| About Max Hattler | |
| BIOGRAPHY Experimental animator and media artist Max Hattler was educated at Goldsmiths, Escuela de Cine de Madrid, and the Royal College of Art, graduating with an MA (RCA) in Animation in 2005. He has had solo exhibitions at Lumen Eclipse, Media Art Friesland, Nottingham Broadway and Someonesgarden Tokyo, and retrospectives at Image Forum Festival, Fredrikstad Animation Festival, MUMIA Festival and Branchage Jersey Film Festival. His works have been shown at hundreds of film festivals, as well as in museums and galleries such as MOCA Taipei, the Marl Video Art Award, Yota Space and Gasworks Gallery. Awards include St. Louis Film Festival, Visual Music Award, Animate OPEN Digitalis, London International Animation Festival, Videofestival Bochum, Videologia, Skepto Festival, San Gio Festival and 700IS Art Film Festival. Max Hattler's films have been included in the touring programmes of EMAF, Videoformes, onedotzero, Resfest, The Animation Show, L'Alternativa, Animac, AURORA, and the British Animation Awards. Max has collaborated with several music acts including Basement Jaxx, Jovanotti, The Egg and Ladyscraper, and he has shown his audiovisual live performances around the world, including the Museum of Image and Sound in Sao Paulo, Electrovisiones Mexico City, Cimatics Festival, Filmfest Dresden, SuperDeluxe Tokyo, The Big Chill Festival and London's ICA. Max teaches at Goldsmiths, and is studying towards a Professional Doctorate in Fine Art (DFA) at the University of East London. "I am interested in the space between abstraction and figuration, where storytelling is freed from the constraints of traditional narrative. My work contemplates microcosms, moments, atmospheres: Close-ups as reflections on the big picture. While my films tend to be without dialogue, they explore the relationship between sound, music and the moving image." Max Hattler Max Hattler interview on Belgian national TV station Canvas, in cultural programme Cobra TV, 2011. "Max Hattler works on the thin line between abstraction and figuration, being able sometimes to create powerful political statements while eschewing the traditional constraints of narrative, choosing a poetics of implication over the mere construction of a discourse. In that matter, it is interesting to see how he is also able to mix the strategies of artistic practice with the techniques one would associate with the entertainment industry, creating pieces that can work on a variety of (sometimes) conflicting frameworks, from the gallery white cube to the dark walls of a nightclub, performing live in a film festival or spreading his interventions through the web." Hilda Magazine, 2011 "From music to animation to a magnificent blend of both sound and video, the work of Max Hattler continues to spark new trends, inspire collaboration, and shape new places and topics for immersion." A.N.D / Worldwide Interactive Design Guide, 2011 "Max Hattler, experimental animator and media artist, has had solo exhibitions all over the world and shown at hundreds of films festivals. His work is hypnotizing, thought provoking and will leave you always wanting more." HEX Pixel Gallery, Kansas City, 2011 CONTACT FOR ALL INQUIRIES (SCREENINGS, EXHIBITIONS, AUDIOVISUAL PERFORMANCES, INTERVIEWS, ARTIST TALKS, WORKSHOPS, COMMISSIONS, COLLABORATIONS, ETC): info@maxhattler.com M: +44 (0)7811 581655 M: +49 (0)163 5957912 Max Hattler 'Expressa' on MTV Brasil, 2011. |
SELECTED LINKS MAX HATTLER ELSEWHERE - Cimatics Agency - Vimeo - Flickr - IMDb - SoundCloud - Wikipedia - Visual Music Archive VISUAL COLLABORATORS - Noriko Okaku - Robert Seidel - Sune Petersen - IndieSkies - i.m.klif - Enist - Alexandra Leavey - Bento Graphics - Johannes 'Your Highness' Ender - Maja Flink - Clemens Behr - Lucy McRae - Protey Temen AURAL COLLABORATORS - Basement Jaxx - Jemapur - Jovanotti - Dollskabeat - The Egg - Isan - Ladyscraper - Mehmet Can Özer - schmid - Pablo Gav - Ocusonic - Diplo - Noia Schreus - Objeto Amarelo - Hapax - Fried Dähn - dubmarronics - Hellmut Hattler - Kraan - Eclectic - Mark Bowden - Xavier Collet - Rich Keyworth - Matthias Kispert - Hanfreich - Economy Wolf - Sounds & Sons - Good & Evil Music - Liberation Jumpsuit - Camberwell Composers Collective - Blanca Regina (whiteemotion) COMMISSIONERS/PRODUCERS/FACILITATORS - Autour de Minuit - Pavlov e-lab - Open Workshop - W+K Tokyo Lab - Animate Projects - Nipkow Programm - Abandon Normal Devices - quartier21 - onedotzero - ROJO OTHERWISE RATHER FRIENDLY - Simon Schäfer (Der Warst) - Uhrlaut - VaVoom - tank.tv - Hans (Nick) Roericht - Tandem Films - The Joy of Box - Lightrhythm Visuals - Mavis Chen - Christelle Hokayem |
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