERS SAID ABOUT AANAATT

"Moholy-Nagy and the early constructivism inspire this film. Through mirroring, dislocations and projections, Max Hattler parses the possibilities of manual-analogue creation of space on the surface." Backup Festival

"Hattler's elegantly choreographed object animation tilts the camera so that the mirrored table surface seems to be the ceiling. In smooth stop-motion replacements, he explores the abstract logic of tubes, discs, cylinders and other shapes as they grow, shrink, slide, and change to the ethereal murmur of ambient music." Tony Reveaux, Cine Source Magazine

"a stop-motion masterpiece." ByDesign09

"visually arresting ... innovative stop-motion film featuring upside-down, random geometry." InMotion

"Mirrored surfaces and tricks of light lend an unsettling quality to this abstract stop motion." Melbourne International Animation Festival

"another banger piece ... Max's work is some of the most progressive and visually stimulating works created time and time again." TouchExplode

"One of four music videos commissioned by W+K Tokyo Lab for the release of 21-year-old Japanese producer Jemapur's latest album, 'Aanaatt' is as mystifying as its title. The track is of the sparse, bloopy variety one might associate with graphic designers in oppressively-rimmed glasses and Max Hattler's stop-motion, fixed camera video is accordingly abstract. 'Aanaatt' might've been overly academic in another director's hands, but the German helmer gives the song a curiously hypnotic warmth by deftly shifting colors, shapes, unrecognizable household objects, and lighting across an ever-changing, multi-layered surface." Boards Magazine

"the best use of stop-motion we’ve ever seen! ... It’s nice to see people still taking the time to do things the old fashioned way, even if it does take forever." LimitedHype

"Max Hattler turns his talents for abstract animation to stop motion and comes up with this intriguing exercise."
FEED (Stash)

"a stop-motion experiment in 'analog futurism'" Motionographer

"Jemapur are at it again with the crazy stop-motion vid for AANAATT. They can’t release a bad video lately. Especially with masterminds like German director Max Hattler in charge." shape + colour

"A stop-motion animation film from the up and coming German creator Max Hattler. The high-quality animation is fixed-film, shot through a fixed point camera, bringing a fresh new dimension to Jemapur’s musical world." W+K Tokyo Lab

"... da vollführen knallbunte Plastikteile ein Bilderballett, schweben scheinbar schwerelos vor Betonpfeilern und Fensterrahmen, ändern Farben, Formen und Position. Ein wunderbar leichter Film zum Bauklötzestaunen." Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung