WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID ABOUT MAX HATTLER

"... animator Max Hattler ... uses objects, cameras and computers to drag you into another dimension through shape, colour, movement, sound, politics, pop culture, off-key on-point observation and kaleidoscopic geometry. His live AV sets are good too." Carla MacKinnon, Hot 110

"Max Hattler is an intelligent animator" Animation Blog

"avowed innovator ... one of a wave of design-savvy digital moving image wunderkinds that include David OReilly and (sometime Hattler collaborator) Robert Seidel." Kate Taylor, Electric Sheep

"Hattler is currently one of the world’s most exciting animators with films such as Drift and the quite brilliant Aanaatt perfect examples of Hattler’s interest in the relationship between sound, music and the moving image."
Laurence Boyce, Hull International Short Film Festival Director

One of "three of the world’s most exciting young animators" (next to PES and Model Robot) Dazed and Confused

One of "Europe's most hotly tipped visual artists" Metropolis Magazine, Japan

"groundbreaking animation and music video work" Shooting People

"Max Hattler is one of my favourite experimental animators" Directors Notes

"Part of a young international generation of filmmakers Hattler’s ideas transform into individual dynamic masterpieces." Media Art Friesland

"his personal work is a revelation" Institute of Contemporary Arts, London

"Current hot potatoe" Time Out London

"absorbing and metaphorical visual musings" Dazed Digital

"made important contributions to the development of the field of animation" Camille Selvon Abrahams, Animae Caribe Festival Director

"Max Hattler ... is ... an artist who uses animation, audio, and performance throughout his work, and is truly International. ... He is a great example of a modern operator who does not require a huge studio backing to make work." John Parry, Lecturer in Animation, University of the West of England

"Max is definitely one of the most original, startling animators around with range of projects, commercial and high art" Ian Lumsden, animationblog.org

"With a style that blends clever use of audio with simple and metaphorically laden visuals, his work really just rocks" Run-Riot

"Imprevisible como pocos, Max Hattler es fiel a sí mismo pero no por ello menos libre." Adrián Rodríguez, Broad.cat



MAX HATTLER:
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Max Hattler likes to teach. He also sometimes talks about his work, sits on a jury, curates a screening, or holds a workshop.

TEACHING 2005-2010
- Goldsmiths, London, Animation Lecturer on BA Media and Comms, 2006 + 2007/2008 + 2009-present
- University of East London, Lecturer in Animation and Moving Image (BAs), 02/2009-present
- Volda University College, Norway, 3D Animation Tutor on BA Animation, 09-12/2006
- Royal College of Art, London, teaching assistant to experimental animator Clive Walley, 06/2005

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TALKS / PRESENTATIONS / JURY / WORKSHOPS / CURATING:
Lecture and extensive screening of work, unless otherwise stated.
2010
- Fantoche / Focal, Baden, Switzerland, 6-8 Sep (animation workshop)
- Circuito Off, San Servolo Island, Venice, Italy, 1-4 Sep (jury)
- NOVA, MIS, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 9-11 Aug (audiovisual workshop Metrópoles sinfonia de A/V)
- MOCAmpus, MOCA, Taipei, Taiwan, Sat 19 Jun, 14:30-16:30 (artist talk)
- MOCA, Taipei, Taiwan, Tue 15 June, 14:00 (exhibition opening w/ talks)
- Ursula Blickle Videolounge at Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria, Mon 31 May (director's talk)
- BUG 19, BFI Southbank, London, UK, Thu 20 May (1923/1925 Q&A w/ Adam Buxton)
- Ecole Régionale des Beaux-Arts, Valence, France, 17-19 May (experimental animation workshop)
- onedotzero at Cryptic Nights, CCA, Glasgow, UK, Thu 6 May (Q&A w/ Claire Spencer Cook)
- Habitacion del Ruido, Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana, Mexico City, Wed 28 Apr (lecture)
- Habitacion del Ruido, UCSJ, Mexico City, Wed 28 Apr (jury for student audiovisual competition)
- Animation Exchange Forum, Filmfest Dresden, Germany, Sat 24 Apr (work-in-progress presentation)
- Ferienakademie Roggenburg, Germany, Tue 6 Apr (lecture/screening)
- Ferienakademie Roggenburg, Germany, 5-9 Apr (experimental animation workshop)
- Animated Worlds: Avant-Garde Animation, Cinephilia West, London, Sun 21 Mar (curating + presenting) "German abstract animation filmmaker Max Hattler will track the progress of experimental and abstract animation from the 1920s to 2010, with a selection of films that illustrate the genre."
- University of Westminster, London, Mon 8 Mar (lecture + mini-workshop)
- Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, London, UK, Wed 17 Feb (lecture/screening)
- Berlin International Directors Lounge, Berlin, Sun 14 Feb (screening 7 films + introduction)
- The Animation Workshop, Viborg, Denmark, 9 Feb (lecture/screening)
- The Animation Workshop, Viborg, Denmark, 8-12 Feb (animation workshop / film jam director)

2009
- Southampton Solent University, Southampton, UK, Mon 7 Dec (presentation + tutorials)
- International Short Film Festival Leuven, Belgium, Sun 29 Nov (Aanaatt Q&A w/ Frank Moens)
- Exground Filmfest, Wiesbaden, Germany, Sat 21 Nov (Aanaatt Q&A)
- Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, London, UK, Fri 20 Nov
- Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Norway, Sat 14 Nov (Oblique Narratives: Hattler/Okaku Retrospective)
- Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Fredrikstad, Norway, 11-15 Nov (jury)
- Pecha Kucha Night, Big Chill House, London, UK, Mon 9 Nov (20x20 presentation)
- DOK Leipzig, Germany, Fri 30 Oct (Aanaatt Q&A w/ Ingo Linde)
- Optica Festival, Madrid, Spain, Fri 16 Oct (screening 4 films + introduction)
- Branchage Jersey Int'l Film Festival, Jersey, UK, Sun 4 Oct ('Max Hattler Case Study' as part of BAFTA + Shooting People 'Short Sighted!' panel w/ James Mullighan, Ben Blaine, Rebecca Mark-Lawson, etc.)
- Branchage Jersey Int'l Film Festival, Jersey, UK, Sat 3 Oct (retrospective + Q&A)
- Square Eyes: Hertz & Lux / Made in Arnhem, Holland, Sat 26 Sep (Aanaatt + Drift Q&A w/ Tanja Koning)
- onedotzero_adventures in motion, London, 11 Sep (Aanaatt Q&A w/ Shane Walter)
- Muuuvi International Short Film Festival, Lazar Castle, Romania, 31 Jul - 3 Aug (jury)
- ArtsFest, Wellington College, Berkshire, UK, Tue 23 Jun
- Acting for Animation Symposium, Volda University College, Norway, 7 May (lecture on abstract animation)
- Image Forum Festival, Japan, 29 Apr + 4 May 2009 (curating + presenting German films programme)
- Southampton Solent University, Southampton, UK, Thu 23 Apr (presentation + tutorials)
- Ferienakademie 2009, Kloster Roggenburg, Germany, Wed 15 Apr
- Ferienakademie 2009, Kloster Roggenburg, Germany, 13-17 Apr (filmmaking workshop)
- Southampton Solent University, Southampton, UK, Tue 17 Feb
- Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, London, UK, Wed 28 Jan
- Kunsthochschule für Medien, Cologne, Germany, Thu 22 Jan

2008
- Keyframes lecture, Animated Dreams, Tallinn, Estonia, 21 Nov (w/ Noriko Okaku)
- Royal College of Art, London, UK, Thu 6 Nov
- Digital Dreams, SuperDeluxe, Tokyo, Sat 1 Nov (Max Hattler vs. Robert Seidel DVD launch)
- Curtocircuito Festival, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 17-24 Oct (jury)
- Animae Caribe, Trinidad, Tue 23 Sep
- AnimationVolda Festival, Volda, Norway, 13 Sep 2008 (curating + presenting music video screening)
- AnimationVolda Festival, Norway, 13 Sep (presentation of Drift + Collision)
- Fuel RCA: Hello World, Royal College of Art, London, 9 Jul (panel discussion)
- Cross Currents, Royal College of Art, London, 10 Jun (presentation of Collision)
- Animafest, Zagreb, Croatia 31 May - 5 Jun (introduction of Striper v0.1 + Drift)
- Apple Store Ginza, Tokyo, Japan, 26 May
- Planet Studyo Plus One, Osaka, Japan, 24 and 25 May
- Kyoto Saga University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan, 20 May
- Image Forum Festival, Kyoto, Japan, 17 May
- Osaka Electro-Communication University, Osaka, Japan, 15 May
- Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences, Nagoya, Japan, 14 May
- Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 12 May
- Snack Nagako, SuperDeluxe, Tokyo, Japan, 9 May (short presentation)
- Uplink Factory, Tokyo, Japan, 7 and 8 May
- FFIAK International Animation Festival, Yokohama, Japan, 6 May
- Apple Store Ginza, Tokyo, Japan, 5 May (short presentation)
- Image Forum Festival, Tokyo, Japan, 28 and 30 Apr
- Pecha Kucha Night, SuperDeluxe, Tokyo, Japan, 24 Apr (20x20 presentation)
- Bristol School of Animation, University of West of England, 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 (presentation + tutorials)
- Central Saint Martins College, London, UK, 25 Feb
- University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK, 7 Feb (presentation + tutorials)
- FDMX, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK, 23 Jan

2007
- Ferdinand-von-Steinbeiß Schule für Grafikdesign, Ulm, Germany, Dec
- Nikolaus-Kopernikus-Gymnasium, Weissenhorn, Germany, Nov
- AURORA, Norwich, UK, Nov (panel discussion with Gary Thomas, Robert Seidel, Semiconductor)
- Media Art Friesland Festival, Leeuwarden, Holland, Sep
- Max Hattler: Filme & Videos 2003-2007, Stadthaus, Ulm, Germany, Jun
- London College of Communication, London, UK, Mar (presentation + workshop)

2004
- Exground Filmfest, Wiesbaden, Germany, Nov (Everything Turns Q&A)
- 'Small Space Sessions', Macondo, London, Sep (curating + organizing screening)
- '34 Minutes of Your Time', Hat On Wall, London, Jul (curating + organizing screening)
- Zebra Poetry Film Award, Berlin, Germany, Jun (Everything Turns Q&A)



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