WHAT OTHERS SAID ABOUT WHERE'S YOUR HEAD AT

"... an arena abstraction for Basement Jaxx ... Old school video games and '80s video walls inspired Max Hattler's visuals for Where's Your Head At ... Rather than treat the display as one fluid screen, he took advantage of the grid's '80s video wall look and designed flat, two-dimensional visuals that resemble old school video games such as Tetris." 'boards

"phenomenal ... an electric arcade of crazy kinetics." The Animation Show

"awesome visuals" Creamfields.com

"Hattler keeps things ambient and kinetic, a wise choice." Video Static

"madness ... we love it, it looks great!" Basement Jaxx

WHERE'S YOUR HEAD AT
Connect four on the disco dance floor. Light, liquid, shape and colour locked into a pixel playground.

This is the film festival version of a commission for the British house music duo Basement Jaxx (see here for the live context). During their concerts, the film is shown on a giant 7 x 2 meter LED screen behind the band. The concept is based on the grid structure of the LED display itself. The screen is made up of 60 square LED elements, four rows of 15 elements. Each of the blocks that make up the screen becomes a tile in the overall picture, a pixel in the construction of the visual narrative.

Premiered on Basement Jaxx UK Tour on 7x2 m LED screen, Spring 2009

SCREENINGS 2010
 - Melbourne International Animation Festival, Melbourne, Australia, 21-27 Jun
- Flatpack Festival, Birmingham, UK, Sat 27 Mar
- University of Westminster, London, UK, Mon 8 Mar
- BYDESIGN 10, Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, USA, 5-11 Mar
- Kunst ist Versuchung, Haus für Kunst und Kultur, Kloster Roggenburg, Germany, 24 Feb - 6 Jun
- Ravensbourne College of Design, London, UK, Wed 17 Feb
- Berlin International Directors Lounge, Berlin, Sun 14 Feb
- London Short Film Festival, London, UK, 8-17 Jan

SCREENINGS 2009
 - Videomedeja, Museum of Contemporary Art, Novi Sad, Serbia, 11-13 Dec
- Southampton Solent University, Southampton, UK, Mon 7 Dec
- Ravensbourne College of Design, London, UK, Fri 20 Nov
- Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Norway, Sat 14 Nov
- DOK Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, 26 Oct - 1 Nov
- Premio Simona Gesmundo, Italy, 26-28 Oct
- Tindirindis Int'l Animation Film Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania, 21-25 Oct
- Optica Festival, Madrid, Spain, Fri 16 Oct
- Curtocircuito Festival, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 10-17 Oct
- Darklight Festival, Dublin, Ireland, 8-11 Oct
- Branchage Jersey International Film Festival, Jersey, Channel Islands, Sat 3 Oct
- ArtsFest, Wellington College, Berkshire, UK, 23 Jun
- Acting for Animation Symposium, Volda University College, Volda, Norway, 7 May

where's your head at

CREDITS
Directed and produced by Max Hattler
Animation: Max Hattler, Milad Firoozian (3D), Noriko Okaku, Rodrigo Vives and Papaya Gonzales.
Music: Basement Jaxx
Commissioned by: Basement Jaxx / Punk Garage Ltd.
Available formats: HD, Beta SP, DVD
Original Dimensions / Format: 7x2 m LED screen / 1080x288 px / 15:4
Length: 5’55”
Year: 2009

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