Interview for UIT VISUAL on Music Japan TV, July 2008.

MAX HATTLER + ROBERT SEIDEL JAPAN TOUR
22 April - 27 May 2008


映像作家/メディアアーティスト
マックス・ハットラー&ロバート・ザイデル 日本ツア– 4月22日~5月27日


Tour Dates
KANTO TOKYO 4.23. Wed. 21:00

Exclusive Tour Launch Party / ツアー開催記念パーティー // Le Baron - Mini-Screening + Short AV Live Performance w/ soundtrack by The Springmine Disaster / ミニ上映会、 AVライブパフォーマンス, Guest DJs: Tatsuya (Minimal Tokyo), Kaskay & Anita. Guest VJs: Kotaro Tanaka, Takafumi Tsuchiya, re:re:re:mojojo, Sinan, Bento (Minimal Tokyo, Bentographics) + Secret Special Guest VJs. Entry not guaranteed for non-members / 会員以外の方は入場できない場合があります, ¥2500 w/1d, ¥1500 w/ flyer w/1d    Le Baron, Aoyama Center Bldg BIF, 3.8.40, Minami-Aoyama Minato-ku, Tokyo 107.0062

  TOKYO 4.24. Thu. 19:00 Pecha Kucha Night - Presentation / プレゼンテーション // SuperDeluxe, ¥1000 w/1d   SuperDeluxe, B1F 3.1.25 Nishi Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0031
  TOKYO 4.28. Mon. 14:30 Image Forum Festival - Screening + Talk / 上映会、 トーク // Park Tower Hall, ¥1200, ¥1000 advance ticket    Park Tower Hall, Shinjuku Park Tower 3F, 3-7-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
  TOKYO 4.30. Wed. 17:00 Image Forum Festival - Screening / 上映会 // Park Tower Hall, ¥1200, ¥1000 advance ticket    Park Tower Hall, Shinjuku Park Tower 3F, 3-7-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
  TOKYO 5.5. Mon. 18:00 Apple Store Ginza - Mini-Screening + AV Live Performance w/ soundtrack by The Springmine Disaster / ミニ上映会、 AVライブパフォーマンス, free   Apple Store Ginza, Saegusa Bld Ginza 3-5-12 Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061
  YOKOHAMA 5.6. Tue. 13:00 FFIAK - Film Festival of International Animation in Kanagawa - Presentation / プレゼンテーション    FFIAK, Kanagawa Kenmin Hall Gallery, Yamashita-cho 3-1 Naka-ku Yokohama-city
  TOKYO 5.7. Wed. 18:30 Uplink Factory - Screening + Talk / 上映会、トーク, ¥1800 w/1d    Uplink, Totsune Bldg. 1F, 37-18 Udagawa-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0042
  TOKYO 5.8. Thu. 18:30 Uplink Factory - Screening + Talk / 上映会、トーク, ¥1800 w/1d    Uplink, Totsune Bldg. 1F, 37-18 Udagawa-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0042
  TOKYO 5.9. Fri. 20:00 Snack Nagako - AV Live Performance w/ soundtrack by The Springmine Disaster / AVライブパフォーマンス // SuperDeluxe, ¥1500 w/1d    SuperDeluxe, B1F 3.1.25 Nishi Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0031
  TOKYO 5.10. Sat. 24:00 Minimal Tokyo 9 - AV Live Performance / AVライブ w/ live audio by Salmon (Karmarouge Noir, Raum...musik, WC Recordings) // Liquid Loft, Liquidroom 2F, ¥2500    Liquid Loft, Liquid Room 2nd floor, 3-16-6, Higashi Shibuya, Tokyo

KANSAI KYOTO 4.29. – 5.11. Eizou Studio 1928 - Exhibition / エキシビション // Dohjidai Gallery of Art, free    Dohjidai Gallery of Art, 1928 Building 1F, Sanjo-dori Gokomachi Tonan-kado, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-3082
  KYOTO 5.11. Sun. Eizou Studio 1928 - Exhibition Closing Party / エキシビション - 閉会パーティー // Dohjidai Gallery of Art, free    Dohjidai Gallery of Art, 1928 Building 1F, Sanjo-dori Gokomachi Tonan-kado, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-3082
  KYOTO 5.12. Mon. 14:45 Kyoto University - Lecture + Screening / レクチャー、 上映会, free    Kyoto University, Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, South Building, 2nd floor, room 201, Yoshida Nihonmatsu-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501
  NAGOYA 5.14. Wed. 12:50 Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences - Lecture + Screening / レクチャー、 上映会, free    Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences, 57, Takenoyama, Iwasaki-Cho, Nisshin-Shi, Aichi
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE WWW-LINK ON THE FLYER IS WRONG!
  OSAKA 5.15. Thu. 15:10 Osaka Electro-Communication University - Lecture + Screening / レクチャー、 上映会, for OECU students only
  NAGOYA 5.16. Fri. 18:30 K.D. Japon - AV Live Performance / AVライブパフォーマンス w/ live audio by dubmarronics, ¥2300 w/1d, ¥2000 advance or w/ flyer w/1d    K.D Japon, 〒460-0012, 名古屋市中区千代田5丁目12-7
  KYOTO 5.17. Sat. 19:30 Image Forum Festival - Screening + Talk / 上映会、 トーク // Goethe Institut, ¥1200, ¥1000 advance    Goethe-Institut, 19-3 Kwahara-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
  KYOTO 5.18. Sun. 18:30 UrBANGUILD - AV Live Performance / AVライブパフォーマンス w/ live audio by dubmarronics, ¥2500 w/1d, ¥2000 advance or w/ flyer w/1d   アバンギルド、京都市中京区木屋町三条下ルニュー京都ビル3F
  KYOTO 5.20. Tue. 16:00 Kyoto Saga University of Arts - Lecture + Screening / レクチャー、 上映会, for KSUA students only
  KOBE 5.23. Fri. 20:00 Roots - AV Live Performance / AVライブパフォーマンス w/ live audio by DJ Duct // Gastro Pub Spark, Guest VJ: Bento (Minimal Tokyo, Bentographics), ¥2500 w1d + free buffet    Cafe Spark, 1F 3-2-1 Nunobiki-cho Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo
  OSAKA 5.24. Sat. 15:00 Planet Studyo Plus One - Screenings + Talk / 上映会、 トーク, ¥1000   Planet Studyo Plus One, 501 Asahi Prazza Umeda-Higasi, 3-1-10 Nakazaki-Nishi, Kita-Ku, Osaka, 530-0015
  OSAKA 5.25. Sun. 15:00 Planet Studyo Plus One - AV Live Performance w/ soundtrack by The Springmine Disaster + Screening / AVライブパフォーマンス、 上映会, ¥1500 AVライブパフォーマンス, ¥1000 上映会, ¥2000 一緒に    Planet Studyo Plus One, 501 Asahi Prazza Umeda-Higasi, 3-1-10 Nakazaki-Nishi, Kita-Ku, Osaka, 530-0015

KANTO TOKYO 5.25. Sun. 21:30 GOOD & EVIL NIGHT vol.5 - Visuals Live Performance / ヴィジュアル・ライブパフォーマンス w/ DJ Set by Nick Luscombe (Flomotion, Bambola Recordings) + Guest MC Coppe (Mango+Sweetrice) // Seco Lounge, free   Seco Lounge, 1-11-1, B1F, Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
  TOKYO 5.26. Mon. 19:00 Apple Store Ginza - Screening + Talk / 上映会、 トーク, free   Apple Store Ginza, Saegusa Bld Ginza 3-5-12 Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061


E-FLYER
(includes tour dates - April 2008)
PRESS RELEASE (Japanese and English - April 2008)

Hattler Vs Seidel
Still from Visual Live Performance 'Hattler Vs Seidel'


Selected Coverage from Press, Blogs and TV, 2008
Someone's Garden, Japan (October)
CG WORLD, Japan (October)
Hitspaper, Japan (September)
UIT VISUAL, MJTV, Japan (July)
PingMag, Japan (May)
White-Screen, Japan (May)
Metropolis Magazine, Japan (May)
Animation Show, USA (May)
Minimal Tokyo, Japan (May)
Tokyo Art Beat, Japan (May)
Kansai Art Beat, Japan (May)
Roots, Kobe, Japan (May)
Computerlove (April)
Südwest Presse, Ulm, Germany (April)
White-Screen, Japan (April)
Stash Feed, USA (April)
Shift Magazine, Japan (April)
Goethe Institut Kyoto, Japan (April)
Goethe Institut Tokyo, Japan (April)
Goethe Institut Osaka, Japan (April)
Bento Graphics Blog, Japan (April)
Motionographer, USA (April)
Roots, Kobe, Japan (April)
Shots Newsletter, UK (March)
Lumen Eclipse, USA (March)


[ www.maxhattler.com ]
[ www.robertseidel.com ]


WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID:
"rockin' Japan Tour." Motionographer

"Now video heads get the chance to see what two of Europe’s most hotly tipped visual artists are up to when Max Hattler and Robert Seidel arrive for a monthlong tour."
Metropolis Magazine, Tokyo

"I highly recommend the programme of contemporary German Experimental Animation which features the work of Max Hattler and Robert Seidel."

Nishikata Film Review, Japan (writing about the 22nd Image Forum Festival)

"German artists Max Hattler and Robert Seidel are currently showing us their beautiful visualisations, short movies and VJ sets." PingMag, Tokyo

"Hattler and Seidel swallow Tokyo whole." Animation Show, USA

"マックス・ハットラーとローベルト・ザイデルはドイツ国内外で注目の若手ビデオ・アーティストだ。マックス・ハットラーはアニメーション、メディアアートとならんでミュージック・ビデオも手がけている映像作家で、英カルチャー誌“Dazed and Confused”では「世界のもっともエキサイティングな若手アニメーション作家3名」の一人と紹介された。ローベルト・ザイデルはカナダのコマーシャル映像マガジン“Boards”で世界の注目監督30名に掲げられている。"

Goethe Institut, Tokyo