Max Hattler

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Max Hattler

Max Hattler (left) with Noriko Okaku, 2010
Born (1976-02-02) February 2, 1976
Germany Ulm
Occupation artist, video artist, experimental filmmaker, audiovisual artist, animator
Website
www.maxhattler.com

Max Hattler (born 2 February 1976) is a German video artist and experimental filmmaker best known for his 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 leading German bass player know mainly for his Krautrock band Kraan. Max Hattler graduated from Goldsmiths in 2001, and with a Master of Arts in Animation from the Royal College of Art in 2005. He lives in London and Germany.

Hattler has exhibited internationally at museums and galleries including Erarta,[1] Tate Britain,[2] Pinakothek der Moderne,[3] Tenderpixel[4] (London), Lumen Eclipse[5] (Cambridge, Massachusetts), MoCA Taipei, Exploratorium, Gasworks Gallery,[6] Art Below, Fries Museum,[7] Yota Space, Asifakeil[8] (Museumsquartier, Vienna) and others.

His films have been screened worldwide, including Edinburgh, Melbourne, San Francisco, Rotterdam, Berlin International Directors Lounge, Onedotzero, Impakt Festival, Resfest, The Animation Show, Annecy Animation Festival, Animafest Zagreb, Anima Mundi, Image Forum Festival and the European Media Art Festival.

Max Hattler also works extensively in the field of audiovisual performance,[9][10] and has performed worldwide including Reykjavík Visual Music - Punto y Raya Festival, Institute of Contemporary Arts, São Paulo Museum of Image and Sound, Videoformes Festival, Donaufestival, Trickfilmfestival Stuttgart, Marista University Mexico City, Big Chill Festival, Animafest Zagreb, Vienna Independent Shorts, The Animation Show, Filmfest Dresden and Animac. He has also created concert visuals for Basement Jaxx, Diplo, Jovanotti, The Egg, and Ladyscraper.

Awards

  • 3rd Prize for "Shift" at Reykjavík Visual Music - Punto y Raya Festival, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2014
  • Zbigniew Rybczynski Special Prize for "X" at Anilogue, Budapest, Hungary, 2013
  • Bronze Design Lion for "Amnesty International: Stop the Show (aka WAR)"[11] at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity,[12] France, 2013
  • Silver Award Public Good for "Amnesty International: Stop the Show (aka WAR)" at Festival Iberoamericano de Publicidad, Miami, USA, 2013
  • Bronze Award Sound Design for "Amnesty International: Stop the Show (aka WAR)" at Festival Iberoamericano de Publicidad, Miami, USA, 2013
  • Design Merit Award Craft / Animation for "Amnesty International: Stop the Show (aka WAR)" at The One Show, New York City, USA, 2013
  • Design Merit Award Broadcast and Moving Image / Broadcast Design for "Amnesty International: Stop the Show (aka WAR)" at The One Show, New York City, USA, 2013
  • Finalist - Audiovisuals "Amnesty International: Stop the Show (aka WAR)" at Laus Awards, Barcelona, Spain, 2013
  • First Prize for "Shift"[13] at Premio Simona Gesmundo,[14] Cetraro, Italy, 2012
  • Award for Best Experimental Film for "Shift" at TOFUZI Animation Festival[15] in Batumi, Georgia, 2012
  • Best Experimental Film for "1925 aka Hell"[16] at Animation Block Party, New York City, USA, 2012
  • Best Original Score: Animated (Third Prize) for "RE:AX" at SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Audio-visual Composers, Canada, 2012
  • Honorable Mention - Animated/Experimental for "RE:AX" at Marin County Festival of Short Film & Video, USA, 2012
  • Award for Best Sound for "RE:AX" at Derapage, Montreal, Canada, 2012
  • Top 10 Selected by the Jury for "Your Highness" at Facade Video Festival, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 2012
  • Best Video Installation for "Sync" at Multivision, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2011
  • Best Animated Music Film for "Basement Jaxx: Where’s Your Head At" at Animafrik, Accra, Ghana, 2011
  • Visual Music Award (Special Prize) for "Sync",[17] Frankfurt, Germany, 2011
  • Special Mention for "Sync" at Premio Simona Gesmundo, Cetraro, Italy, 2011
  • Special Mention for "AANAATT" at Abstracta Festival, Rome, Italy, 2011
  • Special Selection for "AANAATT" at Videoholica, Bulgaria, 2011
  • Audience Award for "1923 aka Heaven"[18] and "1925 aka Hell" at Animate OPEN: Digitalis, online exhibition, 2011
  • Giorgio Tarocco Award for "Spin" at San Gio Festival, Verona, Italy, 2011
  • New Signs Award for "Spin" at Lago Film Fest, Revine Lago, Italy, 2011
  • Grand Prix for "Spin" at Moves - International Festival of Movement on Screen, Liverpool, UK, 2011
  • SuperShort Award for "Spin" at Skepto International Film Festival, Cagliari, Italy, 2011
  • Best Experimental Film for "AANAATT" at Open Cinema Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2011
  • Visual Music Award (First Prize) for "AANAATT",[19] Frankfurt, Germany, 2010
  • Political Animation Award for "Spin"[20] at KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival, Holland, 2010
  • Best Audiovisual Performance for "/\/\/\" at Videofestival Bochum, Germany, 2010 (with Noriko Okaku)
  • Award for Best Short Short for "1925 aka Hell" at St. Louis International Film Festival, USA, 2010
  • Third Prize Jury Award for "Spin" at GIGUK Videoart Festival, Gießen, Germany, 2010
  • Jury Award for "Collision" at Marin Short Film Festival, San Rafael, California, USA, 2010
  • Special Mention for "AANAATT" at Vienna Independent Shorts, Austria, 2010
  • Special Mention for "AANAATT" at Regensburg Short Film Week, Germany, 2010
  • Special Mention for "AANAATT" at No-Festival, Chelyabinsk, Russia, 2009
  • Host Award for "AANAATT" at Videofestival Bochum, Germany, 2009
  • Award for Best Design for "AANAATT" at Eksjö Animation Festival, Sweden, 2009
  • Best Digital Film for "Drift"[21] at London International Animation Festival, UK, 2008
  • Best Experimental Film for "Drift" at Muuuvi Festival, Romania, 2008
  • Grand Prix for "Collision" at 700IS Reindeerland Festival, Egilsstaðir, Iceland, 2008
  • Prädikat Wertvoll for "Collision" by Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden, Germany,[22] 2008
  • DEFA Foundation Award, Filmfest Dresden, Germany, 2007 (with Robert Seidel)
  • Best Experimental Film for "Nachtmaschine" at Muuuvi Festival, Romania, 2007
  • Gate Competition Winner "Collision", Bermuda Shorts, London, UK, 2007
  • One Minute Award for "Everything Turns" at Filming East Festival, Oxford, UK, 2007
  • LUX Award for Best Experimental Film for "Collision"[23] at London Short Film Festival, 2006
  • Third Prize of the Jury for "Collision" at Videologia, Volgograd, Russia, 2006
  • Honourable Mention for "Collision" at Darklight Film Festival, Dublin, 2006
  • Special Mention for "Collision" at San Gio Festival, Italy, 2006
  • Chained Animation Award, E-Magiciens, Valenciennes, France, 2004 (with Milo Waterfield and Richard Jousiffe)
  • Dolby Award for Best Sound for "Alpraum" at Learning on Screen Awards, UK, 2002
  • Best Student Production (commended) for "Alpraum" at Learning on Screen Awards, UK, 2002
  • Film/New Media category (commended) for "Alpraum" at Förderpreis für junge Ulmer Künstlerinnen und Künstler, Ulm, Germany, 2002

Filmography

Short Films and Video Installations

  • Constant Sky (Бесконечность горизонта) (2013)
  • All Rot (2013)
  • Moireize (2013, with Sune Petersen)
  • A Very Large Increase in the Size, Amount, or Importance of Something Over a Very Short Period of Time (2013)
  • Unclear Proof (2013)
  • Model Starship (2012)
  • X (KXFS Canal Commission) (2012)
  • Nidden Partikel (2012)
  • Shift (2012)
  • RE:AX (2011)
  • Sync[24] (2010)
  • Spin (2010)
  • 1923 aka Heaven & 1925 aka Hell (2010)
  • Your Highness (2010)
  • Drift (2007)
  • Striper v0.1 (2006)
  • Collision (2005)
  • Everything Turns (2004)
  • Alpraum (2001, co-directed by Martin Heaton)

Live Audiovisual Performances

  • Disruptive Technologies: Feeding You (2013, with Matthias Kispert)
  • Hattlerizer 2.0 (2013)
  • Max Hattler x Mikhail Karikis (2013, with Mikhail Karikis)
  • Hattler vs. Hattler (2012, with Hellmut Hattler)
  • HATTLERIZED MOTORSAW (2012, with MOTORSAW)
  • HATTLER-IZE / VESPER-ON (2012, with Vesper On)
  • Hattlerizer (2010)
  • Asure (2010, with Mehmet Can Ozer)
  • rescore 192010 (2010)
  • (O) (2010, with Noriko Okaku)
  • /\/\/\ (2009, with Noriko Okaku)
  • Oh Yes (2009, with Noriko Okaku)
  • Hattler vs. Seidel (2008, with Robert Seidel)
  • Remixing the Past (2007, with music and super 8 films by Kraan)

Music Videos and Concert Visuals

  • The Egg – "Catch" (2012, co-directed by Noriko Okaku)
  • Jovanotti – "L'Ombelico Del Mondo" (2011)
  • Basement Jaxx – "Where's Your Head At" (2009)
  • The Egg – "Nothing" (2009, co-directed by Noriko Okaku)
  • Jemapur – "AANAATT" (2008)
  • Economy Wolf – "Mount Allen" (2007)
  • Economy Wolf – "Theme For Yellow Kudra" (2006)
  • Hellmut Hattler – "Nachtmaschine" (2005)
  • Hellmut Hattler – "To Bed" (2003)

Other Works

  • Amnesty International – "Stop the Show (aka WAR)" (2013)
  • Wrongness (photographic series, 2008-ongoing)
  • Kaleidobooth smartphone app (2012)
  • Vienna Independent Shorts – Festival Trailer (2011)
  • ET1 – "Anticipation" (Greece) (2008)
  • IKEA – "House or Home" (UK) (2007)

External links

References

  1. ↑ Erarta: Multivision video installation group exhibition, 11/2012
  2. ↑ Assembly: Composite II, Tate Britain Part of the series Assembly: A survey of recent artists’ film and video in Britain 2008–2013, 03/2014
  3. ↑ Schaustelle: Max Hattler. Selected Works Solo Exhibition, 06/2013
  4. ↑ Tenderpixel: Max Hattler 'Shift' Solo Exhibition, 03-04/2012
  5. ↑ Lumen Eclipse: Max Hattler Solo Exhibition, 04-06/2010
  6. ↑ Gasworks: Blink 07-08/2006
  7. ↑ Fries Museum: Max Hattler - Landscape of Human Existence Solo Exhibition, 09/2007
  8. ↑ Asifakeil: Transform - Max Hattler & Noriko Okaku Two-person exhibition, 05-06/2011
  9. ↑ maxhattler.com/live documentation of live a/v performances on Hattler's website.
  10. ↑ Cimatics agency - Max Hattler
  11. ↑ maxhattler.com/war "Stop the Show"
  12. ↑ "Amnesty International - Stop the Show (aka WAR)" at Cannes Lions 2013
  13. ↑ maxhattler.com/shift "Shift"
  14. ↑ "Shift" First Prize at Premio Simona Gesmundo, 2012
  15. ↑ Best Experimental Film for "Shift" at TOFUZI, 2012
  16. ↑ maxhattler.com/1925 "1925 aka Hell"
  17. ↑ "Sync" Visual Music Award Special Prize 2011
  18. ↑ maxhattler.com/1923 "1923 aka Heaven"
  19. ↑ "AANAATT" First Prize Visual Music Award 2010
  20. ↑ maxhattler.com/spin "Spin"
  21. ↑ maxhattler.com/drift "Drift"
  22. ↑ "Collision" Prädikat Wertvoll Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden, Germany
  23. ↑ maxhattler.com/collision "Collision"
  24. ↑ maxhattler.com/sync "Sync"
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