We have liftoff! Model Starship, a very brief encounter with another world.
- FILE - Electronic Language International Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Jul-Aug
- International Short Film Festival Detmold, Detmold, Germany, 31 May - 9 Jun
- San Francisco International Film Festival, SF, CA, USA, 25 Apr - 9 May
- Backup Festival, Weimar, Germany, 22-26 May
- Derapage, Centre de Design, UQAM, Montreal, Canada, 18 Apr
- London College of Communication, London, UK, 17 Apr (lecture)
- Future Film Festival, Bologna, Italy 12-17 Apr
- DOTMOV Festival, Japan + world tour, 1 Nov - through 2013
- Chinese Open: Year of the Snake, Q Park, Chinatown, London, Sun 10 Feb (curated by Vanya Balogh & Cedric Christie)
2012
- Cocaine – blows my brain..., Spor Klübü, Berlin, Germany, 30 Nov
- HEAD - Geneva University of Art and Design, Switzerland, 22 Nov (artist talk)
- Freie Kunstakademie Baden-Württemberg, Fellbach, Germany, 15 Nov (artist talk)
- Blitzfilm Festival China Tour to Chongqing, Chengdu, Kunming, Shanghai, Qingyuan, Foshan, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Tianjin, and Beijing, 3 Nov - 8 Dec
- DOTMOV Festival, Japan + world tour, 1 Nov - through 2013
- Meet the Artists, Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle, UK, 25 Aug
- Max Hattler Presents..., Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle, UK, 23 Aug (premiere)
- Pixel Palace Breakfast, Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle, UK, 13 Aug (preview)
- Datarama, Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle, UK, 10 Aug (preview)
"I selected Max Hattler’s new piece of abstract animation without the slightest hesitation as his brief but exquisite film Model Starship was strikingly different from other nominated films. According to what I have read on the artist’s website, the idea of a collaboration came about during the interview with a fashion magazine called Journal, which gave him a make-up bag full of autumn/winter 2012 products. Max Hattler came up with such astonishing images only using the luxury cosmetics in the bag from Givenchy, Laura Mercier, NARS, Shu Uemura, Shiseido and YSL. Turning the familiar products into something new and creating a scene that you could see in a sci-fi movie by filming using their shapes and materials, with images reflected from mirrors, was sensational. The artist was able to produce images that are vague and abstract but clear and concise at the same time as he went through the process of observing the products, imaging, and recognizing their patterns. I completely understand why he titled his art film A Very Brief Encounter with Another World. Bringing his imagination into action, he recreated the so-called secular ready-made products into an eye-catching art film. It gave me a refreshing jolt of the same kind as when Fontaine of Marcel Duchamp shocked the contemporary art world. Anyone who was disappointed to see the film end so soon can invest in Max Hattler for its longer version." DOTMOV 2012, selected and commented by Ki Young Park (Sugarcube)
"All Aboard Model Starship: A couple of months ago, we dropped the artist Max Hattler to tell him how much we admired his work. We did a little Q&A with him right here on Journal and then met up for coffee. The idea of a collaboration came about and a make-up bag full of autumn/winter 2012 products were duly thrust into his arms. This short abstract film – Model Starship – (with sound by Eduardo Noya Schreus) is the result. We love it! What do you think?" Journal Magazine (23 Aug 2012)
"Everyday objects are transformed into a science fictional landscape." San Francisco International Film Festival 2013
"Model Starship is an all too brief, but no less impressive, new piece of abstract animation from Max Hattler commissioned by fashion magazine Journal." Directors Notes (23 Aug 2012)
"Max Hattler’s latest adventure in animation is cosmetic sci-fi stop motion" Jotta (23 Aug 2012)
"We've posted several of Max Hattler's abstract narrative-free stop-motion films on the Animated Review in the past. His latest film, 'Model Starship' is a continuation of the visuals and the otherworldly appearance of these earlier shorts. 'Model Starship' was commissioned as an art film by new fashion magazine 'Journal' and will be followed up with a sequel at an undisclosed date." Animated Review (Aug 2012)
Style Sight (Japan, issue 5, summer 2012)
CREDITS
A film by Max Hattler.
Sound by Eduardo Noya Schreus.
An art film commission by Journal magazine.
Featuring make-up products by Givenchy, Laura Mercier, NARS, Shu Uemura, Shiseido and YSL.
Thanks to Sarah Noble and Sandra Sykorova.
Year: 2012
Available formats: 1080p HD digital file, DVD
Length: 0'40"