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Max Hattler is a German

Germany

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video artist and experimental filmmaker best known for his kaleidoscopic political short films “Collision” (2005) and "Spin" (2010), abstract stop motion

Stop motion

Stop motion is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence...

work "AANAATT" (2008), and psychedelic animation

Animation

Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...

loops "1923 aka Heaven" and "1925 aka Hell" (2010).

Biography

Max Hattler was born in Ulm

Ulm

Ulm is a city in the federal German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the River Danube. The city, whose population is estimated at 120,000 , forms an urban district of its own and is the administrative seat of the Alb-Donau district. Ulm, founded around 850, is rich in history and...

, Germany

Germany

. He is the son of Hellmut Hattler

Hellmut Hattler

Hellmut Hattler is a German jazz and bass player. Hattler took much of his influence from Jimi Hendrix. As a child he learned to play the violin, and in the 1960s played the guitar. Joining Peter Wolbrandt's band marked the debut of his changeover to the bass...

, a leading German bass player know mainly for his Krautrock

Krautrock

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band Kraan

Kraan

Kraan is a German band based in Ulm and formed in 1970. It had several minor hits through the 1970s and 1980s. After a break of ten years, the group reunited in 2000...

. Max Hattler graduated from Goldsmiths in 2001, and with a Master of Arts in Animation from the Royal College of Art

Royal College of Art

The Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy...

in 2005. He lives in London and Germany.

Hattler’s films have been screened worldwide, including Edinburgh

Edinburgh International Film Festival

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, Melbourne

Melbourne International Film Festival

The Melbourne International Film Festival is an acclaimed annual film festival held over three weeks in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1951, making it one of the oldest in the World....

, San Francisco

San Francisco International Film Festival

San Francisco International Film Festival is the oldest continuously running film festival in the Americas. Organized by the San Francisco Film Society, the International is held each spring for two weeks, presenting an average of 150 films from over 50 countries...

, Rotterdam

International Film Festival Rotterdam

The International Film Festival Rotterdam is an annual film festival held in various cinemas in Rotterdam, Netherlands held at the end of January. It is approximately comparable in size to other major European festivals such as Cannes, Venice, Berlin, and Locarno...

, Onedotzero

Onedotzero

onedotzero is a contemporary, digital arts organisation with a remit to promote innovation across all forms of moving image and motion arts....

, Resfest

RESFest

RESFEST was by the 2000s the most prominent digital film festival in North America. It was a leading global showcase of new digital filmmakers alongside England's Onedotzero festival. The festival toured the world and in 2005 travelled to 35 cities in the USA, Canada, UK, Japan, Australia,...

, The Animation Show

The Animation Show

The Animation Show is a touring festival of animated short films that was first held in fall 2003. It was created by award-winning animators Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt....

, Annecy Animation Festival

Annecy International Animated Film Festival

The Annecy International Animation Film Festival was created in 1960 and takes place at the beginning of June in the town of Annecy, France. Initially occurring every two years, the festival became annual in 1998...

, Zagreb Animation Festival

Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films

Animafest Zagreb, also known as World Festival of Animated Film in Zagreb, is an annual festival dedicated to animated film held in Zagreb, Croatia. Initiated by the International Animated Film Association, the event was established in 1972 at the time when Croatia was part of SFR Yugoslavia)...

, Anima Mundi

Anima Mundi (event)

Anima Mundi is a competitive Brazilian video and film festival devoted exclusively to animation, held every July in the cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil.-History:...

, Image Forum Festival and the European Media Art Festival. His short ﬁlm “Collision” (2005) won several prizes including the LUX

LUX

LUX is the principal centre for the promotion and distribution of experimental film and video works in the UK.It has one of the largest collections of experimental film and video art and houses works of over 1000 artists...

Award for Best Experimental Film, and the Award for Best Film at 700IS Reindeerland - Festival of Experimental film and video (Egilstaðir, Iceland). It was awarded a Prädikat Wertvoll by the FBW, Germany. Hattler's "Drift" (2007) won Best Digital Film at London International Animation Festival, and Best Experimental Film at Muuuvi Festival, Romania. "AANAATT" (2008) won the Visual Music Award 2010, the Host Award at Videofestival Bochum

International Videofestival Bochum

The International Videofestival Bochum is an annual international video festival which takes place every year at the Ruhr-University Bochum in Bochum, Germany....

and Best Design at Eksjo Animation Festival, among others. "Spin" (2010) was honored with the Political Animation Award at KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival 2010, the grand prize at Moves Festival

Moves - International Festival of Movement on Screen

-moves - International Festival of Movement on Screen:' is an annual experimental film and media art festival based in the North West of England.-History of the Festival:...

2011, and others. "1925 aka Hell" (2010) won the Award for Best Short Short at St. Louis International Film Festival

St. Louis International Film Festival

The St. Louis International Film Festival is an annual film festival in St. Louis, Missouri, which has been running since 1992. The coordinating organization changed its name to "Cinema St. Louis" in 2003...

in 2010.

Max Hattler has exhibited internationally, including Lumen Eclipse

Lumen Eclipse

Lumen Eclipse is a public media arts gallery located in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded to expand public awareness of local, national, and international artists. The gallery is situated on two mounted displays on the Tourism Information Kiosk, just outside the Harvard Square MBTA...

(Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cambridge, Massachusetts

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), MoCA Taipei

MoCA Taipei

MoCA Taipei is a museum of contemporary art, located in Taipei, Taiwan.It was built during the period of Japanese rule in 1921 as Jan Cheng Elementary School, which now occupies a new structure on the back of the historical building.After WWII, it hosted the Taipei city government and became an...

(Taiwan), Gasworks Gallery

Gasworks Gallery

Gasworks Gallery is based by the Oval Cricket Ground in South East London. It is part of Triangle Arts Trust, an international network or residencies and workshops offering artists the opportunity develop their practice stimulated by a climate of international exchange and dialogue...

(London), Art Below

Art Below

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(London), Fries Museum (Leeuwarden, Holland), Yota Space

Yota Space

Yota Space is a non-profit international digital art festival organized by Yota in St. Petersburg since 2010.- The Concept :Yota Space is an international festival in St. Petersburg, Russia. The festival is dedicated to contemporary digital and interactive art. Yota Space is the space of the...

(St. Petersburg, Russia), Asifakeil (Museumsquartier

Museumsquartier

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, Vienna) and others.

He also works extensively in the field of audiovisual performance

VJ (video performance artist)

VJing is a broad designation for realtime visual performance. Characteristics of VJing are the creation or manipulation of imagery in realtime through technological mediation and for an audience, in synchronization to music. VJing often takes place at events such as concerts, nightclubs, music...

, and has created concert visuals for Basement Jaxx

Basement Jaxx

Basement Jaxx are a British electronic dance music duo from London, England consisting of Felix Buxton born 1971 and Simon Ratcliffe born 1 December 1969. They first rose to popularity in the late 1990s...

, Diplo, Jovanotti

Jovanotti

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, The Egg, and Ladyscraper

Ladyscraper

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Filmography

Short Films and Video Installations

RE:AX aka Peace Starts With Me (2011)
Sync (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

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
Kraan
Kraan is a German band based in Ulm and formed in 1970. It had several minor hits through the 1970s and 1980s. After a break of ten years, the group reunited in 2000...

)

Music Videos

Jemapur – “AANAATT” (2008)
Economy Wolf – “Mount Allen” (2007)
Economy Wolf – “Theme For Yellow Kudra” (2006)
Hellmut Hattler
Hellmut Hattler
Hellmut Hattler is a German jazz and bass player. Hattler took much of his influence from Jimi Hendrix. As a child he learned to play the violin, and in the 1960s played the guitar. Joining Peter Wolbrandt's band marked the debut of his changeover to the bass...

– “Nachtmaschine” (2005)
Hellmut Hattler
Hellmut Hattler
Hellmut Hattler is a German jazz and bass player. Hattler took much of his influence from Jimi Hendrix. As a child he learned to play the violin, and in the 1960s played the guitar. Joining Peter Wolbrandt's band marked the debut of his changeover to the bass...

– “To Bed” (2003)

Concert Visuals

Jovanotti
Jovanotti
Lorenzo Cherubini, better known as Jovanotti, is an Italian singer-songwriter and rapper.The name Jovanotti derives from the plural form of the Italian word giovanotto , i.e. giovanotti. Lorenzo Cherubini originally auditioned a band with the name "I Giovanotti", but the record producer only was...

– “L'Ombelico Del Mondo” (2011)
Basement Jaxx
Basement Jaxx
Basement Jaxx are a British electronic dance music duo from London, England consisting of Felix Buxton born 1971 and Simon Ratcliffe born 1 December 1969. They first rose to popularity in the late 1990s...

– “Where's Your Head At” (2009)
The Egg – “Nothing” (2009, co-directed by Noriko Okaku)
The Egg – “Catch” (2009, co-directed by Noriko Okaku)

Commercials

Vienna Independent Shorts
Vienna Independent Shorts
Vienna Independent Shorts is an international short film festival held annually in May in Vienna. It is the largest short film festival in Austria.- History :...

– Festival Trailer (2011)
ET1 – “Anticipation” (Greece) (2008)
IKEA
IKEA
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– “House or Home” (UK) (2007)

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