# Max Hattler

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{{Short description|German video artist and experimental filmmaker}}
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{{Infobox artist
| name          = Max Hattler
| image         = Maxhattler norikookaku liveperformance 2010.jpg
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| caption       = Max Hattler (left) with [Noriko Okaku](/source/Noriko_Okaku), 2010
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|birth_date	 = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|2|2}}
| birth_place   = [Ulm](/source/Ulm), [West Germany](/source/West_Germany)
| field         = [Video Art](/source/Video_Art), [Media Art](/source/Media_Art), [Contemporary Art](/source/Contemporary_Art), [Abstract animation](/source/Abstract_animation), [Visual music](/source/Visual_music), [Animation](/source/Animation), [Experimental Film](/source/Experimental_Film), [Digital Art](/source/Digital_Art), [Audiovisual Performance](/source/VJ_(video_performance_artist))
| training      = [Goldsmiths](/source/Goldsmiths%2C_University_of_London) (BA), [Royal College of Art](/source/Royal_College_of_Art) (MA), [University of East London](/source/University_of_East_London) (Professional Doctorate in Fine Art)
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|website={{URL|www.maxhattler.com}}
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'''Max Hattler''' is a German [video artist](/source/video_artist) and [experimental filmmaker](/source/experimental_filmmaker). He created the kaleidoscopic political short films "Collision" (2005) and "Spin" (2010), abstract [stop motion](/source/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](/source/Ulm), Germany. He is the son of [Hellmut Hattler](/source/Hellmut_Hattler), a German bass player mainly known for his [Krautrock](/source/Krautrock) band [Kraan](/source/Kraan). Max Hattler holds a BA from [Goldsmiths](/source/Goldsmiths%2C_University_of_London) (2001), a Master of Arts in animation from the [Royal College of Art](/source/Royal_College_of_Art) (2005)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rca.ac.uk/schools/school-of-communication/animation/graduates/|title=Animation Graduates|work=Royal College of Art}}</ref> and a doctorate in fine art from the [University of East London](/source/University_of_East_London) (2014).<ref>{{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=...&nbsp;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.&nbsp;'}}</ref> He is an associate professor at the [http://www.cityu.edu.hk/scm School of Creative Media], [City University of Hong Kong](/source/City_University_of_Hong_Kong).<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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."<ref>{{cite web|title=Max Hattler|publisher=Hilda Magazine|url= http://hildamagazine.com/max_hattler.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110324041237/http://hildamagazine.com/max_hattler.html|url-status= usurped|archive-date= 24 March 2011}}</ref>

Hattler has exhibited internationally at museums and galleries including [Erarta](/source/Erarta),<ref>[http://www.erarta.com/ru/calendar/exhibitions/detail/7d5acf1b-3f9b-11e2-b098-8920284aa333/ Erarta: Multivision] video installation group exhibition, 11/2012</ref> [Tate Britain](/source/Tate_Britain),<ref>[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</ref> [Pinakothek der Moderne](/source/Pinakothek_der_Moderne),<ref>[http://schaustelle-pdm.de/portfolio/max-hattler/ Schaustelle: Max Hattler. Selected Works] Solo Exhibition, 06/2013</ref> [Tenderpixel](/source/Tenderpixel)<ref>[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</ref> (London), [Lumen Eclipse](/source/Lumen_Eclipse)<ref>[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</ref> ([Cambridge, Massachusetts](/source/Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts)), [MoCA Taipei](/source/MoCA_Taipei), [Exploratorium](/source/Exploratorium), [Gasworks Gallery](/source/Gasworks_Gallery),<ref>[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</ref> [Art Below](/source/Art_Below), [Fries Museum](/source/Fries_Museum),<ref>[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</ref> [Yota Space](/source/Yota_Space)<ref>[http://onedotzero.com/projects/yota onedotzero at Yota Space, St. Petersburg] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224112844/http://onedotzero.com/projects/yota |date=24 February 2014 }} group show with UVA, Jason Bruges, Quayola and Memo Akten, 12/2010</ref> and [Museumsquartier](/source/Museumsquartier) Vienna.<ref>[http://www.asifa.at/projekte/2011/asifa_keil_hattler_okaku.html Asifakeil: Transform – Max Hattler & Noriko Okaku] Two-person exhibition, 05-06/2011</ref>

Hattler also works in the field of [audiovisual performance](/source/VJ_(video_performance_artist))<ref>[http://www.maxhattler.com/live maxhattler.com/live] documentation of live a/v performances on Hattler's website.</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> and has performed at [Seoul Museum of Art](/source/Seoul_Museum_of_Art),<ref>[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</ref> [Punto y Raya Festival](/source/Punto_y_Raya_Festival)<ref>[http://www.puntoyrayafestival.com/en/pyrfest/14 Hattlerizer 2.0] Punto y Raya Festival 2014</ref> and [Expo 2015](/source/Expo_2015) [Milan](/source/Milan).<ref>[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</ref>

== Awards ==
* First Jury Prize (for "O/S"), [Punto y Raya Festival](/source/Punto_y_Raya_Festival), Lisbon, Portugal, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CyeEST1qzpj/|title=Awards 2023|author=Punto y Raya Festival|work=instagram.com/puntoyrayafest}}</ref>
* Off-Limits Award (for "Serial Parallels"), [Annecy International Animated Film Festival](/source/Annecy_International_Animated_Film_Festival), Annecy, France, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.annecy.org/festival/awards|title=Awards 2020|author=Annecy Festival|work=annecy.org|access-date=22 June 2020|archive-date=18 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018114047/https://www.annecy.org/festival/awards|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Honorary Mention (Computer Animation) (for "Serial Parallels"), [Prix Ars Electronica](/source/Prix_Ars_Electronica), Linz, Austria, 2020.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
* Best Abstract / Non-Narrative Animation (for "Divisional Articulations"), [Anifilm](/source/Anifilm), Trebon, Czech Republic, 2018.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* Best Abstract Film for "All Rot" at Third Culture Film Festival, Hong Kong, 2016.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* Best Commissioned Film for "Stop the Show" at [Bradford Animation Festival](/source/National_Media_Museum), UK, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/films/baf/2014/s/stoptheshow|title=Stop the Show|work=nationalmediamuseum.org.uk}}</ref>
* 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://visualmusicaward.de|title=Visual Music Award|author=INM - Michael Klein, Lutz Gerlinger|work=visualmusicaward.de}}</ref>
* Visual Music Award (Special Mention) for "[Amnesty International](/source/Amnesty_International): Stop the Show (a.k.a. WAR)", Gelnhausen, Germany, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://visualmusicaward.de|title=Visual Music Award|author=INM - Michael Klein, Lutz Gerlinger|work=visualmusicaward.de}}</ref>
* Bronze Design Lion for "[Amnesty International](/source/Amnesty_International): Stop the Show (a.k.a. WAR)" at [Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity](/source/Cannes_Lions_International_Festival_of_Creativity), France, 2013.<ref>[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]</ref>
* First Prize for "Shift" at Premio Simona Gesmundo, Cetraro, Italy, 2012.<ref>[http://www.premiosimonagesmundo.com/ENG/edizione_12_en.html "Shift" First Prize at Premio Simona Gesmundo, 2012]</ref>
* Award for Best Experimental Film for "Shift" at [TOFUZI International Festival of Animated Films](/source/TOFUZI_International_Festival_of_Animated_Films) in [Batumi](/source/Batumi), Georgia, 2012.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* Visual Music Award (Special Prize) for "Sync", Frankfurt, Germany, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://visualmusicaward.de/index.cfm?siteid=41|title=Visual Music Award|author=INM - Michael Klein, Lutz Gerlinger|work=visualmusicaward.de}}</ref>
* Visual Music Award (First Prize) for "AANAATT", Frankfurt, Germany, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://visualmusicaward.de/index.cfm?siteid=37|title=Visual Music Award|author=INM - Michael Klein, Lutz Gerlinger|work=visualmusicaward.de}}</ref>
* Prädikat Wertvoll for "Collision" by [Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden](/source/%3Ade%3AFilmbewertungsstelle_Wiesbaden), Germany, 2008.<ref>[http://www.fbw-filmbewertung.com/film/collision "Collision" Prädikat Wertvoll] Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden, Germany</ref>

== 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)

== References ==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://www.maxhattler.com}}
* {{IMDb name|1897814}}

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