Max Hattler
* 1976 in Ulm.
Max Hattler studied animation film at the Royal College of Art in London. With his live visuals he tours extensively through Europe, teaches at the Goldsmiths College and the University of East London and makes music videos and tour visuals for bands, e.g. for Basement Jaxx and The Egg. Max Hattler lives in London and Germany.
Max Hattler follows the invitation by VIS Vienna Independent Shorts to be Artist-in-Residence 2011 at the quartier21 of the MuseumsQuartier in Vienna.
Personal website: http://www.maxhattler.com/
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1897814/
FILMS directed by MAX HATTLER
1923 aka Heaven
Denmark/UK/Germany 2010, 2 min
Director: Max Hattler | Production: Max Hattler, The Animation Workshop | Model: Thorvaldur Gunnarsson, Arnold Bagasha, Blake Overgaard | Animation: Casper Michelsen, Mikkel Vedel, Thorvaldur Gunnarsson, Arnold Bagasha, Blake Overgaard | Music: Blake Overgaard
Presented by VIS within the context of:
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2011, Airbed Movies
1925 aka Hell
Denmark/UK/Germany 2010, 2 min
Director: Max Hattler | Production: Max Hattler, The Animation Workshop | Modellierung, Animation: Adrian Dexter, Allan Lønskov, Casper Wermuth, David Otzen, Jakob Kousholt, Kristoffer Mikkelsen | Music: Adrian Dexter
Spin
France/UK/Germany 2010, 4 min, HD
Director/Screenwriter/Cinematographer: Max Hattler | Producer: Nicolas Schmerkin | Editors: Max Hattler, Tony Fish | Music: Eclectic
Max Hattler is always on the go. From performances and classic animations to music videos he scores new coups in the shortest space of time. This one, an abstract musical of toy soldiers, is full of black humour, deployment and the absurdity of media, war and sovereignty. “Ironising” by aestheticising, this is a direct hit.
Presented by VIS within the context of:
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2010, Animation Avantgarde 2
Basement Jaxx: Where's Your Head At
UK/Germany 2009, 6 min, HD
Director/Producer/Screenplay/Editor: Max Hattler | Original music: Basement Jaxx
A pattern of commensurate squares which are illuminated or animated according to the beats. The mostly two-dimensional optics make for a typical 80s-look, that is further enhanced by analogies to early computer games. “Where’s your head at?!“
Presented by VIS within the context of:
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2010, Airbed Movies
Aanaatt
UK/Germany/Japan 2008, 5 min, HD
Director/Screenwriter/Cinematographer/Editing: Max Hattler | Production: Max Hattler, WK Tokyo Lab
Reflections, displacements, projections: the second contribution to the competition by media and AV-artist Max Hattler is a delightful comedy of errors situated somewhere between abstraction and realism, between constructivist design and the manual-analogue creation of space. A retro-futuristic work of art, firmly grounded by the music of Japanese electronic Jemapur.
Presented by VIS within the context of:
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2010, Animation Avantgarde 1
Awards:
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2010 (Special mention)
Eksjö Animation Festival 2009 (Best Design)
Videofestival Bochum 2009 (Host Award)
No-Festival Chelyabinsk 2009 (Special mention "for the art form")
Nachtmaschine
UK 2005, 4 min
director, cinematography, editing: Max Hattler | music: Hellmut Hattler
An abstract music film. This visually stylish work with an elegant jazzy sound also convinces through its interesting technique.
Presented by VIS within the context of:
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2007, Selection: Royal College of Art
VIS on Tour: Donaufestival 2011
Other presentations (selection):
European Media Art Festival 2005
Norwich International Animation Festival 2005
Black Nights Tallinn 2005
Kara Film Festival 2005
Darklight Film Festival 2006
Premiers Plan d'Angers 2007
Videoformes Clermont-Ferrand 2007
Hiroshima International Animation Film Festival 2008
Awards:
Best Experimental Film, Muuuvi International Short Film Festival 2007
OTHER FILMS:
ET1: Anticipation (2008)
Drift (2007)
Mount Allen (2007)
Theme for Yellow Kudra (2007)
Striper v0.1 (2006)
Collision (2005)
Everything Turns (2004)
Alpraum (2001)
A/V PERFORMANCES by MAX HATTLER
resc(O)re 192010
Performance: Max Hattler, Noriko Okaku
Presented by VIS within the context of:
VIS Vienna Independent Shorts 2010, Dancing Images
Oh Yes
Performance: Max Hattler, Noriko Okaku
Presented by VIS within the context of:
KurzFilmZimmer, January 2010