Max Hattler is a German video artist and experimental filmmaker. He created the kaleidoscopic political short films "Collision" (2005) and "Spin" (2010), abstract stop motion works "Shift" (2012) and "AANAATT" (2008), and psychedelic animation loops "Sync", "1923 aka Heaven" and "1925 aka Hell" (2010).
Biography
Max Hattler was born in
Ulm, Germany. He is the son of
Hellmut Hattler, a German bass player mainly known for his
Krautrock band
Kraan. Max Hattler holds a BA from Goldsmiths (2001), a Master of Arts in animation from the Royal College of Art (2005)
and a doctorate in fine art from the University of East London (2014).
He is an associate professor at the
School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong.
Hattler's work has been described in the following terms: "Max Hattler works on the thin line between abstraction and figuration, being able sometimes to create powerful political statements while eschewing the traditional constraints of narrative, choosing a poetics of implication over the mere construction of a discourse."
Hattler has exhibited internationally at museums and galleries including Erarta,[ Erarta: Multivision video installation group exhibition, 11/2012] Tate Britain,[ Assembly: Composite II, Tate Britain Part of the series Assembly: A survey of recent artists’ film and video in Britain 2008–2013, 03/2014] Pinakothek der Moderne,[ Schaustelle: Max Hattler. Selected Works Solo Exhibition, 06/2013] Tenderpixel[ Tenderpixel: Max Hattler 'Shift' Solo Exhibition, 03-04/2012] (London), Lumen Eclipse[ Lumen Eclipse: Max Hattler Solo Exhibition, 04-06/2010] (Cambridge, Massachusetts), MoCA Taipei, Exploratorium, Gasworks Gallery,[ Gasworks: Blink 07-08/2006] Art Below, Fries Museum,[ Fries Museum: Max Hattler – Landscape of Human Existence Solo Exhibition, 09/2007] Yota Space[ onedotzero at Yota Space, St. Petersburg group show with UVA, Jason Bruges, Quayola and Memo Akten, 12/2010] and Museumsquartier Vienna.[ Asifakeil: Transform – Max Hattler & Noriko Okaku Two-person exhibition, 05-06/2011]
Hattler also works in the field of audiovisual performance[ maxhattler.com/live documentation of live a/v performances on Hattler's website.][ SeMA Hi-Fi AudioVisual Spectacular Seoul Museum of Art, Korea, May 2015] Punto y Raya Festival[ Hattlerizer 2.0 Punto y Raya Festival 2014] and Expo 2015 Milan.[ Hattlerizer 3.0 German Pavilion, Expo Milano, 1 Oct 2015]
Awards
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First Jury Prize (for "O/S"), Punto y Raya Festival, Lisbon, Portugal, 2023.
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Off-Limits Award (for "Serial Parallels"), Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Annecy, France, 2020.
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Honorary Mention (Computer Animation) (for "Serial Parallels"), Prix Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria, 2020.
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Best Abstract / Non-Narrative Animation (for "Divisional Articulations"), Anifilm, Trebon, Czech Republic, 2018.
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Best Abstract Film for "All Rot" at Third Culture Film Festival, Hong Kong, 2016.
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Best Commissioned Film for "Stop the Show" at Bradford Animation Festival, UK, 2014.
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Visual Music Award (First Prize) for "A Very Large Increase in the Size, Amount, or Importance of Something Over a Very Short Period of Time", Gelnhausen, Germany, 2014.
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Visual Music Award (Special Mention) for "Amnesty International: Stop the Show (a.k.a. WAR)", Gelnhausen, Germany, 2014.
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Bronze Design Lion for "Amnesty International: Stop the Show (a.k.a. WAR)" at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, France, 2013.
[ "Amnesty International – Stop the Show (aka WAR)" at Cannes Lions 2013]
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First Prize for "Shift" at Premio Simona Gesmundo, Cetraro, Italy, 2012.
[ "Shift" First Prize at Premio Simona Gesmundo, 2012]
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Award for Best Experimental Film for "Shift" at TOFUZI International Festival of Animated Films in Batumi, Georgia, 2012.
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Visual Music Award (Special Prize) for "Sync", Frankfurt, Germany, 2011.
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Visual Music Award (First Prize) for "AANAATT", Frankfurt, Germany, 2010.
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Prädikat Wertvoll for "Collision" by Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden, Germany, 2008.
[ "Collision" Prädikat Wertvoll Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden, Germany]
Bibliography
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Dan Torre, "Persistent Abstraction: the Animated Works of Max Hattler" In Senses of Cinema, issue 76, 2015
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"Hattlerizer 2.0 – Max Hattler", in: MIMA Artblog, 7 October 2013
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Bruna Volpi: "Max Hattler: Shift", in: Dazed Digital, March 2012 (Interview)
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"Profile: Max Hattler", in: Design Week 26 January 2011
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"Max Hattler", in: Shift Magazine, November 2010 (interview)
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Kate Taylor: "Short Cuts: Max Hattler", in: Electric Sheep Magazine, 1 December 2009
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Andrew Selby: "Experimental Animation in a Post-Critical Age", in: International Journal of the Arts in Society, 3.4, 2008, p. 1-6 (on Max Hattler, Robert Seidel, Semiconductor)
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