Max Hattler Talks and More Lecture and extensive screening of work, unless otherwise stated.
2024 - Relentless Melt No. 36: Vertical Abstractions 2, Clockenflap Festival, Hong Kong, 29 Nov - 1 Dec 2024 (screening of experimental animation curated by Max Hattler) - KuanDu International Animation Festival (KDIAF), Taipei, Taiwan, 20-26 Oct 2024 (jury) - Department of Animation, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan, Wed 23 Oct 2024 (experimental animation workshop) - Relentless Melt No. 35: Experimental Animations from City University of Hong Kong, 28th Videomedeja Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia, 10-12 Oct 2024 (screening curated by Max Hattler) - 16th Xiamen International Animation Festival, Xiamen, China, 6-11 Sep 2024 (jury member, initial selection, Cyber Sousa Awards Animation Competition) - Animafest Scanner XI - Symposium for Contemporary Animation Studies, Zagreb, Croatia, 4-5 Jun 2024 (paper: 'Revisiting Graphical Sound' at 12:30 on 4 Jun 2024) - Relentless Melt No. 34: Animation Abstractions from Hong Kong, 20th Athens Digital Arts Festival, Athens, Greece, 15-26 May 2024 (screening curated by Max Hattler) - Relentless Melt No. 33: Experiments in Graphical Sound and Animation, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong, Thu 2 May 2024, 18:30 (screening + discussion, curated by Max Hattler) - Harmony Workshop, Huawei Hong Kong Research Center, Hong Kong, Tue 12 Mar 2024 (invited guest lecture "Abstract Animation Art") - Relentless Melt No. 32: Hong Kong Abstracted, Listasafn Árnesinga - LÁ Art Museum, Hveragerdi, Iceland, 2-31 March 2024 (screening curated by Max Hattler) - Relentless Melt No. 31: Abstract and Experimental Animation from Hong Kong, Close-Up Cinema, London, Sun 28 Jan 2024 (screening curated by Max Hattler, repeat from December) 2023 - SIGGRAPH Asia 2023, Sydney, Australia, 12-15 Dec 2023 (jury member, Computer Animation Festival) - Relentless Melt No. 31: Abstract and Experimental Animation from Hong Kong, Close-Up Cinema, London, Thu 7 Dec 2023, 20:15 (screening curated and presented by Max Hattler + Q&A with Dr Paul Taberham) - Relentless Melt No. 30: Vertical Abstractions, Clockenflap Festival, Hong Kong, 1-3 Dec 2023 (programme of experimental animation co-curated by Max Hattler and Jay Hofmann-Forster) - Relentless Melt No. 29: Animated Abstractions from Hong Kong, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK, Wed 29 Nov 2023, 14:00 (screening curated and presented by Max Hattler, hosted by Animation Research Centre and Prof Birgitta Hosea) - London College of Communication, University of the Arts London, UK, 6 Nov 2023 (guest lecture / artist talk for MA in Animation) - Colloquium in Media Studies Research, Film University Babelsberg, Potsdam, Germany, Thu 2 Nov 2023, 16:00 (Room 5101) (paper "Sounding Patterns: Animated Experiments in Optical Sound": Taking inspiration from 20th-century avant-garde experiments in graphical sound generation, Max Hattler presents new experimental animation works at different levels of completion in which the image functions as an optical soundtrack.) - Relentless Melt No. 28: Experimental Animation from Hong Kong, Film University Babelsberg, Potsdam, Germany, Wed 1 Nov 2023, 13:00 (Room 6001) (screening curated and presented by Max Hattler, hosted by Film University's animation department) - Synaesthetic Syntax IV: The Ghost vs the Machine, Expanded Animation Symposium: The Art of Performance, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria, 8-10 Sep 2023 (paper: 'Hattlerizer 4.D: Expanded Stereoscopic Abstract Animation Live Performance') - Film University Babelsberg, Potsdam, Germany, Aug 2023 - Jan 2024 (Visiting Artist) - Psarokokalo International Short Film Festival, Athens, Greece, 2-14 July 2023 (jury member, Animation Competition) - 34th Society for Animation Studies Conference, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, US, 12-16 June 2023 (paper 'Max Hattler’s stereoscopic installation Vœrtex' on 15 June 2023) - Relentless Melt No. 27: Hong Kong Neighbourhoods Reanimated, 34th Society for Animation Studies Conference, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, US, 12-16 June 2023 (screening curated by Max Hattler, on 15 June 2023) - Relentless Melt No. 26: New Animated Abstractions, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong, 15 May 2023, 18:30 (screening + discussion, curated by Max Hattler) - Animex Research and Innovation Conference, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK, 17-18 April 2023 (paper "Stereoscopic Abstract Animation as Immersive Installation" on Mon 17 Apr) - SCM/ACIM Research Colloquium, Future Cinema, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong, Tue 28 March 2023, 12:30 HKT (ACIM Research Fellowship presentation: 'Artistic Experiments in Expanded Stereoscopy') - ANIVAE 2023 workshop at IEEE VR 2023, Shanghai, China, 25-29 March 2023 (paper "Artistic Exploration of Stop-Motion Animation in Virtual Reality: Spatializing the Analog Techniques of 2D Replacement and Object Animation by Using Digital Cutout and Realtime Rendering" (co-authors Franziska Bruckner, Julian Salhofer, Clemens Gürtler, Max Hattler, Matthias Husinsky) on Sun 26 Mar) - 28th ifva Awards, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, Sat 11 March 2023 (jury member, Animation Category - preselection jury and award jury) - Relentless Melt No. 22: Sensorium, Clockenflap Festival, 3-5 March 2023 (programme of experimental animation co-curated by Max Hattler and Jay Forster) 'Hattlerizer 4.D: Expanded Stereoscopic Abstract Animation Live Performance' at Synaesthetic Syntax IV: The Ghost vs the Machine, Expanded Animation Symposium: The Art of Performance, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria, Sun 10 Sep 2023 2022 - Senior Scholars Roundtable Session on Innovative Teaching at CityU, City University of Hong Kong, 30 Nov 2022 (Panel discussion with Sophie St-Hilaire, Max Hattler, Yun Wah Lam, Tiffany Pang) - ONE MINUTE SHORTS from School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, Supernova Digital Animation Festival, 16th and Champa screen, Denver, CO, US, 17 Sep 2022 (Silent Screen 2022 screening curated by Max Hattler) - Expanded Animation Symposium, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria, Sun 11 Sep 2022 (Scientific Committee) - Relentless Melt No. 25: Experimental Audiovisual Animations from Hong Kong, The Shipwreck Laguna (VRchat), 1-30 Sep 2022 (online exhibition of stereoscopic and experimental animation films from Hong Kong, curated by Max Hattler and PK, hosted by King Deluxe / Break) - Louis Koo Creative Media Awards, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, Sep 2022 (jury) - St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Sankt Pölten, Austria, 18-25 Jul 2022 (ExperiMotion 1 - guest artist: Max Hattler - VR and stop-motion animation workshop for the artistic research project VRinMotion – expanding stop-motion and motion-capture in virtual environments) - Animators’ Roundtable Forum: Hong Kong Animation, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Fri 13 May 2022, 9:00-12:00 HKT (paper 'Abstract and Experimental Animation in Hong Kong' in Panel 3: 'Experimental/Abstract Animation', speakers: Max Hattler, Rui Hu, Louise Pau, Tamas Waliczky, chaired by Yiman Wang) - Leonardo LASER Talk - Transition Regimes: Cultures of Media Art II, part of the Transition Regimes: Cultures of Media Art MicroPOM Symposium organised by Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark, Wed 11 May 2022, 10:00-11:30 CEST (speakers: Max Hattler, HC Gilje, Diana Pankova, Marie Højlund, chair: Morten Søndergaard) - University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, Tue 26 Apr 2022 (guest lecture in Dr. Maike Sarah Reinerth's course "Animation|Politik: Propaganda und Protest, Information und Transformation" for MA Medienkulturwissenschaft) - Media Arts Cultures Erasmus Mundus Joint Master, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark, 15-16 Mar 2022 (lecture and workshop) 2021 - Academy of Art and Design, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, CH, Tue 7 Dec 2021 (virtual guest lecture in Dirk Koy's class) - Relentless Melt No. 24: Hong Kong Experimental Animation, Mediatheque, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Willamette University, Portland, Oregon, US, Mon 15 Nov 2021 (screening curated by Max Hattler, introduced by Rose Bond) - VII FAIA - International Academic Forum on Animation, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina, 6-8 Oct 2021 (paper: 'Recent Abstract and Experimental Animation in Hong Kong', 10:00 ART on Fri 8 Oct 2021) - RE:ANIMA – European Joint Master in Animation, LUCA School of Arts, Genk, Belgium, Wed 6 Oct 2021, 10:00-17:00 CEST (online workshop 'Dramaturgy in Abstract Films') - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, US, Thu 30 Sep 2021, 15:30 EST (virtual guest lecture in Prof. Joshua Mosley's mixed media animation class) - Light Moves Festival of Screendance, Limerick, Ireland, Sun 26 Sep 2021 (Visual Music Panel with Max Hattler, Aimee Mollaghan, Robin Parmar) - Light Moves Festival of Screendance, Limerick, Ireland, 24-26 Sep 2021 (Visual Music Films curated by Aimee Mollaghan, Jurgen Simpson, Robin Parmar and Max Hattler) - Middlesex University, London, UK, Wed 22 Sep 2021, 14:00-16:00 (artist talk for Animation BA students) - Expanded Animation Symposium, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria / Worldwide, Fri 12 Sep 2021 (Scientific Committee) - Relentless Melt No. 23: CityU Hong Kong Student Experimental Animation, SUPERNOVA Digital Animation Festival, Denver, CO, USA, 11-13 September 2021 (screening curated by Max Hattler, live stream discussion with Faiyaz Jafri, Snow Yunxue Fu and Max Hattler after the screening launch at 17:00 MDT on 11 Sep 2021) - SCM Annual 2021 - Diaspora, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, 23 Jul - 8 Aug 2021 (Best of the Show Award jury) - Virtu(Re)al Playgrounds - How to digitally expand a city, Peter Weibel Institute for Digital Cultures (WID), University of Applied Arts, Vienna, 30 June - 2 July 2021 (paper: 'Architectural Abstractions of Hong Kong: Superstructure Playgrounds'; Panel 7 with Valerie Messini and Mark H. Ramos, 10:30-12:00 CEST on Fri 2 July 2021; part of Angewandte Festival 2021) - Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, 21 Jun 2021 (jury) - 4th International Conference - Stereo & Immersive Media, Lusofona University, Lisbon, Portugal, 11-12 & 18-19 Jun 2021 (paper: 'Developing Alternative Aesthetics for Artistic Expression in Experimental Stereoscopic 3D Films'; panel 8.3 '3D Cinema, Virtual Reality and Video Gaming' with Ana Victoria Falcon Araujo and Esther Jacopin, chaired by Manuel José Damasio, 16:00 GMT+1 on Sat 19 June 2021) - 32nd Society for Animation Studies Conference, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA, 14-18 Jun 2021 (paper: 'Relentless Melt: Aesthetic Trends in Contemporary Visual Music in Hong Kong'; panel 'Aesthetics & Experiments' with Marta Soares and Maitane Junguitu Dronda, 13:00 - 14:30 CDT on Tue 15 June 2021) - Relentless Melt No. 21: Visual Music Hong Kong, 32nd Society for Animation Studies Conference, Tulane University, New Orleans, USA, 14-18 Jun 2021 (screening curated by Max Hattler) - Art Machines 2: International Symposium on Machine Learning and Art, City University of Hong Kong, 10-14 Jun 2021 (paper: 'Expanded Stereoscopy: Developing New Aesthetic Forms for 3D Films'; Paper Session 8 'Animation and CGI' with Lukasz Mirocha, Session Chair: Mike Wong, 18:00-19:00 on Fri 11 June 2021) - Popular Culture Association Annual Conference, Boston, USA, 2-5 Jun 2021 (paper: 'Contemporary Abstract Animation Aesthetics in Hong Kong'; panel 'Animation I: A Look at Animation from China, Hong Kong, and Japan' with Terrie Man-chi Cheung and Makoto Kuroda, chaired by David S. Silverman, 9:30-10:50 EDT on Fri 4 June 2021) - Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, 1-7 Jun 2021 (Film talk "Hamburg Positions: The City of Tomorrow" with filmmakers Ulrike Hemberger (Die Dritte Generation des Wohlfühlens), Louis Fried (Flexible Bodies) and Max Hattler (Serial Parallels), moderated by Lars Frehse and Till Briegleb) - Animation Educators Forum Faculty Grants, Animation Educators Forum, ASIFA-Hollywood, June 2021 (Faculty Grants jury with Harvey Deneroff, Scott Raymond, Marc Russo, David Yee, Colin Williamson) - Louis Koo Creative Media Awards, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, June 2021 (jury) - VIENNA SHORTS 18th International Short Film Festival, Vienna, Austria, 27 May - 1 Jun 2021 (Animation Avantgarde competition jury with Andrea Braidt, Clemence Bragard) - Association for Chinese Animation Studies Inaugural Conference, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, 1 Mar - 12 May 2021 (paper: 'Animated Abstraction and Meaning: A Case Study of Hong Kong Artists'; Panel 18: 'Animation in Hong Kong and Singapore' with Tze-yue G. Hu, Winnie Fu, Ann Y. Y. Leung, Hannes Rall, chaired by Marc Steinberg, 9:00-11:40 on Tue 11 May 2021) - XPRMNTL Animation, 28th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, Stuttgart, Germany, 4-9 May 2021 (experimental animation screening co-curated by Max Hattler, Giovanna Thiery and Ulrich Wegenast) - Arts University Bournemouth, Poole, Dorset, UK, Wed 14 Apr 2021, 10:00 GTM ('Expanding Animation?' guest lecture for Animation Research Group, invited by Prof Paul Ward) - SCM/ACIM Research Colloquium, Future Cinema, Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre, Hong Kong, Tue 13 Apr 2021, 11:00 HKT (ACIM Research Fellowship presentation: 'ROAR: Retinal Optics Art Research Lab') - Lusofona University, Lisbon, Portugal, Tue 16 Mar 2021 (guest lecture for Master in Animation Arts, invited by Dr Pedro Serrazina and Dr Natalie Woolf) - Relentless Melt No. 20: Hong Kong Animation Experiments, Animation;Experiment in collaboration with New Media Society, Tehran, Iran, Thu 11 Feb 2021, 18:00-19:30 (screening curated by Max Hattler) - Academy of Visual Arts (AVA), Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, 2 Feb 2021 (Media Art Studio artist talk for undergraduate students) 2020 - Ecstatic Truth V: The Age of the Absurd, online symposium hosted by Under the Radar and University of the Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria, 15-16 Dec 2020 (paper: 'Abstract Animated Documentary? Moving-Image Abstraction and Meaning-Making in Hong Kong’s Age of the Absurd', 16 Dec 2020) - Relentless Melt No. 19: Hong Kong Visual Music, Seeing Sound Practice-Led Visual Music Symposium (12-13 Dec 2020), Sun 13 Dec 2020 (screening curated by Max Hattler) - Computational Media and Arts Seminar Series: Max Hattler & Tianran Duan - Methodologies of Experimental Animation, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, Fri 4 Dec 2020 (invited guest speaker 'Experimental Animation Between Art and Technology') - London International Animation Festival, London, UK, 27 Nov - 6 Dec 2020 (International Competition Jury with Chris Shepherd, Sophie Koko-Gate) - 21st Advanced Imaging International Festival - AI^2 TechArt Conference, Graduate School of Advanced Imaging Sciences, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea, 13 Nov 2020 (paper: 'Art, Technology and Abstraction: Experimental Animation Between Visual Music and Oblique Storytelling') - Big Cartoon Festival, Moscow, Russia, Sat 31 Oct 2020 (Masterclass: Abstract Narratives and Synaesthetic Experiences) - Relentless Melt No. 18: Hong Kong Refractions, London, UK, Wed 28 Oct 2020 (screening curated by Max Hattler, presented by London International Animation Festival) - TOFUZI International Animation Festival, Batumi, Georgia, 26-31 Oct 2020 (Young Jury) - 8th Accessible Film Festival, Ankara, Turkey, 12-18 Oct 2020 (Serial Parallels Q&A) - Louis Koo Creative Media Awards, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, Oct 2020 (jury) - Animafest Scanner VII - Symposium for Contemporary Animation Studies, Zagreb, Croatia, 29-30 Sep 2020 (paper: 'Protest, Panic and Pandemic: Animated Abstraction and Meaning in Hong Kong’s Age of Chaos', 29 Sep) - 8th Animation Support Program, Hong Kong, Sat 26 Sep 2020, 10:00-13:00 (guest speaker: "Creating Animation the Abstract Way") - 16th Indie-AniFest, Seoul, Korea, Sun 20 Sep 2020 (Director's Talk) - SUPERNOVA Digital Animation Festival, Denver, CO, USA, 17-25 Sep 2020 (jury) - Relentless Melt No. 17: Hong Kong Student Animation Spotlight, SUPERNOVA Digital Animation Festival, Denver, CO, USA, 17-25 Sep 2020 (screening curated by Max Hattler) - 12th Seoul International Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival, Seoul, Korea, 15-20 Sep 2020 (Q&A International Competition, Wed 16 Sep 2020) - Expanded Animation Symposium, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria / Worldwide, Fri 11 Sep 2020, 17:00 CEST (Max Hattler Artist Position 'Appeal of the Analogue: Real-Word Abstractions') - 18th Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Baden, Switzerland, 1-6 Sep 2020 (Q&A International Competition with Max Hattler by Tünde Vollenbroek, Sat 5 Sep 2020) - Relentless Melt No. 16: Covid-HK, Iso Film Fest, online (VRChat), 22-30 Aug 2020, extended until 30 Sep 2020 (screening curated by Max Hattler) - Relentless Melt Redux II, SCM V+ Gallery, 18 Aug 2020 - April 2021 (online showcase curated by Max Hattler) - VIENNA SHORTS 17th International Short Film Festival, Vienna, Austria, 28 May - 2 Jun 2020 (Meet The AA Artists: Animation Avantgarde Artist Talk with filmmakers Maja Gehrig, Max Hattler and Aria Covamonas, presented by Wiktoria Pelzer and Thomas Renoldner, Mon 1 June 2020) - Abstract Characters: Matt Abbiss and Others, IFVA Festival, Hong Kong, 7 March 2020 (screening co-curated by Max Hattler and Matt Abbiss, cancelled due to pandemic) Max Hattler Artist Position 'Appeal of the Analogue: Real-Word Abstractions' at Expanded Animation Symposium, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria, Fri 11 Sep 2020 2019 - Relentless Melt No. 15: Hong Kong Abstractions, Filmasia Asian Film Festival, Kino Ponrepo, Prague, Czechia, Sat 7 Dec 2019, 15:00-16:30 (screening curated by Max Hattler, introduced by Iresa Cho) - Relentless Melt No. 14: 香港實驗動畫精選, Zhong Shan 73 (中山73影視藝文空間), Taichung, Taiwan, Sat 26 Oct 2019, 19:30-20:30 (screening curated by Max Hattler for International Animation Day) - Taichung International Animation Festival, Taichung, Taiwan, 12 Oct 2019 (Masterclass: Synesthetic Abstractions) - Taichung International Animation Festival, Taichung, Taiwan, 11-20 Oct 2019 (Director in Focus 1 and Director in Focus 2 retrospectives) - Taichung International Animation Festival, Taichung, Taiwan, 11-20 Oct 2019 (jury) - 原格破裂／Elemental Dynamite event guest-curated by Max Hattler: Verina Gfader: Neighbours and Aliens, Floating Projects, JCCAC, Shek Kip Mei, Hong Kong, Wed 25 Sep 2019, 19:00 (animation presentation by Verina Gfader, followed by Q&A) - About Receptive Rhythms, Goethe-Gallery, Goethe-Institut Hong Kong, Thu 19 Sep 2019, 19:30 (Part of Receptive Rhythms exhibition: A conversation between artist Max Hattler and curator Harald Kraemer) - 原格破裂／Elemental Dynamite event guest-curated by Max Hattler: Robert Seidel: Phantom Horizons, Floating Projects, JCCAC, Shek Kip Mei, Hong Kong, Wed 18 Sep 2019, 19:00 (Experimental animation screening curated by Robert Seidel, followed by a discussion with Robert and Max) - Lightplay. Experimental Animation and the Bauhaus Legacy, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, Sat 14 Sep 2019, 16:30 (paper: 'Concrete Abstractions'; panel 'Experimental Animation ‒ the Bauhaus Legacy' with Robert Seidel, Nicola Hens, Yu Ka Ho Albert) - Lightplay. Experimental Animation and the Bauhaus Legacy, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, Sat 14 Sep 2019 (symposium organised by Harald Kraemer and Max Hattler: symposium schedule) - Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, 18 Jun 2019 (jury) - 31st Society for Animation Studies Conference, Universidade Lusofona, Lisbon, Portugal, 17-21 Jun 2019 (paper: 'Animation of Density: Serial Parallels in Hong Kong’s High-Rise Architecture', panel: 'Animated High-Rise Architecture: Space, Place and Symbolism' with Alex Jukes, Faiyaz Jafri) - Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Annecy, France, 15 Jun 2019 (Short & Breakfast Q&A) - Relentless Melt No. 13: Consecutive Correspondences, Floating Projects, JCCAC, Hong Kong, Wed 15 May 2019, 18:30 (screening + discussion, curated by Max Hattler) - Animex Awards, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK, 13-17 May 2019 (jury) - Anifilm, Trebon, Czech Republic, 7-12 May 2019 (jury, retrospective, masterclass) - Relentless Melt No. 11: Hong Kong International, 26th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, Metropol 2, Stuttgart, Germany, 22:00 Fri 3 May 2019 (Hong Kong focus screening curated and introduced by Max Hattler) - In Persona: Max Hattler, 26th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, Metropol 3, Stuttgart, Germany, 17:00 Fri 3 May 2019 (screening + Q&A) - Hongkong School of Creative Media, 26th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, Metropol 3, Stuttgart, Germany, 17:00 Thu 2 May 2019 (curated and introduced by Max Hattler) - Animation and Science SAS Symposium, Literaturhaus, Stuttgart, Germany, Wed 1 May 2019, 14:00 (paper: 'Superstructure Playgrounds: Re-Animating Hong Kong’s Architecture') - 26th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, Stuttgart, Germany, 30 April - 5 May 2019 (Young Animation Jury) - 100 Years Bauhaus: Designing the Future, The Hong Kong University – UMAG and Department of Architecture, Hong Kong, 11-12 Apr 2019 (paper: 'Experimental Animation Film: The Bauhaus and its Legacy', panel: 'Bauhaus: Media and Art' with Petra Eisele, chaired by Florian Knothe, 13:30-14:30 on Fri 12 April 2019) - Relentless Melt No. 10: Year of the Bore, Floating Projects, JCCAC, Hong Kong, Wed 23 Jan 2019, 18:00 (screening + discussion, curated by Max Hattler) - Art Machines: International Symposium on Computational Media Art, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 4-7 Jan 2019 (Panel Chair for Paper Session 16: 'Algorithmic Abstractions', 9:00-11:00 on Mon 7 Jan 2019) - Art Machines: International Symposium on Computational Media Art, Hong Kong, 4-7 Jan 2019 (paper: 'Parallax Relax: Expanded Stereoscopy' in Paper Session 10: 'Digital Animation' 11:45-12:45 on Sun 6 Jan 2019, chaired by Kaho Yu) - Relentless Melt Redux, Art Machines: International Symposium on Computational Media Art, Hong Kong, 4-7 Jan 2019 (Relentless Melt screening of student films curated by Max Hattler at Conference Reception on Fri 4 Jan 2019) 2018 - CREATE! MakerSpace, CityU Library, City University of Hong Kong, Mon 3 Dec 2018, 12:30 (Guest Lecture 5.0: Max Hattler: Audio-Visual Abstraction: Animation as Fine Art Practice) - Relentless Melt No. 9: Audio Visions, Clockenflap Festival, Hong Kong, 9-11 Nov 2018 (screening curated by Max Hattler) - Relentless Melt No. 8: Hong Kong in Motion, SUPERNOVA Digital Animation Festival, Denver, CO, USA, Sat 22 Sep 2018 (screening curated by Max Hattler) - Relentless Melt No. 7: Moving Image Hong Kong, Wright Hall, New Cut Cinema, 110 The Cut, London, SE1 8LN, UK, Tue 14 Aug 2018, 20:00 (screening curated and introduced by Max Hattler) - Creative Computing Summer School, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, 30 Jul - 18 Aug 2018 (Quality Assurance) - Relentless Melt No. 6: Underlige animationsfilm fra Hong Kong, Dynamo, Odense, Denmark, Wed 18 Jul 2018, 18:30 (screening curated and introduced by Max Hattler) - CONFIA International Conference on Animation and Illustration, Esposende, Portugal, 13-15 Jul 2018 (paper: 'Meaning and Temporality in Abstract Animation', panel 'Expanded Image Spaces: Animation as an Artistic Practice' with Robert Seidel, Pedro Serrazina on Sun 15 Jul) - CONFIA International Conference on Animation and Illustration, Esposende, Portugal, 13-15 Jul 2018 (Panel Chair for Panel 12 with Mary Finn-Saisselin, Iria Cabrera Balbuena, Cynthia Levitan on Sat 14 Jul) - Museum of Digital Art (MuDA), Zurich, Switzerland, Thu 5 Jul 2018 (Metaz series Max Hattler artist talk) - Relentless Melt No. 5: Hong Kong Rhythms, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Sankt Pölten, Austria, Thu 28 Jun 2018, 17:30 (screening curated and introduced by Max Hattler) - Creative Media Summer School, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Sankt Pölten, Austria, 25-29 Jun 2018 (workshop: 'Abstract Narratives – Narrative Abstractions') - Rétrospective Max Hattler, Cinémathèque québécoise, Montreal, Canada, Fri 22 Jun 2018, 19:00 (screening + Q&A w/ Lilly Husbands) - 30th Society for Animation Studies Conference, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, 18-22 Jun 2018 (paper: 'Linearity Disrupted: Looping Back to Beginnings', panel: 'Animated Temporalities: Artist Perspectives' with Dirk de Bruyn, Faiyaz Jafri on 19 June, 11:00-12:30) - 30th Society for Animation Studies Conference, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, 18-22 Jun 2018 (Panel Chair for 'Expanded Frames: Animating Space' panel with Rose Bond, Pedro Serrazina, Lea Vidakovic on 20 June, 11:00- 12:30) - Relentless Melt No. 4: Integrated Services Audiovisual Network, Floating Projects, Hong Kong, Tue 5 Jun 2018, 18:00 (screening + discussion, curated by Max Hattler) - Animation x Experimental: International Experimental Animation Exhibition 2018, Fuzhong 15 Animation and Story Gallery, New Taipei City, Taiwan, Sat 2 Jun 2018, 11:00 (lecture: 'Animation Between Visual Music and Narrative Abstraction') - Relentless Melt No. 3: Alternate Realities Hong Kong, Under the Radar, Metro Kinokulturhaus, Vienna, Austria, Fri 25 May 2018, 21:00 (screening curated by Max Hattler, introduced by Chunning Guo) - Relentless Melt No. 2: Hong Kong Audio-Visual Abstractions, Splice Festival, London, UK, 13 May 2018 (screening curated by Max Hattler, introduced by Jean-Gabriel Becker) - Multiversal Experiences – Parallel Universes in Virtual and Augmented Reality, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 22-23 Feb 2018 (keynote lecture 'Expanded Stereoscopy 360') 2017 - Relentless Melt No. 1: Hong Kong Music Abstractions, Floating Projects, Hong Kong, 2 Dec 2017 (screening + discussion, curated by Max Hattler) - Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 27 Nov 2017 (lecture 'Oblique Narrative and Synaesthetic Experience') - KLEX, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 26 Nov 2017 (featured artist talk) - KLEX, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25 Nov 2017 (Max Hattler Retrospective + Q&A) - EXiM 2017 Cross-Straits Experimental Animation Festival, Macao Museum of Art, Macao, 18 Nov 2017 (Divisional Articulations + Shift Q&A) - Western Universities Students Animation Festival Academic Proseminar, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu, China, 12 Nov 2017 (paper: 'Materiality and Representation in Animation: Approaches to Abstraction') - 56 Moon Animation Festival, Chengdu, China, 11 Nov 2017 (solo screening + Q&A) - 56 Moon Animation Festival, Chengdu, China, 10-12 Nov 2017 (jury) - Asia Animation Forum, Bucheon International Animation Festival, Bucheon, Korea, 22 Oct 2017 (paper: 'From Broken Visions to Expanded Abstractions') - Video Loops at Central Library, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Sat 23 Sep 2017 (jury) - Expanded Animation Symposium, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria, 8 Sep 2017 (paper: 'Broken Visions in Stereo') - Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria, 7-11 Sep 2017 (InPersona screening + Deep Space 8K: Expanded Abstractions presentation) - Creative Computing Summer School, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK, 2-19 Aug 2017 (Quality Assurance) - London Animation Club, Green Man, Fitzrovia, London, UK, 1 Aug 2017 (screening/talk) - 29th Society for Animation Studies Conference, University of Padova, Padua, Italy, 3-7 Jul 2017 (paper: 'Expanded Abstractions: From Fake Holography to Broken Stereoscopy') - Visual Music Award, Kino Gelnhausen, Gelnhausen, Germany, Fri 23 Jun 2017 (jury + special guest screening) - RIDCH Conference on Digital Art, Design and Advertising, The Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2 Jun 2017 (paper: 'Narrative-Abstraction: Abstraction as Narrative in Time-Based Media') - 1st Red Bird Student Film Festival, HKUST, Hong Kong, 27 May 2017 (jury) - Animex Awards, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, UK, 22-26 May 2017 (jury) - Stuttgart Media University, Stuttgart, Germany, 13 Apr 2017 (guest lecture ''Media Design Strategies in a Fine Art Context / Strategien der Mediengestaltung im Umfeld der freien Kunst' in Prof. Ursula Drees' class) - Filmfest Dresden International Short Film Festival, Dresden, Germany, 5 + 7 Apr 2017 (Animated: Max Hattler Retrospective) - Filmfest Dresden International Short Film Festival, Dresden, Germany, 4-9 Apr 2017 (jury) - Sonar Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1 Apr 2017 (Max Hattler - Sonar+D screening + Q&A) 2016 - Annual China Animation Studies Conference, Sichuan Animation Research Centre, Academy of Art and Film, Chengdu University, Chengdu, China, 19 Nov 2016 ('Experiential Abstractions' lecture) - Institute for Media and Communication Studies, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany, 24 Oct 2016 ('Animation Art and Video Activism' lecture) - Punto y Raya Festival, ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany, 23 Oct 2016 (masterclass) - Punto y Raya Festival, ZKM Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany, 20-23 Oct 2016 (jury) - School of Arts, Renmin University, Beijing, China, 3 Sep 2016 (影象力 | Image Power lecture) - Minsheng Art Museum, Beijing, China, 1 Sep 2016 (Artist Sharing Session, 2016 HongKong-Macau Visual Art Biennale) - RIDCH Conference on Digital Art and Film, The Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 4-6 Jul 2016 (presentation of paper 'Visualising Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 5') - Visual Music Award, Kino Gelnhausen, Gelnhausen, Germany, 1 Jul 2016 (jury) - Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore, 30 Jun 2016 (guest lecture) - 28th Society for Animation Studies Conference, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 28 Jun 2016 (paper: 'Visual Mahler') - School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 15 Jun 2016 (Brown Bag Research presents Reflections on Abstractions by Max Hattler) - School of the Art Institute of Chicago China Study Trip 2016: Max Hattler Studio Visit, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, 10 Jun 2016 (studio visit / lecture) - ISEA2016 Hong Kong 香港 Cultural R>evolution, Hong Kong, 21 May 2016 (Session Chair for 'S1.6 - Artist / Work-in-Progress Talks - Digital Drawing and Painting' w/ Antonin Fourneau, Rosalie Yu, Alon Chitayat, Tal Achituv, Ivo Teixeira, Rodrigo Carvalho, Tiago Rocha, Francisca Gonçalves) - ISEA2016 Hong Kong 香港 Cultural R>evolution, Hong Kong, 21 May 2016 (Session Chair for 'S2.7 - Artist / Work-in-Progress Talks - Digital Photography' w/ Peter Williams, Sala Wong, Vygandas Simbelis, Tamas Waliczky, George Legrady, Veron Sung) - SCAD Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 10 May 2016 (New Media Art and Animation lecture) - California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, USA, 10 Feb 2016 (Experimental Animation visiting artist lecture) - California State University, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 9 Feb 2016 (guest lecture) - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 8 Feb 2016 (tutorials and presentation in Michael Patterson's Visual Music class in the School of Cinematic Arts) 2015 - Summit at Sea, Miami, Florida & International Waters, 13-16 Nov 2015 (Artist in Residence) - Indie-Anifest, Seoul, Korea, 18 + 20 Sep 2015 (Audio-Visual Artist: Max Hattler's Neo New Media screening + Q&A) - Indie-Anifest, 11th Korean Independent Animation Film Festival, Seoul, Korea, 17-21 Sep 2015 (jury) - 27th Society for Animation Studies Conference, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK, 14 Jul 2015 (paper: 'Reflection Between Abstraction and Figuration: Towards an Abstracted Heterotopia') - Visual Music Award, Germany, July 2015 (jury) - Melbourne International Animation Festival, Australia, 24 Jun 2015 (Max Hattler is in the Room screening + Q&A) - Render Animation Conference, ACMI, Melbourne, Australia, 23 Jun 2015 (paper: 'Reflection Between Abstraction and Figuration: Towards an Abstracted Heterotopia') - Animafest Scanner II - Symposium for Contemporary Animation Studies, Zagreb, Croatia, 10-11 Jun 2015 (paper: 'Reflection Between Abstraction and Figuration: Towards an Abstracted Heterotopia') - Animafest, Zagreb, Croatia, 9-14 Jun 2015 (Student Film and Commissioned Film competitions jury with Vassilis Kroustallis, Branka Benčić) - Hongik University, Seoul, Korea, 19 May 2015 (lecture) - Open Source Art Forum, WCO Korea, Seoul, Korea, 17 May 2015 (lecture) - Abstract Animation, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, 11 May 2015 (screening of student works curated by Max Hattler) - Resonate, Belgrade, Serbia, 17 Apr 2015 (lecture) - Resonate, Belgrade, Serbia, 17 Apr 2015 (panel discussion Visual Narratives / Storytelling, James George, Sabrina Ratté, Max Hattler, chaired by Shane Walter) - Monstra Animated Film Festival, Lisbon, Portugal, 17 Mar 2015 (masterclass) - Monstra Animated Film Festival, Lisbon, Portugal, 16-22 Mar 2015 (jury) - Tehran International Animation Festival, Tehran, Iran, 12 Mar 2015 (masterclass) - Tehran International Animation Festival, Tehran, Iran, 8-12 Mar 2015 (jury) 2014 - Sint Lucas Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium, 15-19 Dec (Audiovisual Abstractions workshop) - IMM - Institut für Musik und Medien, Düsseldorf, Germany, 11 Dec - Cologne Game Lab, Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany, 10 Dec - Goldsmiths, University of London, London, 9 Dec (lecture + tutorials in Alice Dunseath's class) - Bristol School of Animation, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK, 3 Dec - Middlesex University, London, 2 Dec (lecture + tutorials for Animation BA students) - Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, USA, 21 Nov (retrospective screening + Q&A w/ Gina Marie Napolitan) - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 19 Nov (guest lecture in Professor Christine Panushka's seminar in the School of Cinematic Arts) - CalArts, Valencia, California, USA, 13-17 Nov (workshop for MFA Motion Graphics) + 17 Nov (lecture) - Norwich University of the Arts, Norwich, UK, 7 Nov - London International Animation Festival, London, UK, 1 Nov (Max Hattler Masterclass) - London College of Communication, London, UK, 30 Oct (lecture) + 3 Nov (tutorials) - London International Animation Festival, London, UK, 24 Oct - 2 Nov (Abstract Showcase jury) - Royal College of Art, London, 22-23 Oct + 5-6 Nov (short workshop for MA VisCom students) - Aalborg University Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 16 Oct (lecture for Medialogy students) - London Animation Club, Green Man, Fitzrovia, London, 7 Oct - National Film and Television School, Beaconsfield, UK, 29 Sep (talk + tutorials) - Last Friday Shorts, TAP Gallery, Southend on Sea, UK, 26 Sep (Everything Turns, Shift + Drift Q&A) - CASS, London Metropolitan University, London, 24 Sep - Fest Anca, Zilina, Slovakia, 22 Jun (Breakfast with Max Hattler) - Fest Anca, Zilina, Slovakia, 20 Jun (Profile: Max Hattler) - Fest Anca, Zilina, Slovakia, 18-22 Jun (jury) - Festival 214, Topman, Oxford Circus, London, 4 Jun (Art of Noise panel w/ Trevor Jackson, James Kirkup, Will Brown, chaired by Alex Rayner) - British Council, Caracas, Venezuela, 14-16 May (Wayuumation Workshop) - Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Caracas, Venezuela, 14 May (Abstracciones Audiovisuales Lecture) - School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 28 Apr (lecture) - Tate Britain, London, UK, 10 Mar (Assembly: Composite II post-screening Q&A w/ critic and curator Isobel Harbison, part of Assembly: A Survey of Recent Artists’ Film and Video in Britain 2008–2013) - Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium, 20 Feb (KASKcinema Lecture + tutorials for Animation students) - Sint Lucas Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium, 19 Feb (lecture) - Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK), Ghent, Belgium, 19 Feb (history of abstract animation lecture) - Sint-Lucas, Ghent, Belgium, 18 Feb (talk and tutorials at Digital Design International Day) - Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough, UK, 12 Feb (Max Hattler masterclass organized by Animate Projects as part of Animex) - Filmwinter, Stuttgart, Germany, 16-19 Jan (jury) 2013 - Middlesex University, London, 9 Dec (lecture + tutorials for Animation BA students) - University of East London, London, UK, 22 Nov (artist talk) - Royal College of Art, London, 20, 27, 28 Nov (short workshop for MA VisCom students) - International Festival of Fulldome Arts 'Dimension', Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics, Kaluga, Russia, 16 Nov (artist talk) - International Festival of Fulldome Arts 'Dimension', Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics, Kaluga, Russia, 15-17 Nov (premiere of new work Constant Sky (Бесконечность горизонта)) - CutOut Fest International Animation Festival, Queretaro, Mexico, 14-16 Nov (jury in absentia) - The Wrong - New Digital Art Biennale, 1 Nov - 31 Dec ('Wilderness of Mirrors' pavilion curator) - London Int'l Animation Festival, London, UK, 27 Oct (introduction of Shift + X) - Animatou Festival, Les Cinémas du Grütli, Geneva, Switzerland, 11 Oct, 9-17h (masterclass) - Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts - HSLU, Switzerland, 9 Oct (lecture) - Animatou Festival, Geneva, Switzerland, 5-13 Oct (jury) - TOFUZI International Animation Festival, Batumi, Georgia, 4 Oct (masterclass) - TOFUZI International Animation Festival, Batumi, Georgia, 2-5 Oct (jury) - Animate Experiment at Brighton Digital Festival at De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill On Sea, UK, 27 Sep (panel discussion with Sebastian Buerkner and Kim Stewart) - Videoholica, Varna, Bulgaria, 1-6 Aug (jury) - Videoholica, Varna, Bulgaria, 4 Aug (artist talk) - Nozstock Festival, Bromyard, Herefordshire, 26 Jul (retrospective) - East End Film Festival, London, 3 Jul (speaker at Emerge event at Vibe Bar, w/ Mike Figgis, James Mullighan (Transmedia Next), Jordan McGarry (Vimeo), Chris O’Reilly (Nexus Productions), Rich Welsh (Technicolor), Alistair Burleigh (i>Lab), Keith Johnstone (UEA), Bridey-Rae Lipscombe + Cat Turner (Native LDN)) - Schaustelle, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany, 15 Jun (artist talk) - Science Friction, Copenhagen, Denmark, 28 May (artist talk) - The Animation Workshop, VIA University College, Viborg, Denmark, 21 May (artist talk) - Platform4, Aalborg, Denmark, 16-17 May (2-day Video Mapping Lab workshop Live generative visual instruments with 3D animation w/ Sune Petersen) - Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark, 9 May (Tower Session: Max Hattler Artist Talk) - Open Workshop, The Animation Workshop, VIA University College, Viborg, Denmark, 2-25 May (AiR) - AniFest, Teplice, Czech Republic, 26 Apr - 1 May (jury) - AniFest, Teplice, Czech Republic, 27 Apr (Jurors' Programme: Max Hattler screening/talk) - Frenz: Art in April, Strongroom, London, UK, 17 Apr (screening/talk) - London College of Communication, London, UK, 17 Apr (lecture + tutorials) - Directional Forces 2013, ArToll Kunstlabor, Bedburg-Hau, Germany, 24-31 Mar (Artist in Residence) - University of Salford, MediaCityUK, 16 Mar (6 Million Ways of Getting into the Arts: Animation talk + panel w/ Ian Mackinnon + Kwong Lee, organised by Castlefield Gallery) - Plymouth College of Art, Plymouth, UK, 8 Mar (VJ & Projection Masterclass) - Plymouth College of Art, Plymouth, UK, 8 Mar (lecture) - Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK, 13 Feb (Exploring Your Future arts career showcase talk) "Moving image artist Max Hattler presents a selection of his work – experimental animations, music videos, concert visuals and audiovisual performances. He will talk about his experience of making a career on the interstices between art and commerce, music and film, TV screen and internet, nightclub and art gallery." Plymouth University Exploring Your Future Arts Showcase Brochure 2013 - University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK, 8 Feb (Animation Keynote Lecture + tutorials) - Royal College of Art, London, 31 Jan + 12 and 14 Feb (short workshop for MA VisCom students) - Film and Video Workshop + LIAF Animation Bursary (mentor) "Interview with a special guest at Go Short 2012: director and animator Max Hattler. He visited Go Short as a member of the jury for the European Competition for short films. At the international short film festival in Nijmegen he also presented a retrospective of his films, and performed in cooperation with electronic music producers Grimm Limbo and Sam a la Bamalot." (Go Short) 2012 - L'Alternativa, Barcelona, Spain, 24 Nov (Shift Q&A w/ Céline Pimentel) - Geneva University of Art and Design - HEAD, Switzerland, 22 Nov (lecture) - Geneva University of Art and Design - HEAD, Switzerland, 19-22 Nov (workshop Animatou 2013 Trailers) "Dans le cadre de ce workshop mené par Max Hattler et Elie Chapuis (avec la collaboration d’Olivier Riechsteiner), les étudiants ont réalisé plusieurs bandes-annonces pour l’édition 2013 du festival Animatou. C’est dans une veine abstraite et presque machiniste que Max Hattler a initié les étudiants à l’animation telle qu’il la pratique. En résultent de petits films où la surface de l’image devient le ring où les rythmes et les formes se disputent l’écran dans des jeux de construction et de déconstruction." HEAD - Freie Kunstakademie Baden-Württemberg, Fellbach, Germany, 15-16 Nov (workshop Abstraktion und Figuration im bewegten Bild) - Theories of Modern Animation, Petersburg Computer Animation Studio, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2 Nov (presentation at open seminar, hosted by Konstantin Bronzit and Anatoly Prokhorov) - Multivision Festival, Pro Arte Foundation, St. Petersburg, Russia, Thu 1 Nov (artist talk) - Tenderflix Experimental Film and Video Festival, London, UK, 1-3 Nov (jury) - Petersburg Computer Animation Studio, St. Petersburg, Russia, 31 Oct - 4 Nov (Multivision Festival workshop) - Chelsea College of Arts, London, 29 Oct - 3 Dec (experimental motion graphics project for BA2 Graphic Design Communication students) - USC, Los Angeles, USA, Wed 24 Oct (artist talk / Q&A with Michael Patterson via Skype) - The Factory, Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle, UK, 27 Aug (artist talk) - Meet the Artists, Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle, UK, 25 + 26 Aug (Pixel Palace AiR WIP presentation) - Max Hattler Presents..., Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle, UK, 23 Aug (screening + Q&A w/ Dominic Smith) - Pixel Palace Breakfast, Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle, UK, 13 Aug (Pixel Palace AIR WIP presentation) - Datarama, Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle, UK, 10 Aug (Pixel Palace AIR work-in-progress presentation) - Pixel Palace, Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle, UK, 1 Jul - 5 Sep (Artist in Residence) - Lago Film Fest, Revine Lago, Italy, 26 Jul (retrospective) - Lago Film Fest, Revine Lago, Italy, 20-28 Jul (jury) - BAFTA Rushes Soho Shorts Filmmakers' Market, London, 15 Jul (YouTube panel) - Royal College of Art, London, 25 Jun (Graduation Feedback session for MA Animation students) - Golden Kuker Animation Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria, 12 Jun (masterclass) - ISFF Detmold, Germany, 8 Jun (introduction of Zwischenbilanz: Max Hattler Retrospective) - Royal College of Art, London, 30 May and 6 Jun (short workshop for MA VisCom students) - Backup Festival, Weimar, Germany, 12 May ("Collisions, Kaleidobooths, Hattlerizers" talk) - FMX - Conference on Animation, Effects, Games, Transmedia, Stuttgart, Germany, 11 May (lecture) - Nida Art Colony, Nida, Neringa, Lithuania, 3 May (short artist talk) - Nida Art Colony, Nida, Neringa, Lithuania, 28 Apr (Artists-in-Residence Open Studio Presentations) - Nida Art Colony, Nida, Neringa, Lithuania, 6 Apr (short artist talk) - Nida Art Colony, Nida, Neringa, Lithuania, 1 Apr - 5 May (Artist in Residence) - Vilnius Art Academy, Vilnius, Lithuania, 27 Mar (half-term reviews + lecture) - Go Short - Int'l SFF Nijmegen, Holland, 18 Mar (retrospective + Q&A w/ Wouter Jansen) - Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen, Holland, 14-18 Mar (European competition jury) - University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK, 13 Mar (tutorials for animation students) - Exposures Festival, Cornerhouse, Manchester, 22 Feb (Music, Video, Art? panel discussion) - Royal College of Art, London, 16 + 23 Feb (short workshop for MA Visual Communication students) 'Music, Video, Art?' panel discussion at Exposures Festival, Cornerhouse, Manchester, 22 Feb 2012. From left to right: PUSSYKREW (Ewelina Aleksandrowicz and Andrzej Wojtas), Christina Millare, Max Hattler, Ollie Evans, Ian Pons Jewell. Photo © Exposures. 2011 - Animate Digitalis Commissions Launch, BFI Southbank, London, 14 Dec (panel discussion w/ Emma Geliot, James Lowne and Gary Thomas) - University of the Arts Bremen, Germany, 2 Dec (lecture) - Alphalabs.cc at onedotzero Festival, BFI Southbank, London, 26 Nov (presentation of Kaleidobooth with Kevin Chandler + Laurie Brown of IndieSkies, Q&A w/ Shane Walter) - Chelsea College of Arts, London, 14 Nov - 7 Dec (experimental moving image project for BA2 Graphic Design Communication students) - Ulm Szenen - Szene Ulm, Stadthaus, Ulm, Germany, 11 Oct (video interview w/ curator Rainer Schlenz) - CAMP Festival for Visual Music, ZKM/HfG, Karlsruhe, Germany, 22 Sep (lecture) - Fantoche, Baden, Switzerland, 9 Sep ('Meet the Artists' discussion chaired by Robert Buchschwenter) - Open Research Panel: Audiovisual Performances, Chelsea College of Arts, London, 27 Jul (panel discussion w/ Ben Sheppee, Mike Faulkner, Matthias Kispert, Noriko Okaku, Blanca Regina) - Chelsea College of Arts, London, 26 Jul (tutorials for MA Graphic Design Communication) - VIS Vienna Independent Shorts, Vienna, Austria, 26 May - 1 Jun (jury for Austrian competition) - Animation Avantgarde Academy, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria, 26 May (lecture on animation and live performance) "Max Hattler looks at recent developments in audiovisual live performance and their relation to the wider history of abstract animation." Academy of Fine Arts Vienna - Wiener Kunstschule (Animation Dept), Vienna, Austria, 12 May (seminar & tutorials, w/ Noriko Okaku) - Wiener Kunstschule, Vienna, Austria, 11 May (Berufsbild KünsterIn lecture) - quartier21, MQ, Vienna, Austria, 1 May - 25 Jun (Artist in Residence) - NOVA Contemporary Culture, EAV, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 20 Apr - Chelsea College of Arts, London, 29 Mar (professional practice lecture) - Middlesex University (Animation Dept), London, 28 Mar (lecture + tutorials) - Max Hattler: Audiovisual Abstractions, AA School of Architecture, London, 14 Mar - Anima Festival, Brussels, Belgium, 11 Mar, (masterclass) - University of Portsmouth (Animation Dept), Portsmouth, UK, 7 Mar - University of East London, London, 22 Feb (tutorials) - University of East London, London, 8 Feb (presentation + tutorials) - Structuring Strategies: Max Hattler, CalArts, Valencia, California, USA, 25 Jan - CalArts, Valencia, California, USA, 24-29 Jan (1-week experimental animation workshop) - Sound & Stories Amplified: Max Hattler & Jonas Odell, Solothurn Film Festival, 22 Jan (screening+Q&A) - Solothurn Film Festival, Solothurn, Switzerland, 22 Jan (jury for Swiss music video competition) - Producing Animated Music Videos, Solothurn, Switzerland, 21 Jan (masterclass for FOCAL AnimaPlus) - Video is The Only Constant, London, UK, 16 Jan (talk + mini-screening) - Max Hattler: Relations & Abstractions, Directors Lounge at Z-Bar, Berlin, 8 Jan (screening + Q&A w/ curator Klaus W. Eisenlohr) Max Hattler masterclass at Solothurn Film Festival, Switzerland, January 2011 2010 - Videomedeja International Video Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia, 17-19 Dec (jury) - Introducing the Artist: Max Hattler, Videomedeja, Novi Sad, Serbia, 19 Dec (screening + Q&A) - onedotzero_new creators conference, Yota Space, St. Petersburg, Russia, 11 Dec (talk + panel) - Anilogue Animation Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary, 25-27 Nov (3-day workshop w/ Noriko Okaku) - Met Film School, Ealing Studios, London, UK, 15 Nov - Musikhuset, Aarhus, Denmark, 20 Oct - Goethe-Institut, Ankara, Turkey, 13 Oct - TAW Talk, The Animation Workshop, VIA University College, Viborg, Denmark, 20 Sep (AiR presentation) - Circuito Off, Venice, Italy, 1-4 Sep (jury) - NOVA, Museum of Image and Sound, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 9-11 Aug (3-day workshop w/ Noriko Okaku) - Open Workshop, The Animation Workshop, VIA University College, Viborg, DK, 5 Jul - 22 Sep (AiR) - MOCAmpus, MOCA, Taipei, Taiwan, 19 Jun - MOCA, Taipei, Taiwan, 15 Jun (exhibition opening / press conference) - Ursula Blickle Videolounge at Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria, 31 May (Director's Talk and Q&A w/ Franziska Bruckner) - BUG 19, BFI Southbank, London, UK, 20 May (Q&A w/ Adam Buxton) - Ecole Régionale des Beaux-Arts, Valence, France, 17-19 May (3-day animation workshop) - onedotzero at Cryptic Nights, CCA, Glasgow, UK, 6 May (Q&A w/ Claire Spencer Cook) - Habitacion del Ruido, Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana, Mexico City, 28 Apr - Habitacion del Ruido, UCSJ, Mexico City, 28 Apr (jury for student audiovisual competition) - Animation Exchange Forum, Filmfest Dresden, Germany, 24 Apr (work-in-progress presentation) - Ferienakademie, Roggenburg, Germany, 6 Apr - Ferienakademie, Roggenburg, Germany, 5-9 Apr (experimental animation workshop) - Animated Worlds: Avant-Garde Animation, Cinephilia West, London, 21 Mar (curating + presenting) "German abstract animation filmmaker Max Hattler will track the progress of experimental and abstract animation from the 1920s to 2010, with a selection of films that illustrate the genre." Pooja Pottenkulam - University of Westminster, London, 8 Mar (lecture + mini-workshop) - Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, London, UK, 17 Feb - Max Hattler: Audiovisual Abstractions, 6th Berlin International Directors Lounge, Berlin, Germany, 14 Feb - The Animation Workshop, VIA University College, Viborg, Denmark, 9 Feb - The Animation Workshop, VIA University College, Viborg, Denmark, 8-12 Feb (1-wk animation sweatshop) 2009 - Southampton Solent University, Southampton, UK, 7 Dec (presentation + tutorials) - International Short Film Festival Leuven, Belgium, 29 Nov (Aanaatt Q&A w/ Frank Moens) - Exground Filmfest, Wiesbaden, Germany, 21 Nov (Aanaatt Q&A) - Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, London, UK, 20 Nov - Oblique Narratives: Max Hattler & Noriko Okaku Retrospective, Fredrikstad Animation Festival, 14 Nov - Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Fredrikstad, Norway, 11-15 Nov (jury) - Pecha Kucha Night, Big Chill House, London, UK, 9 Nov (short presentation) - DOK Leipzig, Germany, 30 Oct (Aanaatt Q&A w/ Ingo Linde) - Optica Festival, Madrid, Spain, 16 Oct (screening 4 films + introduction) - Max Hattler Case Study, Branchage Film Festival, Jersey, Channel Islands, 4 Oct (as part of BAFTA + Shooting People 'Short Sighted!' panel w/ James Mullighan, Ben Blaine, Rebecca Mark-Lawson, etc.) - Branchage Film Festival, Jersey, Channel Islands, 3 Oct (retrospective + Q&A) - Square Eyes: Hertz & Lux / Made in Arnhem, Holland, 26 Sep (Aanaatt + Drift Q&A w/ Tanja Koning) - onedotzero_adventures in motion, London, 11 Sep (Aanaatt Q&A w/ Shane Walter) - Muuuvi International Short Film Festival, Lazar Castle, Romania, 31 Jul - 3 Aug (jury) - ArtsFest, Wellington College, Berkshire, UK, 23 Jun - Acting for Animation Symposium, Volda University College, Norway, 7 May (lecture on abstract animation) - Image Forum Festival, Japan, 29 Apr + 4 May 2009 (curating + presenting German films programme) - Southampton Solent University, Southampton, UK, 23 Apr (presentation + tutorials) - Ferienakademie, Roggenburg, Germany, 15 Apr - Ferienakademie, Roggenburg, Germany, 13-17 Apr (filmmaking workshop) - Southampton Solent University, Southampton, UK, 17 Feb - Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, London, UK, 28 Jan - Kunsthochschule für Medien, Cologne, Germany, 22 Jan 2008 - Keyframes: Max Hattler & Noriko Okaku, Animated Dreams, Tallinn, Estonia, 21 Nov - Royal College of Art, London, UK, 6 Nov - Digital Dreams, SuperDeluxe, Tokyo, 1 Nov (Max Hattler vs. Robert Seidel DVD launch + panel) - Curtocircuito Festival, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 17-24 Oct (jury) - Animae Caribe, Trinidad, 23 Sep - AnimationVolda Festival, Volda, Norway, 13 Sep (curating + presenting music video screening) - AnimationVolda Festival, Norway, 13 Sep (presentation of Drift + Collision) - Fuel RCA: Hello World, Royal College of Art, London, 9 Jul (panel discussion) - Cross Currents, Royal College of Art, London, 10 Jun (presentation of Collision) - Animafest, Zagreb, Croatia 31 May - 5 Jun (introduction of Striper v0.1 + Drift) - Apple Store Ginza, Tokyo, Japan, 26 May - Planet Studyo Plus One, Osaka, Japan, 24 + 25 May - Kyoto Saga University of Arts, Kyoto, Japan, 20 May - Image Forum Festival, Kyoto, Japan, 17 May - Osaka Electro-Communication University, Osaka, Japan, 15 May - Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences, Nagoya, Japan, 14 May - Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, 12 May - Snack Nagako, SuperDeluxe, Tokyo, Japan, 9 May (short presentation) - Uplink Factory, Tokyo, Japan, 7 + 8 May - FFIAK International Animation Festival, Yokohama, Japan, 6 May - Apple Store Ginza, Tokyo, Japan, 5 May (short presentation) - Image Forum Festival, Tokyo, Japan, 28 and 30 Apr - Pecha Kucha Night, SuperDeluxe, Tokyo, Japan, 24 Apr (short presentation) - Bristol School of Animation, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK, 16 Apr - Creative Futures, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK, 9 Apr - Norwich University of the Arts, Norwich, UK, 6 Mar - University of Wales, Newport, UK, 4 Mar (talk + tutorials) - Central Saint Martins College, London, UK, 25 Feb - University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK, 7 Feb (talk + tutorials) - FDMX, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK, 23 Jan 2004-2007 - Ferdinand-von-Steinbeiß Schule für Grafikdesign, Ulm, Germany, Dec 2007 - Nikolaus-Kopernikus-Gymnasium, Weissenhorn, Germany, Nov 2007 - AURORA, Norwich, UK, 9 Nov (Immersive Worlds panel w/ Gary Thomas, Robert Seidel, Semiconductor) - Media Art Friesland Festival, Leeuwarden, Holland, Sep 2007 - Max Hattler: Filme & Videos 2003-2007, Stadthaus, Ulm, Germany, Jun 2007 - Aldeburgh Music, Snape, Suffolk, UK, 2-8 May 2007 (Artist in Residence) - London College of Communication, London, UK, Mar 2007 (presentation + mini-workshop) - Volda University College, Volda, Norway, 1 Sep - 23 Nov 2006 (Artist in Residence) - Nipkow Programm, Berlin, Germany, 1 Jul - 31 Aug 2006 (Fellowship) - Royal College of Art, London, UK, Jun 2005 (Teaching Assistant to Clive Walley, 1-week workshop) - Exground Filmfest, Wiesbaden, Germany, Nov 2004 (Everything Turns Q&A) - Small Space Sessions, Macondo, London, Sep 2004 (curating + organizing screening) - 34 Minutes of Your Time, Hat On Wall, London, Jul 2004 (curating + organizing screening) - Zebra Poetry Film Award, Berlin, Germany, Jun 2004 (Everything Turns Q&A)	Art Survival Practices: Max Hattler, Hong Kong Garden, Ars Electronica Festival 2020 Max Hattler and Robert Seidel interview at Punto y Raya Festival 2018 Max Hattler on Cinemire, Russia, 2013 Max Hattler on Canvas TV, Belgium, 2011 MTV Brasil: Max Hattler Expressa, 2011 Max Hattler Experimental Animation Workshop at CalArts, USA, 2011. Photo: Michael Scroggins Ten of the films by 2nd-year BA Graphic Design Communication students at Chelsea College of Arts, made in response to Max's brief in Nov/Dec 2012. SLIDES by Adam Waldron and Safwaan Motara was selected as the winning film by guest judge Matt Abbiss. Shape Rainbow (2012), a film in 16 sections by 2nd-year BA Graphic Design Communication students at Chelsea College of Arts, made in response to a brief by Max Hattler in Nov/Dec 2011. "During last term, the award winning animator Max Hattler came to work with the gdc stage 2. Working in small groups the students responded to his brief to make short sequences following general instructions for their structure which, when joined together became a new, group generated animation." CCAD GDC blog, Jan 2012. WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID "Max Hattler is a moving-image artist whose work is difficult to sum up into words – his animation is abstract and the screening (may it be in a gallery space or projected onto the Regent’s Canal) of his works are always playful and innovative. He has collaborated with various visual and sound artists to create his inimitable ‘conceptual aesthetics’ which continue to win various awards and prizes during film festvials. Alongside his animation work, Max is also working towards a Professional Doctorate in Fine Art, and lectures at various art schools in London." Tatevik Sargsyan, Hunger TV, 2013 [more] "Max Hattler surprises his audience with the gripping force of his abstracted images, combined with sounds he often composes for his own films. The German media artist and animator lives in London and has made a real leap into the media art and festival scene since he graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2005." Klaus W. Eisenlohr, Directors Lounge, 2011 [more] "Max is a renowned, award winning artist working with animation, intallation and audio visual performances. He gave us an inspirational show of controlled and powerful abstract and political work that really challenges concepts of what animation can be. A prolific artist with a fantastic broad range of approaches." Farnham Animation: Guest Lecturers, 2013 [more] '6 Million Ways of Getting into the Arts: Animation' panel discussion at University of Salford, MediaCityUK, 16 Mar 2013. From left to right: Ian Mackinnon (Mackinnon and Saunders), Kwong Lee (Castlefield Gallery), Max Hattler. Front: Mackinnon and Saunders puppets from Tim Burton's Frankenweenie. Photo © Castlefield Gallery. "Max Hattler's films are symmetrical worlds of rotating kaleidoscopic wonder that are truly entrancing." Garrick Webster, Design Week, 2011 [more] "... his body of work is so diverse, yet his work always shows a sense of play and discovery. It is as if he is composing with light and image instead of notes on a paper." Erin Scott, Audiochic, 2011 [more] "... hypnotiserende animationer, som på kaleidoskopisk vis folder sig ind og ud af feltet mellem geometri, figuration og abstraktion." Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, DK, 2013 [more] "avant-gardiste" Le Soir, Belgium, 2011 Max speaking at FMX, Stuttgart, Germany, May 2012. Photo © Joakim Pedersen "Max Hattler und Noriko Okaku zählen zu den international erfolgreichsten Talenten des experimentellen Animationsfilms." Reiner Kapeller, Das Denkfabrikat, 2011 [more] "Макс Хаттлер, один из самых известных и интересных современных видео художников и экспериментальных фильммейкеров..." Audiovisual Academy (av:in), 2011 "... animator Max Hattler ... uses objects, cameras and computers to drag you into another dimension through shape, colour, movement, sound, politics, pop culture, off-key on-point observation and kaleidoscopic geometry. His live AV sets are good too." Carla MacKinnon, HotOneTen, 2010 Animate Projects Digitalis Commissions Launch, panel discussion with Gary Thomas, Max Hattler, James Lowne, Emma Geliot (left to right). BFI, London, Dec 2011. Photo: Noriko Okaku One of "the new breed of creators operating today … stand out, world-class work." Onedotzero, 2010 "Max Hattler ... is ... an artist who uses animation, audio, and performance throughout his work, and is truly International. ... He is a great example of a modern operator who does not require a huge studio backing to make work." John Parry, Animation Lecturer, University of the West of England, 2010 "Die Arbeiten von Max Hattler assoziieren einen Besuch in einem Spielzeugladen: Es herrscht ein stilistisches Chaos voller Überraschungen. Mit jedem Film fügt Hattler einen neuen Stil an, der sich erst in der Gesamtschau zu einer erkennbaren Handschrift, einer Art schillerndem Spiegelkabinett unseres Lebens verdichtet." Robert Seidel, 2010 "Max Hattler, uno de los creadores visualmente más originales del panorama del cortometraje actual." Canal+ Spain, 2010 Open Research Panel: Audiovisual Performances, Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts, London, July 2011. From left to right: Matthias Kispert (lecturer in Sound Art at London College of Communication), Mike Faulkner (founder of D-Fuse), Ben Sheppee (co-founder of Lightrhythm Visuals label and audiovisualacademy.com), Max Hattler, Noriko Okaku, and Visiting Researcher Dr. Blanca Regina (U.R.J.C. Madrid). Photo © Kate Pelling. "avowed innovator ... one of a wave of design-savvy digital moving image wunderkinds that include David OReilly and (sometime Hattler collaborator) Robert Seidel." Kate Taylor, Electric Sheep, 2009 [more] "Hattler is currently one of the world’s most exciting animators with films such as Drift and the quite brilliant Aanaatt perfect examples of Hattler’s interest in the relationship between sound, music and the moving image." Laurence Boyce, Netribution, 2009 "groundbreaking animation and music video work" Shooting People, 2009 Max speaking at onedotzero New Creators Conference, Yota Space, St. Petersburg, Russia, Dec 2010. Photo © Steve Healy / onedotzero One of "Europe's most hotly tipped visual artists" Metropolis Magazine, Japan, 2008 [more] "Part of a young international generation of filmmakers Hattler’s ideas transform into individual dynamic masterpieces." Media Art Friesland, 2007 One of "three of the world’s most exciting young animators" Dazed and Confused, 2006 [more] "Award-winning experimental film-maker Max Hattler is known for his innovative, sometimes psychedelic short films. Collision, produced in 2005, is kaleidoscopic in its rotation of shapes taken from Islamic patterns, American quilts and the two countries' flags, set to the sound of machinery and exploding artillery. The result is thought-provoking without being explicit in its meaning, it probes a tense political situation without saying outright how Hattler sees it (although we can probably guess). Short of the Week said "few works so elegantly capture the tensions between America and the Islamic world" while Sci-Fi Dimensions described it as "like watching a fireworks display on acid." Both are pretty accurate. Collision went on to garner a host of awards; Marin, San Gio and Videologia Festival have all honoured it, as well as London SFF and Darklight FF. Although his projects are short, he uses his time powerfully. His animation Drift uses close-up shots of the body reflected in glowing blue light to suggest a kind of human landscape. Spin is a choreographed parade of toy soldiers set to music, prefaced with the words "When conflict becomes a spectacle, the lines between destruction and entertainment get blurred..." If he is telling a story with his cinema, it's one which exists outside of conventional narrative boundaries. Abstract patterns, images and sounds suggest ideas without dictating, but are arranged in a meaningful way. Outside of his intriguing films, Hattler has put together concert material for Basement Jaxx and music videos for his father, musician Hellmut Hattler. He currently teaches in London, but as one of Germany's most noted creatives his works provoke debate at film festivals around the world." Caitlin Leslie, Schön Magazine (issue 8), UK, 2010
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