MAX HATTLER: neo media artist




UNTIL 29 OCTOBER 2016 III=III is part of the 2016 hong kong and macau visual art biennale in china, currently at silk road international culture expo in dunhuang (20 sep - 8 oct) and then at henan art museum in zhengzhou (18-29 oct).
FRI 30 SEPTEMBER 2016, 22:00 re:ax is screening at bakearen milia (peace mile) in san sebastian, spain.
SUN 1 OCTOBER 2016 all rot is screening at visionxsound 2016, graf+zyx tank 203.3040.at, neulengbach, austria (11 sep, 17 sep, 1 oct).
5 TO 16 OCTOBER 2016 all rot is screening at festival du nouveau cinema in montreal, quebec, canada.
6 TO 15 OCTOBER 2016 —O\| is screening at animatou festival in geneva, switzerland.
MON 10 OCTOBER 2016 sync is screening at centro jose guerrero in granada, spain.
14 TO 21 OCTOBER 2016 all rot is screening at un festival c'est trop court in nice, france.
SAT 15 OCTOBER 2016, 14:00 is max is playing a live set with dj sniff, shane aspegren and sune petersen at the school of creative media information day in hong kong.
14 TO 23 OCTOBER 2016 a very large increase is screening at byron bay film festival in australia.
20 TO 23 OCTOBER 2016 max is joining punto y raya festival at zkm center for art and media in karlsruhe, germany, as a member of the jury. he will also present a masterclass, and a full-length screening of five, the gustav mahler visualisations created with students at the school of creative media.
MON 24 OCTOBER 2016 max is giving a lecture on animation art and video activism at university of mannheim in germany.
8 TO 14 NOVEMBER 2016 all rot is screening in iran at tehran international short film festival.
19 TO 20 NOVEMBER 2016 max is presenting a paper at the inaugural chinese animation studies annual meeting at the sichuan animation research centre, academy of arts and films, chengdu university, chengdu, china.
25 TO 27 NOVEMBER 2016 all rot is screening at klex film festival in kuala lumpur, malaysia.
DECEMBER 2016 all rot is screening at mumia festival in brazil.
2 DEC 2016 TO 12 JAN 2017 heaven and hell are part of the age of experience exhibition curated by harald kraemer at angewandte innovation lab in vienna, austria. a very large increase, re:ax, spin and five will also be presented in screening programmes accompanying the exhibition.
2016 during 2016, moca taipei are exhibiting a very large increase and model starship: unclear proof in their video art programme.

for recent screenings and exhibitions please see individual films' sections. for recent press, see here.
2016 SELECTED max was in beijing in september, where he gave an image power lecture at renmin university and presented III=III at the hong kong and macau visual art biennale at beijing minsheng art museum. since august, max is no longer visiting, but a fully-fledged assistant professor at city university of hong kong. in july, max spoke at the ridch conference on digital art and film at the open university of hong kong, and he was once again on the jury of the visual music award in germany. in june, max was in singapore as a speaker at the society for animation studies conference at nanyang technological university, and as a guest lecturer at lasalle college of the arts. max filed a lawsuit against bassnectar for copyright infringement, read about it in cartoon brew, animation world network and your edm. max presented a brown bag research talk at scm. collaborative mega project five premiered at k11 in hong kong as part of electronic vibes (20 may - 21 june). in may, max presented a guest lecture at scad hong kong. in april, all rot won the award for best abstract film at third culture film festival in hong kong, read the interview. max discovered unauthorised multi-year use of his work by bassnectar, read about it in cartoon brew, your edm, edm chicago or edm in stereo. in march, max's 3D stereoscopic animation III=III premiered at post pixel: animamix biennale 2015-16 in hong kong (21 mar - 17 apr), and spring energy premiered on the 20-metre high video wall at hirmer in munich, germany (15 mar - 15 may). in february, max lectured in california at calarts, cal state la, and university of southern california. january saw the release of shapeshifter, the official festival trailer for stuttgarter filmwinter.
2015 SELECTED in december, a very large increase received a special mention at london international animation festival. in november, max showed films and played live at clockenflap festival in hong kong and at summit at sea on board a cruise ship between miami and the bahamas. a very large increase received a prize-of-effort at the 17th tbs digicon6 asia awards hong kong. in october, max premiered the hattlerizer 3.0 performance at the german pavilion at expo milano 2015 in milan, italy. –O\| received a special mention at videomedeja in novi sad, serbia. in september, dan torre's article persistent abstraction: the animated works of max hattler came out in senses of cinema online journal. max was a jury member and presenter at indie-anifest: 11th korean independent animation film festival in seoul, korea. he also played a vj set at dreamscapade at dreamlike bubbles in hong kong. in july, max presented a paper at the society for animation studies conference 2015 in canterbury, uk. in june, max attended melbourne international animation festival with an hour-long screening and a render animation conference presentation. he was also on the juries of the visual music award and animafest zagreb, and presented a paper at the animafest scanner II symposium for animation studies. in may, max was in seoul, korea, where he performed live at seoul museum of art and at club vurt, and lectured at wco korea and hongik university. the many faces of fernando pessoa (redux) premiered in denver. in april, max spoke at resonate conference in belgrade, serbia. in march, max was on the juries and held masterclasses at tehran international animation festival and at monstra in lisbon. the many faces of fernando pessoa premiered at monstra as a 4-channel installation. in february, max made prismatic, a 5-sec short of the week bumper. unclear proof received a special mention at jaipur international film festival in india. since january, max is permanently based in hong kong where he's an assistant professor at the school of creative media at city university of hong kong.
2014 SELECTED in december, max held a week-long masterclass at sint lucas antwerpen in belgium, lectured in germany at institut für musik und medien düsseldorf and cologne game lab, and in the uk at university of the west of england, goldsmiths, university of london and middlesex university. your highness screened as part of off the air: sports on adult swim. in november, stop the show won best commissioned film at bradford animation festival. max held a workshop at california institute of the arts, a lecture at university of southern california, and a retrospective screening at echo park film center in los angeles; he also taught in the uk at the royal college of art and at norwich university of the arts. in october, max was interviewed for the barbican film podcast. he presented a masterclass and was a judge at london international animation festival. he also spoke at london college of communication, london animation club and aalborg university copenhagen. in september, a preview of —O\| was presented at museo de bellas artes in caracas, venezuela. max played at trendelenburg festival in spain, lectured in london at london met + national film and television school, and did a q&a at last friday shorts in southend on sea. in august, unclear proof received a diploma at golden diana film festival in austria. in july, a very large increase + unclear proof won awards at marin county festival of short film + video in san rafael, ca, usa! in june, max successfully completed his professional doctorate in fine art at the university of east london with the viva exhibition audiovisual abstractions. max was also on the jury + had a profile screening at fest anca in slovakia (interview). stop the show received a special mention at one shot international short film festival in armenia, and max was on the art of noise panel at festival 214 at topman in london. in may, max was in caracas, venezuela, where he led an animation workshop at the british council + presented a lecture at museo de arte contemporaneo. in april, max lectured at the school of creative media, city university of hong kong + performed hattler vs. hattler at itfs in germany. in march, a very large increase won first prize + stop the show received a special mention at the visual music award in germany. max did a q&a at tate britain in london. in february, max performed at reykjavík visual music · punto y raya festival in iceland, where shift scooped third prize in the short film competition. max lectured at middlesbrough institute of modern art as part of animex festival + in belgium at kask, kaskcinema + sint-lucas in ghent + at sint lucas antwerpen in antwerp. the wrong - new digital art biennale came to an end - it had featured as one of its pavilions wilderness of mirrors, curated by max + featuring work by sebastian buerkner, ian gouldstone, noriko okaku, memo akten, robert seidel, matt abbiss, papaya gonzales, sune petersen, marcus wendt + motomichi nakamura (1 nov 2013 - 2 feb 2014). in january, max was on the jury + played live at filmwinter in stuttgart, germany.
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		hattler: to bed (2003) + alpraum (2001)




		five (2016)




		III=III (2016)




		kaluga space museum: constant sky (2013)