Max Hattler

{{Short description|German video artist and experimental filmmaker}}

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| birth_place = Ulm, West Germany

| nationality = German

| field = Video Art, Media Art, Contemporary Art, Abstract animation, Visual music, Animation, Experimental Film, Digital Art, Audiovisual Performance

| training = Goldsmiths (BA), Royal College of Art (MA), University of East London (Professional Doctorate in Fine Art)

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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){{cite web|url=http://www.rca.ac.uk/schools/school-of-communication/animation/graduates/|title=Animation Graduates|work=Royal College of Art}} and a doctorate in fine art from the University of East London (2014).{{cite web|url=https://www.uel.ac.uk/Postgraduate/Courses/Prof-Doc-Fine-Art|title=Prof Doc Fine Art (DFA)|work=University of East London|year=2015 |access-date=24 July 2015|quote=... The Doctorate has helped me steer my entire artistic practice towards a more considered, grounded, and unified expression, a solid foundation on which to build in years to come. '}} He is an associate professor at the [http://www.cityu.edu.hk/scm School of Creative Media], City University of Hong Kong.{{cite web|url=https://www.scm.cityu.edu.hk/people/hattler-max|title= Faculty Profile: Max Hattler|work=School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong|access-date=9 July 2022}}

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."{{cite web|title=Max Hattler|publisher=Hilda Magazine|url= http://hildamagazine.com/max_hattler.html}}

Hattler has exhibited internationally at museums and galleries including Erarta,[http://www.erarta.com/ru/calendar/exhibitions/detail/7d5acf1b-3f9b-11e2-b098-8920284aa333/ Erarta: Multivision] video installation group exhibition, 11/2012 Tate Britain,[http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/film/assembly-composite-ii 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,[http://schaustelle-pdm.de/portfolio/max-hattler/ Schaustelle: Max Hattler. Selected Works] Solo Exhibition, 06/2013 Tenderpixel[http://www.tenderpixel.com/max-hattler-shift Tenderpixel: Max Hattler 'Shift'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127074945/http://www.tenderpixel.com/max-hattler-shift |date=27 November 2015 }} Solo Exhibition, 03-04/2012 (London), Lumen Eclipse[http://www.lumeneclipse.com/gallery/indexApr_10.html Lumen Eclipse: Max Hattler] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100903053026/http://www.lumeneclipse.com/gallery/indexApr_10.html |date=3 September 2010 }} Solo Exhibition, 04-06/2010 (Cambridge, Massachusetts), MoCA Taipei, Exploratorium, Gasworks Gallery,[http://www.gasworks.org.uk/exhibitions/detail.php?id=216 Gasworks: Blink] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120804055850/http://www.gasworks.org.uk/exhibitions/detail.php?id=216 |date=4 August 2012 }} 07-08/2006 Art Below, Fries Museum,[http://www.mediaartfriesland.nl/2007/english/e_spotlicht_max.htm Fries Museum: Max Hattler – Landscape of Human Existence] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724161636/http://www.mediaartfriesland.nl/2007/english/e_spotlicht_max.htm |date=24 July 2011 }} Solo Exhibition, 09/2007 Yota Space[http://onedotzero.com/projects/yota onedotzero at Yota Space, St. Petersburg] group show with UVA, Jason Bruges, Quayola and Memo Akten, 12/2010 and Museumsquartier Vienna.[http://www.asifa.at/projekte/2011/asifa_keil_hattler_okaku.html Asifakeil: Transform – Max Hattler & Noriko Okaku] Two-person exhibition, 05-06/2011

Hattler also works in the field of audiovisual performance[http://www.maxhattler.com/live maxhattler.com/live] documentation of live a/v performances on Hattler's website.{{Cite web |url=http://mima-artblog.com/hattlerizer-2-0-max-hattler-215.html |title=Munich Institute of Media and Musical Arts - Art Blog: Hattlerizer 2.0 - Max Hattler |access-date=27 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312082645/http://mima-artblog.com/hattlerizer-2-0-max-hattler-215.html |archive-date=12 March 2016 |url-status=dead }} and has performed at Seoul Museum of Art,[http://sema.seoul.go.kr/korean/education/educationView.jsp?EDU_SEQ=669&EDU_GROUP=S SeMA Hi-Fi AudioVisual Spectacular] Seoul Museum of Art, Korea, May 2015 Punto y Raya Festival[http://www.puntoyrayafestival.com/en/pyrfest/14 Hattlerizer 2.0] Punto y Raya Festival 2014 and Expo 2015 Milan.[https://expo2015-germany.de/en/pavilion/events/hattlerizer-3-0-audiovisual-live-performance Hattlerizer 3.0] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127000329/https://expo2015-germany.de/en/pavilion/events/hattlerizer-3-0-audiovisual-live-performance |date=27 November 2015 }} German Pavilion, Expo Milano, 1 Oct 2015

Awards

First Jury Prize (for "O/S"), Punto y Raya Festival, Lisbon, Portugal, 2023.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CyeEST1qzpj/|title=Awards 2023|author=Punto y Raya Festival|work=instagram.com/puntoyrayafest}}
Off-Limits Award (for "Serial Parallels"), Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Annecy, France, 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.annecy.org/festival/awards|title=Awards 2020|author=Annecy Festival|work=annecy.org}}
Honorary Mention (Computer Animation) (for "Serial Parallels"), Prix Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria, 2020.{{cite web|url=https://ars.electronica.art/prix/en/winners/|title=The 2020 Winners – Prix Ars Electronica|author=Ars Electronica|work=ars.electronica.art|date=7 July 2020 }}
Best Abstract / Non-Narrative Animation (for "Divisional Articulations"), Anifilm, Trebon, Czech Republic, 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.anifilm.cz/en/news/anifilm-2018-knows-its-winners.html|title=ANIFILM 2018 knows its Winners|author=Anifilm|work=anifilm.cz}}
Best Abstract Film for "All Rot" at Third Culture Film Festival, Hong Kong, 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.thirdculture.cc/featured/third-culture-film-festival-and-the-winners-are/|title=Third Culture Film Festival – And The Winners Are…|author=Sam Bekemans|work=thirdculture.cc}}
Best Commissioned Film for "Stop the Show" at Bradford Animation Festival, UK, 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/films/baf/2014/s/stoptheshow|title=Stop the Show|work=nationalmediamuseum.org.uk}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://visualmusicaward.de|title=Visual Music Award|author=INM - Michael Klein, Lutz Gerlinger|work=visualmusicaward.de}}
Visual Music Award (Special Mention) for "Amnesty International: Stop the Show (a.k.a. WAR)", Gelnhausen, Germany, 2014.{{cite web|url=http://visualmusicaward.de|title=Visual Music Award|author=INM - Michael Klein, Lutz Gerlinger|work=visualmusicaward.de}}
Bronze Design Lion for "Amnesty International: Stop the Show (a.k.a. WAR)" at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, France, 2013.[https://archive.today/20130624182052/http://www.canneslions.com/work/2013/design/entry.cfm?entryid=27628&award=0 "Amnesty International – Stop the Show (aka WAR)" at Cannes Lions 2013]
First Prize for "Shift" at Premio Simona Gesmundo, Cetraro, Italy, 2012.[http://www.premiosimonagesmundo.com/ENG/edizione_12_en.html "Shift" First Prize at Premio Simona Gesmundo, 2012]
Award for Best Experimental Film for "Shift" at TOFUZI International Festival of Animated Films in Batumi, Georgia, 2012.{{cite web|url=http://tofuzi.adf.ge/?lang=ENG&cat=Archive&sub=Tofuzi%202012&priority=10&sub_priority=-7|title=TOFUZI - Archive - Tofuzi 2012|work=adf.ge}}
Visual Music Award (Special Prize) for "Sync", Frankfurt, Germany, 2011.{{cite web|url=http://visualmusicaward.de/index.cfm?siteid=41|title=Visual Music Award|author=INM - Michael Klein, Lutz Gerlinger|work=visualmusicaward.de}}
Visual Music Award (First Prize) for "AANAATT", Frankfurt, Germany, 2010.{{cite web|url=http://visualmusicaward.de/index.cfm?siteid=37|title=Visual Music Award|author=INM - Michael Klein, Lutz Gerlinger|work=visualmusicaward.de}}
Prädikat Wertvoll for "Collision" by Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden, Germany, 2008.[http://www.fbw-filmbewertung.com/film/collision "Collision" Prädikat Wertvoll] Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden, Germany

== Bibliography==

[http://sensesofcinema.com/2015/feature-articles/max-hattler-animations/ Dan Torre, "Persistent Abstraction: the Animated Works of Max Hattler" In Senses of Cinema, issue 76, 2015]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160312082645/http://mima-artblog.com/hattlerizer-2-0-max-hattler-215.html "Hattlerizer 2.0 – Max Hattler", in: MIMA Artblog, 7 October 2013]
[http://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/12711/1/max-hattler-shift Bruna Volpi: "Max Hattler: Shift", in: Dazed Digital, March 2012] (Interview)
[http://www.designweek.co.uk/profile-max-hattler/3022063.article "Profile: Max Hattler", in: Design Week 26 January 2011]
[http://www.shift.jp.org/en/archives/2010/11/max_hattler.html "Max Hattler", in: Shift Magazine, November 2010] (interview)
[http://www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk/features/2009/12/01/short-cuts-max-hattler/ Kate Taylor: "Short Cuts: Max Hattler", in: Electric Sheep Magazine, 1 December 2009]
[http://ija.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.85/prod.330 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)