Sometimes Max Hattler talks about his work, sits on a jury, curates a screening or holds a workshop. He also teaches animation. Lecture and extensive screening of work, unless otherwise stated.
- Beat.Bit Festival, ESAP-Guimarães, Guimarães, Portugal, 29 Jun, 21:00-22:00 (screening/talk)
- Beat.Bit Festival, ESAP-Guimarães, Guimarães, Portugal, 26-30 Jun (a/v workshop, w/ Noriko Okaku)
- Vilnius Art Academy, Vilnius, Lithuania, during 27-30 Mar (lecture + tutorials)
- Go Short - Int'l Short Film Festival Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Holland, 14-18 Mar (international jury)
- Exposures Festival, Cornerhouse, Manchester, 22 Feb, 18:00 (Music, Video, Art? panel discussion)
- Royal College of Art, London, 16 + 23 Feb (short workshop for VisCom + Animation MA1 students)
Shape Rainbow (2012), a film in 16 sections by 2nd-year BA Graphic Design Communication students at Chelsea College of Art and Design, made in response to a brief by Max Hattler. "During last term, the award winning animator Max Hattler came to work with the gdc stage 2. Working in small groups the students responded to his brief to make short sequences following general instructions for their structure which, when joined together became a new, group generated animation." CCAD GDC blog, Jan 2012.
2011
- Animate Digitalis Commisions Launch, BFI Southbank, London, 14 Dec (panel with Emma Geliot, James Lowne and Gary Thomas)
- Alphalabs.cc at onedotzero Festival, BFI Southbank, London, 26 Nov (presentation of Kaleidobooth app)
- Chelsea College of Art & Design, London, 14 Nov - 7 Dec (experimental moving image project for BA2 Graphic Design Communication students)
- Ulm Szenen - Szene Ulm, Stadthaus, Ulm, Germany, 11 Oct (live video interview by Rainer Schlenz)
- CAMP Festival for Visual Music, ZKM/HfG, Karlsruhe, Germany, 22 Sep (lecture)
- Fantoche, Baden, Switzerland, 9 Sep ('Meet the Artists' discussion chaired by Robert Buchschwenter)
- Open Research Panel: Audiovisual Performances, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London, 27 Jul (panel discussion with Ben Sheppee, Mike Faulkner, Matthias Kispert, Noriko Okaku, Blanca Regina)
- Chelsea College of Art & Design, London, 26 Jul (tutorials for MA Graphic Design Communication)
- VIS Vienna Independent Shorts, Vienna, Austria, 26 May - 1 Jun (jury for Austrian competition)
- Animation Avantgarde Academy, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria, 26 May (lecture on animation and live performance) "Max Hattler looks at recent developments in audiovisual live performance and their relation to the wider history of abstract animation." Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
- Wiener Kunstschule (Animation Dept), Vienna, Austria, 12 May (seminar & tutorials, w/ Noriko Okaku)
- Wiener Kunstschule, Vienna, Austria, 11 May (Berufsbild KünsterIn lecture)
- NOVA Contemporary Culture, EAV, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 20 Apr (flyer here)
- Chelsea College of Art & Design, London, 29 Mar
- Middlesex University (Animation Dept), London, 28 Mar (lecture + tutorials)
- Max Hattler: Audiovisual Abstractions, AA School of Architecture, London, 14 Mar
- Anima Festival, Brussels, Belgium, 11 Mar, (masterclass)
- University of Portsmouth (Animation Dept), Portsmouth, UK, 7 Mar
- University of East London, London, 22 Feb (tutorials)
- University of East London, London, 8 Feb (presentation + tutorials)
- Structuring Strategies: Max Hattler, CalArts, Valencia, California, USA, 25 Jan
- CalArts, Valencia, California, USA, 24-29 Jan (1-week experimental animation workshop)
- Sound & Stories Amplified: Max Hattler & Jonas Odell, Solothurn Film Festival, 22 Jan (screening+Q&A)
- Solothurn Film Festival, Solothurn, Switzerland, 22 Jan (jury for Swiss music video competition)
- Producing Animated Music Videos, Solothurn, Switzerland, 21 Jan (masterclass for FOCAL AnimaPlus)
- Video is The Only Constant, London, UK, 16 Jan (talk + mini-screening)
- Max Hattler: Relations & Abstractions, Directors Lounge at Z-Bar, Berlin, 8 Jan (screening+Q&A)
Open Research Panel: Audiovisual Performances, Chelsea College, University of the Arts, London, July 2011. From left to right: Matthias Kispert (lecturer in Sound Art at London College of Communication), Mike Faulkner (founder of D-Fuse), Ben Sheppee (co-founder of Lightrhythm Visuals label and audiovisualacademy.com), Max Hattler, Noriko Okaku, and Visiting Researcher Dr. Blanca Regina (U.R.J.C. Madrid). Photo © Kate Pelling.
Max Hattler masterclass at Solothurn Film Festival, Switzerland, January 2011
2010
- Videomedeja International Video Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia, 17-19 Dec (jury)
- Introducing the Artist: Max Hattler, Videomedeja, Novi Sad, Serbia, 19 Dec (screening + Q&A)
- onedotzero_new creators conference, Yota Space, St. Petersburg, Russia, 11 Dec (talk + panel)
- Anilogue Animation Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary, 25-27 Nov (3-day workshop)
- Met Film School, Ealing Studios, London, UK, 15 Nov
- Musikhuset, Aarhus, Denmark, 20 Oct
- Goethe-Institut, Ankara, Turkey, 13 Oct
- TAW Talk, The Animation Workshop, Viborg, Denmark, 20 Sep (presentation of new works)
- Circuito Off, Venice, Italy, 1-4 Sep (jury)
- NOVA, Museum of Image and Sound, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 9-11 Aug (3-day workshop)
- MOCAmpus, MOCA, Taipei, Taiwan, 19 Jun
- MOCA, Taipei, Taiwan, 15 Jun (exhibition opening / press conference)
- Ursula Blickle Videolounge at Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria, 31 May
- BUG 19, BFI Southbank, London, UK, 20 May (Q&A w/ Adam Buxton)
- Ecole Régionale des Beaux-Arts, Valence, France, 17-19 May (3-day animation workshop)
- onedotzero at Cryptic Nights, CCA, Glasgow, UK, 6 May (Q&A w/ Claire Spencer Cook)
- Habitacion del Ruido, Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana, Mexico City, 28 Apr
- Habitacion del Ruido, UCSJ, Mexico City, 28 Apr (jury for student audiovisual competition)
- Animation Exchange Forum, Filmfest Dresden, Germany, 24 Apr (work-in-progress presentation)
- Ferienakademie Roggenburg, Germany, 6 Apr
- Ferienakademie Roggenburg, Germany, 5-9 Apr (experimental animation workshop)
- Animated Worlds: Avant-Garde Animation, Cinephilia West, London, 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." Pooja Pottenkulam
- University of Westminster, London, 8 Mar (lecture + mini-workshop)
- Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, London, UK, 17 Feb
- Max Hattler: Audiovisual Abstractions, 6th Berlin International Directors Lounge, Berlin, Germany, 14 Feb
- The Animation Workshop, Viborg, Denmark, 9 Feb
- The Animation Workshop, Viborg, Denmark, 8-12 Feb (experimental animation workshop)
2009
- Southampton Solent University, Southampton, UK, 7 Dec (presentation + tutorials)
- International Short Film Festival Leuven, Belgium, 29 Nov (Aanaatt Q&A w/ Frank Moens)
- Exground Filmfest, Wiesbaden, Germany, 21 Nov (Aanaatt Q&A)
- Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, London, UK, 20 Nov
- Oblique Narratives: Max Hattler & Noriko Okaku Retrospective, Fredrikstad Animation Festival, 14 Nov
- Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Fredrikstad, Norway, 11-15 Nov (jury)
- Pecha Kucha Night, Big Chill House, London, UK, 9 Nov (short presentation)
- DOK Leipzig, Germany, 30 Oct (Aanaatt Q&A w/ Ingo Linde)
- Optica Festival, Madrid, Spain, 16 Oct (screening 4 films + introduction)
- Max Hattler Case Study, Branchage Film Festival, Jersey, Channel Islands, 4 Oct (as part of BAFTA + Shooting People 'Short Sighted!' panel w/ James Mullighan, Ben Blaine, Rebecca Mark-Lawson, etc.)
- Branchage Film Festival, Jersey, Channel Islands, 3 Oct (retrospective + Q&A)
- Square Eyes: Hertz & Lux / Made in Arnhem, Holland, 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, 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, 23 Apr (presentation + tutorials)
- Ferienakademie 2009, Kloster Roggenburg, Germany, 15 Apr
- Ferienakademie 2009, Kloster Roggenburg, Germany, 13-17 Apr (filmmaking workshop)
- Southampton Solent University, Southampton, UK, 17 Feb
- Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, London, UK, 28 Jan
- Kunsthochschule für Medien, Cologne, Germany, 22 Jan
2008
- Keyframes: Max Hattler & Noriko Okaku, Animated Dreams, Tallinn, Estonia, 21 Nov
- Royal College of Art, London, UK, 6 Nov
- Digital Dreams, SuperDeluxe, Tokyo, 1 Nov (Max Hattler vs. Robert Seidel DVD launch + panel)
- Curtocircuito Festival, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 17-24 Oct (jury)
- Animae Caribe, Trinidad, 23 Sep
- AnimationVolda Festival, Volda, Norway, 13 Sep (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 + 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 + 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 (short 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 (talk + tutorials)
- Central Saint Martins College, London, UK, 25 Feb
- University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK, 7 Feb (talk + 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 + mini-workshop)
2005
- Royal College of Art, London, UK, Jun (Teaching Assistant to Clive Walley, 1-week 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)
- 'Sync - Circular Adventures in Animation', in Virginie Selavy (ed.) The End: An Electric Sheep Anthology
- 'Digitalis Ubiquitous? Ramblings of a Self-Confessed Digital Native', in Animate Projects: Digitalis Catalogue
Animate Projects Digitalis Commissions Launch, panel discussion with Gary Thomas, Max Hattler, James Lowne, Emma Geliot (left to right). BFI, London, Dec 2011. Photo: Noriko Okaku
TEACHING 2006-present
- Goldsmiths, University of London,
Animation Lecturer on BA Media and Comms (Level 3), 2006-present
- Chelsea College of Art & Design, University of the Arts London,
Associate Lecturer on BA Graphic Design Communication (Level 2), 2011-present
- University of East London, Lecturer in Animation and Moving Image (BA Level 3), 02/2009-06/2010
- Volda University College, Norway,
3D Animation Tutor on BA Animation (Level 1), 09-12/2006
Max Hattler Experimental Animation Workshop at CalArts, USA, 2011. Photo: Michael Scroggins
WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID
"Max Hattler surprises his audience with the gripping force of his abstracted images, combined with sounds he often composes for his own films. The German media artist and animator lives in London and has made a real leap into the media art and festival scene since he graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2005." Klaus W. Eisenlohr, Directors Lounge, 2011 [more]
"Max Hattler's films are symmetrical worlds of rotating kaleidoscopic wonder that are truly entrancing." Garrick Webster, Design Week, 2011 [more]
"... his body of work is so diverse, yet his work always shows a sense of play and discovery. It is as if he is composing with light and image instead of notes on a paper." Erin Scott, Audiochic, 2011[more]
"avant-gardiste" Le Soir, Belgium, 2011
"Max Hattler und Noriko Okaku zählen zu den international erfolgreichsten Talenten des experimentellen Animationsfilms." Reiner Kapeller, Das Denkfabrikat, 2011
"...der weltweit gehypte Max Hattler..." SKIP - Das Kinomagazin, 2011
"Max Hattler is a genius." Christopher San Augustin, kickstartboom, 2011
"Макс Хаттлер, один из самых известных и интересных современных видео художников и экспериментальных фильммейкеров..." Audiovisual Academy (av:in), 2011
"... as one of Germany's most noted creatives his works provoke debate at film festivals around the world." Caitlin Leslie, Schön Magazine (issue 8), UK, 2010
"... 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, HotOneTen, 2010
One of "the new breed of creators operating today … stand out, world-class work." Onedotzero, 2010
Max speaking at onedotzero New Creators Conference, Yota Space, St. Petersburg, Russia, Dec 2010. Photo © Steve Healy / onedotzero.
"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, Animation Lecturer, University of the West of England, 2010
"Die Arbeiten von Max Hattler assoziieren einen Besuch in einem
Spielzeugladen: Es herrscht ein stilistisches Chaos voller
Überraschungen. Mit jedem Film fügt Hattler einen neuen Stil an, der
sich erst in der Gesamtschau zu einer erkennbaren Handschrift, einer Art
schillerndem Spiegelkabinett unseres Lebens verdichtet." Robert Seidel, 2010
"Max Hattler, uno de los creadores visualmente más originales del panorama del cortometraje actual." Canal+ Spain, 2010
"Imprevisible como pocos, Max Hattler es fiel a sí mismo pero no por ello menos libre." Adrián Rodríguez, Broad.cat, 2010
"Max Hattler is an intelligent animator" Ian Lumsden, Animation Blog, 2009
"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, 2009 [more]
"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, Netribution, 2009
"Max is definitely one of the most original, startling animators around with range of projects, commercial and high art" Ian Lumsden, Animation Blog, 2009 [more]
"groundbreaking animation and music video work" Shooting People, 2009
"Max Hattler is one of my favourite experimental animators" Directors Notes, 2009
One of "Europe's most hotly tipped visual artists" Metropolis Magazine, Japan, 2008 [more]
"made important contributions to the development of the field of animation" Camille Selvon Abrahams, Animae Caribe Festival Director, 2008
"Part of a young international generation of filmmakers Hattler’s ideas transform into individual dynamic masterpieces." Media Art Friesland, 2007
"his personal work is a revelation" ICA, London, 2007
"Current hot potatoe" Time Out London, 2007
"absorbing and metaphorical visual musings" Dazed Digital, 2007
"With a style that blends clever use of audio with simple and metaphorically laden visuals, his work really just rocks" Run-Riot, 2007
One of "three of the world’s most exciting young animators" Dazed and Confused, 2006 [more]