WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID ABOUT STRIPER V0.1

"Experimental animator Max Hattler uses the medium to see the potential for mixing different art forms into condensed forms of storytelling, and regards technique as being merely a tool for enabling that process to appear for the audience. His films often have a very different visual feel as a result, encouraged by his organic way of creating and producing work. Whilst films like Collision have a powerful undercurrent of rhetorical commentary about the War on Terror, Striper v.01 is happy to document a subject that to others might be immaterial, but to the observant Max Hattler is a thing of beauty and intrigue. Inspired by numerous cycling expeditions through London, weaving in and out of the busy city traffic, Max found himself looking closely at his immediate proximity. The streets are so plastered with signage, with primary colours competing against the texture of the road, exploded scale that causes fracturing of form and abstraction, not to mention conflicting and contrasting messages dictated by these glyphs. The urban topography of London provided Max with an interesting starting point, to only use what was already there and document the everyday, but re-packaging it to make the subject a thing of vibrancy and excitement rather than frustration and annoyance experienced by the rush hour crowd."
Andrew Selby 'Animation In Process' (published by Laurence King, 2009)

"Max Hattler's Striper v0.1 began life as a college project, based on experiences of day-to-day commuting ... [Max Hattler approaches] animation from a practical, theoretical and technical perspective that is shaped by a desire to speak to an audience through manipulations of sound and vision, shaped and informed by critical dialogue."
Andrew Selby 'Experimental Animation in a Post-Critical Age' (published by Common Ground, 2009)
Striper v0.1

A very short meditation on the street as canvas.

Download (3mb mov)

AWARDS
- Runner Up Best Animation, One Minute Wonders, Leeds, UK, 2006

SCREENINGS 2010
- MUMIA, Brazil, Betim & Nova Lima, 6-12 Sep; Belo Horizonte, 13-19 Sep
- 6010 Film & Videofestival, Hilchenbach, Germany, 29-30 May
- Habitacion del Ruido, UCSJ, Mexico City, Wed 28 Apr
- Berlin International Directors Lounge, Berlin, Sun 14 Feb

2009
- Ravensbourne College of Design, London, UK, 28 Jan + 20 Nov
- Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Norway, Sat 14 Nov
- Branchage Jersey International Film Festival, Jersey, Channel Islands, Sat 3 Oct
- Tweak Festival, Limerick City, Ireland, 21-26 Sep
- Aeon Festival, Shobrooke Park, Devon, UK, 28-30 Aug
- Muuuvi Tent, Peninsula Festival, Romania, 24 Jul
- ArtsFest, Wellington College, Berkshire, UK, 23 Jun
- Kunst (er)schöpft, Haus für Kunst und Kultur, Kloster Roggenburg, Germany, 11 Mar - 17 Apr
- RAF Festival, Zagreb, Croatia, 29 Mar - 4 Apr
 - Refresco! / Tratado de Integracion: Legion, Neuquen, Argentina, 26-28 Feb
- Southampton Solent University, Southampton, UK, 17 Feb
- Kunsthochschule für Medien, Cologne, Germany, 22 Jan

2008
- Royal College of Art, London, UK, 6 Nov
- FIA, Stockholm, Sweden, 31 Oct - 2 Nov
- Lumen Eclipse Le:60 Film Fest, Cambridge, MA, USA, 27 Sep
- Abstracta, Rome, Italy, 24 Sep
- Animae Caribe Festival, Trinidad, 23 Sep
- Muuuvi ISFF, Lazar Castle, Romania, 1-3 Aug
- Anima Mundi Gallery, Rio de Janeiro + Sao Paulo, Brazil, July
- Backup Festival (OH! Videomagazin screening), Germany, Fri 20 Jun
- Animafest, Zagreb, Croatia 31 May - 5 Jun
- Apple Store Ginza, Tokyo, Japan, 26 May
- Planet Studyo Plus One, Osaka, Japan, 24 and 25 May
- TechnoTravels/TeleMobility: HASTAC in Motion, USC, USA, 24 May
- Kyoto Saga University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan, 20 May
- Circuito Electrovisiones, Mexico City, Mexico, 15-23 May
- Uplink Factory, Tokyo, Japan, 7 and 8 May
- Britspotting FF and Tour, Berlin, Stuttgart + Cologne, Germany, Apr-May
- Bristol School of Animation, UWE, Bristol, UK, 16 Apr
- Creative Futures, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK, 9 Apr
- FDMX, Norwich School of Art and Design, Norwich, UK, 6 Mar
- Newport School of Art, University of Wales, Newport, UK, 4 Mar
- London Animation Studio, Central St. Martin's College, London, UK, 25 Feb
- University College for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK, 7 Feb
- FDMX, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK, 23 Jan

2007
- DOK Leipzig, Germany
- Flensburger Kurzfilmtage, Flensburg, Germany
- One Minute Film and Video Festival, Aarau, Switzerland
- Tindirindis Int'l Animation Film Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Media Art Friesland Festival, Leeuwarden, Holland
- BBC Big Screens in Leeds, UK
- Citric Gallery, Brescia, Italy
- RUGA Magazine Screening at Roxy, London
- StArt: RugaQuaranta, Monza, Italy
- Collisions at Soho House, London
- ROJO Magazine at Favela Chic, London
- Ferdinand-von-Steinbeiß Schule für Grafikdesign, Ulm, Germany
- Nikolaus-Kopernikus-Gymnasium, Weissenhorn, Germany
- Max Hattler Retrospective, Roxy, London
- Max Hattler: 2003-2007, Stadthaus, Ulm, Germany

2006
- Norwich International Animation Festival, UK
- Visionaria International Video Festival, Italy
- BYDESIGN, Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, USA
- One Minute Wonders / Cut Off Trousers, Leeds, UK
- Intervenciones TV, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain



PUBLICATIONS AND MORE
- Animation in Process by Andrew Selby, published by Laurence King, 2009
- Experimental Animation in a Post-Critical Age by Andrew Selby, published by Common Ground, 2009
- Max Hattler vs. Robert Seidel DVD, Japan, 2008
- RUGA Magazine, issue 2: RUGA®le stille rel, 2006
- for press coverage see PRESS

CREDITS
Directed and produced by Max Hattler © 2006
Commissioned by RUGA Magazine
Sound by Pablo Gav
Available formats: Beta SP, DVD
Length: 0'30"
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