max hattler is an experimental animator and audiovisual artist based in hong kong and germany. click the buttons above to see works or browse the left column for upcoming exhibitions and appearances.
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CURRENT AND UPCOMING
7-13 OCTOBER 2024
TWENTYTИƎWT (二〇二〇) is screening at Courant3D in Angouleme, France.
TWENTYTИƎWT (二〇二〇)
18-27 OCTOBER 2024
TWENTYTИƎWT (二〇二〇) is screening at the 34th Message to Man International Film Festival (In Silico Experimental Short Film Competition) in St. Petersburg, Russia.
TWENTYTИƎWT (二〇二〇)
18 OCTOBER 2024 - 19 JANUARY 2025
TWENTYTИƎWT (二〇二〇) is exhibited at Instants Video in Marseille, France.
TWENTYTИƎWT (二〇二〇)
20-26 OCTOBER 2024
TWENTYTИƎWT (二〇二〇) is screning at ReAnimania Festival in Yerevan, Armenia.
TWENTYTИƎWT (二〇二〇)
20-26 OCTOBER 2024
Max is on the jury and presenting a masterclass at KuanDu International Animation Festival (KDIAF) in Taipei, Taiwan.
KDIAF
24-27 OCTOBER 2024
TWENTYTИƎWT (二〇二〇) and O/S are screening at Fredrikstad Animation Festival in Norway.
TWENTYTИƎWT (二〇二〇)
25 OCTOBER - 5 NOVEMBER 2024
TWENTYTИƎWT (二〇二〇) is screening in competition at the 18th Big Cartoon Festival in Moscow, Russia.
TWENTYTИƎWT (二〇二〇)
1-3 NOVEMBER 2024
O/S is screening at Light Matter Film Festival in Alfred, New York, USA.
O/S (2023)
1-5 NOVEMBER 2024
Max is attending New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival in Japan with an audiovisual live performance (on 4 November) and O/S in competition.
Pattern/Sound: Live (2024)
4-8 NOVEMBER 2024
O/S is screening at the 36th Girona Film Festival in Spain.
O/S (2023)
8-20 NOVEMBER 2024
O/S is screening at PÖFF Shorts in Tallinn, Estonia.
O/S (2023)
15-18 NOVEMBER 2024
O/S is screening at Feinaki Beijing Animation Week in Beijing, China.
O/S (2023)
11-16 NOVEMBER 2024
TWENTYTИƎWT (二〇二〇) is screening in competition at TOFUZI International Animated Film Festival in Batumi, Georgia.
TWENTYTИƎWT (二〇二〇)
15-24 NOVEMBER 2024
TWENTYTИƎWT (二〇二〇) is screening in competition at the 37th Exground Filmfest in Wiesbaden, Germany.
TWENTYTИƎWT (二〇二〇)
LATE NOVEMBER 2024
TWENTYTИƎWT (二〇二〇) and O/S are screening at KLEX - Kuala Lumpur Experimental Moving Images & Music Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
TWENTYTИƎWT (二〇二〇)
25 NOVEMBER - 1 DECEMBER 2024
O/S is screening at the 21st Tindirindis International Animation Film Festival in Vilnius, Lithuania.
O/S (2023)
29 NOVEMBER - 1 DECEMBER 2024
Clockenflap Festival in Hong Kong presents a selection of Relentless Melt experimental animation films curated by Max.
clockenflap
4-5 APRIL 2025
TWENTYTИƎWT (二〇二〇) is screening in competition at the 6th Klappe Auf! Short Film Festival in Hamburg, Germany.
TWENTYTИƎWT (二〇二〇)



SELECTED RECENT ADVENTURES

for recent screenings and exhibitions please see individual films' sections. for recent press and publications, see here.
2024 SELECTED
In October, O/S received a Special Mention at the 28th Videomedeja Festival(external link opens in new window) in Novi Sad, Serbia. And Relentless Melt No. 35: Experimental Animations from City University of Hong Kong, curated by Max, screened at Videomedeja. In September, Max was in Xiamen, China as a selection juror for the 16th Xiamen International Animation Festival: Cyber Sousa Awards. In August, Max attended Hiroshima Animation Season with O/S. In July, Max played new graphical sound performance Pattern/Sound: Live at OpenEyes Filmfest in Marburg, Germany. In June, Max presented Pattern/Sound: Live at Animafest Zagreb and the related paper Revisiting Graphical Sound at the Animafest Scanner XI - Symposium for Contemporary Animation Studies. Max attended Annecy Festival in France with O/S and Spin. In May, Max premiered Pattern/Sound: Live at Vienna Shorts International Short Film Festival in Austria. O/S won the Optical Sound Award at Flatpack Festival(external link opens in new window) in Birmingham, UK. Relentless Melt No. 34: Animation Abstractions from Hong Kong screened at Athens Digital Arts Festival in Greece and Relentless Melt No. 33: Experiments in Graphical Sound and Animation(external link opens in new window) screened at Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre in Hong Kong. In April, the research paper Relentless Melt: Visual trends and aesthetics of contemporary visual music films in Hong Kong(external link opens in new window) by Max Hattler and Terrie Man-Chi Cheung was published in Visual Communication (Sage). In March, Relentless Melt No. 32: Hong Kong Abstracted(external link opens in new window), an hour-long selection of Hong Kong experimental animation curated by Max was shown at Listasafn Árnesinga - LÁ Art Museum(external link opens in new window) in Hveragerdi, Iceland.

2023 SELECTED
max spent the second half of 2023 on sabbatical in europe, predominantly as a visiting artist at film university babelsberg(external link opens in new window) in postdam, germany. in december, TWENTYTИƎWT (二〇二〇) received a special mention from the student jury at stoptrik international film festival(external link opens in new window) in poland! max presented relentless melt no. 31: abstract and experimental animation from hong kong(external link opens in new window) at close-up cinema(external link opens in new window) in london. relentless melt no. 30: vertical abstractions(external link opens in new window), a programme of experimental animation co-curated by jay hofmann-forster and max hattler, screened at clockenflap festival(external link opens in new window) in hong kong. in november, max gave an artist talk at london college of communication(external link opens in new window), university of the arts london. he presented the screening relentless melt no. 29(external link opens in new window) at university for the creative arts(external link opens in new window) in farnham, england, and relentless melt no. 28(external link opens in new window) at film university babelsberg(external link opens in new window) in postdam, germany. max was also a guest speaker at film university's colloquium in media studies research where he discussed new and in-progress works in the talk 'sounding patterns: animated experiments in optical sound.' in october, max attended punto y raya festival(external link opens in new window) in lisbon with an exclusive preview of P/S and the premiere of O/S which won the grand prize of the festival! in september, max spoke at the expanded animation symposium(external link opens in new window) at ars electronica festival(external link opens in new window) in linz, austria. in july, max was a jury member of the animation competition at psarokokalo international short film festival(external link opens in new window) in athens, greece. in june, the paper expanded stereoscopy: alternative aesthetics for artistic expression in 3D films(external link opens in new window), co-authored by terrie cheung and max, was published in convergence (sage journals). max presented the screening relentless melt no. 27: hong kong neighbourhoods reanimated(external link opens in new window), as well as a paper about vœrtex, at the 34th society for animation studies conference(external link opens in new window) at rowan university, glassboro, new jersey, usa. in may, relentless melt no. 26: new animated abstractions(external link opens in new window) screened at run run shaw creative media centre, hong kong. the screening, curated by max, premiered abstract and experimental animations by hong kong artists, including max's new film TWENTYTИƎWT (二〇二〇). in april, max presented a paper at the animex research and innovation conference(external link opens in new window) at teesside university, middlesbrough, uk. max was the project advisor for the hong kong neighbourhoods(external link opens in new window) digital art exhibition organised by the hong kong tourism board at pmq, hong kong, which was comprised of films made by max's students. in march, max was a jury member for the animation category of the ifva awards(external link opens in new window) held at hong kong arts centre. and the 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(external link opens in new window) co-authored by max - together with franziska bruckner, julian salhofer, clemens gürtler and matthias husinsky - was presented at IEEE VR 2023 in shanghai. in february, matter and motion won the aanaa award for best short film at aanaa animation film festival(external link opens in new window) in antwerp, belgium.
StopTrik

Close-Up
clockenflap
UAL: LCC

UCA

Filmuni Babelsberg

Punto y Raya Festival

Ars Electronica

psarokokalo

sas

relentless melt
animex
hong kong neighbourhoods
IEEE VR
ifva
matter and motion
2022 SELECTED
in december, the article into the vœrtex: case study of a stereoscopic abstract animation installation(external link opens in new window) (co authored by max hattler and terrie man-chi cheung) was published in animation practice, process & production, volume 10, issue 1(external link opens in new window). in november, max was a panelist at the senior scholars roundtable session on innovative teaching at cityu(external link opens in new window). five of max's films were included in the media art exhibition 'beyond the space' in gwangmyeong-si, korea. experimotion 1(external link opens in new window) (see below) was presented in the dimensions of animation exhibition(external link opens in new window) at lucerne university of applied sciences and arts in lucerne, switzerland. in september, a programme of one minute shorts(external link opens in new window) curated by max screened at supernova digital animation festival(external link opens in new window), and relentless melt no. 25(external link opens in new window), an online exhibition of stereoscopic and experimental films and music videos curated by max and pk (king deluxe / break) showed at the shipwreck laguna(external link opens in new window) in vrchat. divisional articulations was featured on labocine(external link opens in new window) issue #80 "electric visions". in july, max was the invited guest artist for experimotion 1(external link opens in new window), an artistic research-creation workshop for the research project vrinmotion – expanding stop-motion and motion-capture in virtual environments(external link opens in new window) at st. pölten university of applied sciences(external link opens in new window) in austria. in june, serial parallels won a special jury prize at tehran international animation festival(external link opens in new window). in may, max was a speaker at the leonardo laser talk transition regimes: cultures of media art II(external link opens in new window) organised by aalborg university, denmark, and at the animators' roundtable forum: hong kong animation(external link opens in new window) at hong kong university of science and technology. in april, max was granted academic tenure and promotion to associate professor at city university of hong kong. he also received cityu's teaching excellence award 2021-22(external link opens in new window)! in march, max held a lecture and workshop for the media arts cultures erasmus mundus joint master(external link opens in new window) at aalborg university(external link opens in new window), denmark. in january, max was the recipient of a prestigious president's award(external link opens in new window), bestowed on "faculty who have made exemplary contributions to research and professional education that have helped city university of hong kong achieve local and global distinction." yay!
relentless melt
st. poelten
LASER

HKUST

aalborg university

lichtsicht 7



2021 SELECTED
in december, max's paper the abstracted real: speculations on experimental animated documentary(external link opens in new window) was published in the international journal of film and media arts, special issue ecstatic truth v(external link opens in new window). max also gave a guest lecture to dirk koy's class at university of applied sciences and arts northwestern switzerland(external link opens in new window). in november, relentless melt no 24(external link opens in new window), curated by max hattler, screened at pacific northwest college of art(external link opens in new window), willamette university, portland, usa. in october max held a 1-day workshop about dramaturgy in abstract films for students of the re:anima - european joint master in animation(external link opens in new window) and presented a paper at the 7th faia - international academic forum on animation(external link opens in new window), organised by anima festival and the national university of cordoba(external link opens in new window), argentina. in september, max co-curated a screening of visual music films(external link opens in new window) and took part in a visual music panel(external link opens in new window) with aimee mollaghan and robin parmar at light moves festival of screendance(external link opens in new window), ireland. max also gave virtual artist talks to animation students at university of pennsylvania(external link opens in new window) and middlesex university(external link opens in new window). serial parallels won the audience award at cinema urbana architecture film festival(external link opens in new window) in brazil. relentless melt no 23: cityu hong kong student experimental animation, curated by max, screened at supernova digital animation festival(external link opens in new window) in denver, followed by a live streamed educators discussion with snow yunxue fu, faiyaz jafri and max hattler, chaired by ivar zeile. in august, serial parallels was released online and became a vimeo staff pick(external link opens in new window)! in july, max's paper abstraction and meaning in the animation of hong kong artists(external link opens in new window) was published in the journal animation practice, process & production (ap3)(external link opens in new window). serial parallels received the defa promotion prize animation at filmfest dresden(external link opens in new window) and a prädikat "besonders wertvoll" from the deutsche film- und medienbewertung (fbw)! max was a speaker at virtu(re)al playgrounds: how to digitally expand a city(external link opens in new window), a conference organised by the peter weibel institute for digital culture at university of applied arts, vienna. in june, max presented papers at the 4th international conference on stereo & immersive media(external link opens in new window), at art machines 2: international symposium on machine learning and art(external link opens in new window), at the popular culture association annual conference(external link opens in new window) and - together with an accompanying relentless melt screening(external link opens in new window) - at the 32nd society for animation studies conference(external link opens in new window). max also was a jury member for asifa-hollywood's animation educators forum faculty grants(external link opens in new window). in may, max was a juror for the animation avantgarde competition at vienna shorts 18th international short film festival(external link opens in new window). max presented a paper at the association for chinese animation studies inaugural conference(external link opens in new window) organised by hong kong university of science and technology. serial parallels and vœrtex showed at art machines: past/present(external link opens in new window), a media art exhibition co-curated by jeffrey shaw and richard allen at indra and harry banga gallery, city university of hong kong (24 nov 2020 - 23 may 2021). in april, max received several honours from city university of hong kong: an honourable mention, teaching excellence awards 2020/21, an innovative cityu-learning award(external link opens in new window), and the scm research award 2021, bestowed by richard allen, dean of the school of creative media. serial parallels won the award for best experimental animation at t-short festival(external link opens in new window), a merit award at digicon6 asia hong kong(external link opens in new window), and a special mention at 2annas festival(external link opens in new window) in riga, latvia! max gave a guest lecture, expanding animation?(external link opens in new window), for the animation research group at arts university bournemouth(external link opens in new window), invited by prof. paul ward. max also did a presentation about his acim research fellowship entitled roar: retinal optics art research(external link opens in new window), at run run shaw creative media centre, hong kong. in march, max gave an artist talk for master in animation arts students at lusofona university(external link opens in new window) in lisbon. in february, max was on the experimental film preselection jury for stuttgart international festival of animated film (itfs)(external link opens in new window), germany. relentless melt no. 20: hong kong animation experiments(external link opens in new window) screening + curator talk was presented by animation;experiment(external link opens in new window) in collaboration with new media society(external link opens in new window), tehran, iran. max also gave an artist talk to undergraduate students at hong kong baptist university's academy of visual arts (ava)(external link opens in new window).
re:anima

anima cordoba
filmfest dresden
S&I Media
pca
art machines 2
sas
AEF
vienna shorts
acas
aub
acim

relentless melt

2020 SELECTED
in december, relentless melt no. 19(external link opens in new window) screened as part of seeing sound symposium(external link opens in new window). serial parallels won best abstract film at london international animation festival(external link opens in new window), all while max was a jury member(external link opens in new window) (not for the abstract films of course!). serial parallels also received a special mention at festival tous courts(external link opens in new window) in france. lastly, max was a speaker at the ecstatic truth v: the age of the absurd(external link opens in new window) animation studies symposium, as well as for the guest speaker seminar series of computational media and arts(external link opens in new window) at hong kong university of science and technology. in november, max was a speaker at the 21st advanced imaging international festival's ai^2 techart conference(external link opens in new window) organised by chung-ang university in seoul. serial parallels received special mentions at kurzfilm festival hamburg(external link opens in new window) in germany and cinanima(external link opens in new window) in portugal. in october, max gave a talk(external link opens in new window) for big cartoon festival(external link opens in new window), moscow and served as a jury member at tofuzi international animation festival(external link opens in new window) in batumi, georgia. london international animation festival(external link opens in new window) presented the relentless melt no. 18: hong kong refractions(external link opens in new window) online screening of experimental animation made in hong kong, curated by max. serial parallels won awards for best animation at montreal festival du nouveau cinema(external link opens in new window) and best video at videomedeja festival(external link opens in new window) in serbia, plus a special mention at animatou festival(external link opens in new window) in geneva. in september, serial parallels received a special mention at guanajuato international film festival(external link opens in new window) in mexico. max presented a paper at the animafest scanner symposium(external link opens in new window), and an artist position(external link opens in new window) at the ars electronica expanded animation symposium(external link opens in new window), and was featured in the festival's hong kong garden(external link opens in new window) branch. max did a 3-hour artist talk for the 8th animation support program(external link opens in new window) in hong kong. relentless melt no. 17 screened at supernova digital animation festival(external link opens in new window) in denver, where max was also a jury member. max did zoom q&a's for fantoche animation festival(external link opens in new window) and seoul international extreme-short image & film festival(external link opens in new window). in august, max contributed video projections for pierre jodlowski's mad max(external link opens in new window) concert at roxy, ulm, germany. ex-is: experimental film and video festival in seoul(external link opens in new window) presented max as a featured artist in their indi-visual(external link opens in new window) section. serial parallels won the new signs audience award at the 16th lago film fest(external link opens in new window) and a special mention at malatestashort film festival(external link opens in new window). relentless melt no. 16 received an honorary mention at iso film fest(external link opens in new window). relentless melt redux II(external link opens in new window) came online as part of scm v+ gallery. it presents short excerpts of films made by students in max's abstract and experimental animation class at city university of hong kong, and will remain online until april 2021. in june, serial parallels won the off-limits award at annecy international animation festival(external link opens in new window), an honorary mention at prix ars electronica(external link opens in new window), and a special mention at vienna shorts(external link opens in new window)! max also did an artist talk(external link opens in new window) for vienna shorts and an interview(external link opens in new window) for annecy. in may, serial parallels won the award for best film at kinodot experimental film festival(external link opens in new window). in march, serial parallels received an honourable mention at videoformes festival(external link opens in new window).
liaf

HKUST

aiif
cinanima
big cartoon festival
tofuzi
relentless melt
fnc
animatou
videomedeja
giff
animafest
ars electronica

ASP
exis
special mention malatestashort
lago film fest
iso film fest
annecy

prix ars electronica

vienna shorts

best film kinodot

videoformes

2019 SELECTED
in december, matter and motion received the award for best abstract film at london international animation festival(external link opens in new window), and serial parallels received a jury mention at fiva: festival internacional de videoarte(external link opens in new window) in argentina! relentless melt no. 15: hongkongské abstrakce(external link opens in new window), screened at filmasia festival(external link opens in new window) in prague, czechia. this programme of hong kong abstract and experimental films was curated by max hattler and presented in prague by iresa cho, hong kong-based animation artist and vice-chairperson of relentless melt. in october, max was 'director in focus' at taichung international animation festival(external link opens in new window) in taiwan, with a comprehensive retrospective, artist talk and hattlerizer 4.D stereoscopic audiovisual live performance, as well as jury(external link opens in new window) duty. also, later in october: relentless melt no. 14: 香港實驗動畫精選(external link opens in new window), a programme of hong kong animation curated by max screened at zhong shan 73(external link opens in new window) in taichung. in september, max's solo exhibition receptive rhythms(external link opens in new window) showed at goethe-institut hong kong(external link opens in new window). max co-organised/hosted the symposium lightplay: experimental animation and the bauhaus legacy(external link opens in new window) at city university of hong kong(external link opens in new window). speakers included tamas waliczky, robert seidel, verina gfader, nicola hens, harald kraemer, tom wolf, yu ka ho albert and max hattler. audio-visual live performances by robert seidel and max hattler (full schedule(external link opens in new window)). max also guest-curated two events of the year-long 原格破裂/elemental dynamite(external link opens in new window) animation research project at floating projects(external link opens in new window) in hong kong, with presentations by two international animation experts, robert seidel: phantom horizons(external link opens in new window) and verina gfader: neighbours and aliens(external link opens in new window). in july, matter and motion and serial parallels both won awards at san gio verona video festival(external link opens in new window)! max's essay 'rupturing visions: towards an expanded stereoscopy' was published in the ars electronica book expanded animation: mapping an unlimited landscape(external link opens in new window). in june, max attended annecy international animation festival(external link opens in new window) in france with matter and motion, and was on a panel at the 31st society for animation studies conference(external link opens in new window) in lisbon, portugal. in may, max attended stuttgart international festival of animated film(external link opens in new window) as a jury member and to present an in persona(external link opens in new window) screening, a rework vs. max hattler(external link opens in new window) live set, and relentless melt no. 11(external link opens in new window) and school of creative media(external link opens in new window) screenings. max also spoke at the festival's sas symposium animation and science(external link opens in new window). afterwards, max was at anifilm(external link opens in new window) in trebon, czechia as a jury member, and to present a retrospective(external link opens in new window), a masterclass(external link opens in new window), and a hattlerizer 4.D(external link opens in new window) stereoscopic live performance. max was also a juror for animex awards(external link opens in new window), uk, and presented relentless melt no. 13(external link opens in new window) at floating projects(external link opens in new window), which included the hong kong premiere of serial parallels. in april, max spoke at the symposium 100 years bauhaus: designing the future(external link opens in new window) at hong kong university. in march, the book experimental animation: from analogue to digital(external link opens in new window) came out, which contains an interview with max. in february, max played live with 3x3x3(external link opens in new window) at processing community day, hong kong. in january, max presented a paper, vj'ed, and screened abstract films at art machines: international symposium on computational media art (iscma 2019)(external link opens in new window) in hong kong. the relentless melt no. 10: year of the bore(external link opens in new window) screening was held at floating projects(external link opens in new window) at jccac, shek kip mei, hong kong.
filmasia
tiaf
zhong shan 73
scm


goethe-institut


sas
itfs 2019

anifilm 2019

experimental animation

ISCMA

floating projects

2018 SELECTED
in december, max was interviewed by clot magazine(external link opens in new window) and presented a guest lecture(external link opens in new window) at the create! makerspace at cityu library, city university of hong kong(external link opens in new window). in november, relentless melt no. 9: audio visions(external link opens in new window), a programme of hong kong abstract and experimental animation curated by max, screened at clockenflap festival(external link opens in new window) in hong kong. in october, max attended punto y raya festival(external link opens in new window) in wroclaw, poland with a range of works in different programmes. in september, relentless melt no. 8: hong kong in motion(external link opens in new window) screened at supernova festival(external link opens in new window) in denver. in august, max was in london where he presented relentless melt no. 7: moving image hong kong(external link opens in new window), performed live at strange umbrellas #21(external link opens in new window), and hung out at goldsmiths (for the scm creative computing summer school(external link opens in new window)). in july, max presented relentless melt no. 6(external link opens in new window) screening and exploding dynamo: audio-visual performances(external link opens in new window) at dynamo(external link opens in new window) in odense, denmark. he spoke at confia - international conference on animation and illustration(external link opens in new window) in esposende, portugal, and gave an artist talk(external link opens in new window) at museum of digital art (muda)(external link opens in new window) in zurich, switzerland. in june, max was in montreal, canada, where he spoke and exhibited at the 30th society for animation studies conference(external link opens in new window) at concordia university, and presented rétrospective max hattler(external link opens in new window) at cinémathèque québécoise(external link opens in new window); he also performed live at fest anca(external link opens in new window) in zilina, slovakia (and divisional articulations won a special mention!), and led an abstract animation workshop(external link opens in new window) at the creative media summer school(external link opens in new window) at st. pölten university of applied sciences(external link opens in new window) in austria, where he also presented the film programme relentless melt no. 5: hong kong rhythms(external link opens in new window). max also lectured and exhibited at the animation x experimental(external link opens in new window) exhibition at fuzhong 15(external link opens in new window) in new taipei city, taiwan; played live visuals for blood wine or honey's fear & celebration(external link opens in new window) album launch in hong kong; and presented relentless melt no. 4: integrated services audiovisual network(external link opens in new window) at floating projects(external link opens in new window) in hong kong. in may, divisional articulations won the award for best abstract and non-narrative animation at anifilm(external link opens in new window) in czech republic, and sync won the main prize at muvi5 - video and moving image on synesthesia and visual music(external link opens in new window) in spain! the screening relentless melt no. 3: alternate realities hong kong(external link opens in new window) screened at under the radar(external link opens in new window) in vienna, and relentless melt no. 2: hong kong audio-visual abstractions(external link opens in new window) was shown at splice festival(external link opens in new window) in london. in february, max was a keynote speaker at the symposium multiversal experiences – parallel universes in virtual and augmented reality(external link opens in new window) at nanyang technological university(external link opens in new window) in singapore.
CLOT
CREATE!
clockenflap
punto y raya

confia
muda
cq

sas
st. poelten
FZ15

floating projects

anifilm
muvi5
splice festival
under the radar

 multiversal experiences symposium

2017 SELECTED
in december, max curated and presented relentless melt no. 1: hong kong music abstractions(external link opens in new window) at floating projects(external link opens in new window) in hong kong. in november, max was in kuala lumpur, malaysia, where he attended klex: kuala lumpur experimental film, video & music festival(external link opens in new window) with a solo screening, an artist talk and an audiovisual performance. he also gave a guest lecture at universiti kuala lumpur(external link opens in new window). at 56 moon animation festival(external link opens in new window) in chengdu, china, max was on the jury and presented a solo screening and a lecture. max also spoke at exim 2017 cross-straits experimental animation festival at macao museum of art(external link opens in new window). and divisional articulations won a special mention at cutout fest(external link opens in new window) in queretaro, mexico. in october, max presented a paper at asia animation forum(external link opens in new window) at bucheon international animation festival in korea. divisional articulations won best experimental film at reanima(external link opens in new window) and grand prize at supernova(external link opens in new window)! (read about it in prosthetic knowledge(external link opens in new window), imperica(external link opens in new window), cent magazine(external link opens in new window), zippy frames(external link opens in new window), idn(external link opens in new window), videostatic(external link opens in new window) and sharesynth(external link opens in new window)). in september, max attended ars electronica festival(external link opens in new window) in linz, austria, with deep space 8k: expanded abstractions(external link opens in new window) and an hour-long in persona(external link opens in new window) screening. max spoke about broken visions in stereo(external link opens in new window) at ars electronica's expanded animation symposium(external link opens in new window) and was a jury member for the st. louis-based video loops at central library(external link opens in new window) competition. in august, max returned(external link opens in new window) to london (for london animation club(external link opens in new window)) and to goldsmiths (for the scm creative computing summer school(external link opens in new window)). in july, max was a speaker at the 29th society for animation studies conference(external link opens in new window) at the university of padova in italy. the german pavilion(external link opens in new window) at expo 2017(external link opens in new window) in astana, kazakhstan, showed an hour-long retrospective of max's work. in june, max attended the visual music award(external link opens in new window) in gelnhausen, germany, with a special screening and as a jury member. max also presented a paper at the ridch conference on digital art, design and advertising(external link opens in new window) at the open university of hong kong. in may, divisional articulations premiered on nowness(external link opens in new window) and was featured on booooooom, animation world network and others. max was a juror at the 1st red bird student film festival(external link opens in new window) at hong kong university of science and technology, and at animex awards(external link opens in new window) at teesside university, middlesbrough, uk. max played live visuals in hong kong: with dj sniff at extended eclectics(external link opens in new window) at xxx gallery, and with blood wine or honey(external link opens in new window) at studio 9. in april, max was in germany where he attended filmfest dresden(external link opens in new window) with animated: max hattler retrospective(external link opens in new window) and as a jury member(external link opens in new window) (see mdr tv's unicato(external link opens in new window) special on filmfest dresden, which features spin and an interview). max also gave a guest lecture at stuttgart media university(external link opens in new window). in hong kong, sonar hong kong(external link opens in new window) presented max hattler - sonar+d(external link opens in new window), a screening of max's films and five new works created by his scm(external link opens in new window) students for electronica duo isan(external link opens in new window); afterwards max performed live visuals with blood wine or honey(external link opens in new window).
floating projects

klex
universiti kuala lumpur
asia animation forum
ars electronica festival
goldsmiths
expo 2017

sas
visual music award
open university

nowness

HKUST

animex

xxx

filmfest dresden

hdm stuttgart

sonar hong kong
2016 SELECTED
in november, max presented a paper at the inaugural annual china animation studies conference(external link opens in new window) at chengdu university(external link opens in new window) in china. he also provided live visuals for mad professor(external link opens in new window) at clockenflap festival(external link opens in new window) in hong kong. in october, max performed live with dj sniff, shane aspegren and sune petersen at the school of creative media(external link opens in new window) in hong kong. max attended punto y raya festival(external link opens in new window) at zkm center for art and media(external link opens in new window) in karlsruhe, germany, where he was a jury member and presented a masterclass and a full-length screening of five. while in germany, max also gave a lecture on animation art and video activism at university of mannheim(external link opens in new window). in september, max was in beijing, where he gave an image power(external link opens in new window) lecture at renmin university(external link opens in new window) and presented III=III at the hong kong and macau visual art biennale at beijing minsheng art museum. since august, max is a fully-fledged, tenure-track assistant professor(external link opens in new window) at city university of hong kong. in july, he spoke at the ridch conference on digital art and film(external link opens in new window) at the open university of hong kong, and he was once again on the jury of the visual music award(external link opens in new window) in germany. in june, max was in singapore as a speaker at the society for animation studies conference(external link opens in new window) at nanyang technological university, and as a guest lecturer at lasalle college of the arts(external link opens in new window). collaborative mega project five premiered at k11(external link opens in new window) in hong kong as part of the electronic vibes(external link opens in new window) exhibition. in may, max presented a guest lecture at scad hong kong(external link opens in new window). in april, all rot won the award for best abstract film at third culture film festival(external link opens in new window) in hong kong, read the interview(external link opens in new window). in march, max's 3D stereoscopic animation III=III premiered at post pixel: animamix biennale 2015-16(external link opens in new window) in hong kong, and spring energy premiered on the 20-metre high video wall at hirmer(external link opens in new window) in munich, germany. in february, max lectured in california at calarts(external link opens in new window), cal state la(external link opens in new window), and university of southern california(external link opens in new window). january saw the release of shapeshifter, the official festival trailer for stuttgarter filmwinter(external link opens in new window).
chengdu university
clockenflap
punto y raya festival
uni mannheim
renmin university
ouhk
visual music award
society for animation studies
lasalle college of the arts
k11
scad hong kong
cartoon brew

animamix biennale 2015-16

usc

cal state la
calarts
2015 SELECTED
in december, a very large increase received a special mention at london international animation festival(external link opens in new window). in november, max showed films and played live at clockenflap festival(external link opens in new window) in hong kong and at summit at sea(external link opens in new window) 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(external link opens in new window). in october, max premiered the hattlerizer 3.0 performance at the german pavilion(external link opens in new window) at expo milano 2015(external link opens in new window) in milan, italy. –O| received a special mention at videomedeja(external link opens in new window) in novi sad, serbia. in september, dan torre's article persistent abstraction: the animated works of max hattler(external link opens in new window) came out in senses of cinema online journal. max was a jury member and presenter(external link opens in new window) at indie-anifest: 11th korean independent animation film festival(external link opens in new window) in seoul, korea. he also played a vj set at dreamscapade(external link opens in new window) at dreamlike bubbles(external link opens in new window) in hong kong. in july, max presented a paper at the society for animation studies conference 2015(external link opens in new window) in canterbury(external link opens in new window), uk. in june, max attended melbourne international animation festival(external link opens in new window) with an hour-long screening(external link opens in new window) and a render animation conference(external link opens in new window) presentation. he was also on the juries of the visual music award(external link opens in new window) and animafest zagreb(external link opens in new window), and presented a paper at the animafest scanner II symposium for animation studies(external link opens in new window). in may, max was in seoul, korea, where he performed live at seoul museum of art(external link opens in new window) and at club vurt(external link opens in new window), and lectured at wco korea(external link opens in new window) and hongik university(external link opens in new window). the many faces of fernando pessoa (redux) premiered in denver(external link opens in new window). in april, max spoke at resonate conference(external link opens in new window) in belgrade, serbia. in march, max was on the juries and held masterclasses at tehran international animation festival(external link opens in new window) and at monstra(external link opens in new window) in lisbon. the many faces of fernando pessoa premiered at monstra as a 4-channel installation. in february, max made prismatic(external link opens in new window), a 5-sec short of the week(external link opens in new window) bumper. unclear proof received a special mention at jaipur international film festival(external link opens in new window) in india.
clockenflap
summit at sea

expo 2015
videomedeja


sas
miaf
animafest

visual music award
sema
hongik
osaf
resonate
monstra
tiaf
scm
2014 SELECTED
in december, max moved to hong kong to take up a faculty position at the school of creative media(external link opens in new window) at city university of hong kong. before leaving europe, he held a week-long masterclass at sint lucas antwerpen(external link opens in new window) in belgium, lectured in germany at institut für musik und medien(external link opens in new window) düsseldorf and cologne game lab(external link opens in new window), and in the uk at university of the west of england(external link opens in new window), goldsmiths, university of london(external link opens in new window) and middlesex university(external link opens in new window). your highness screened as part of off the air: sports(external link opens in new window) on adult swim(external link opens in new window). in november, stop the show won best commissioned film at bradford animation festival(external link opens in new window). max held a workshop at california institute of the arts(external link opens in new window), a lecture at university of southern california(external link opens in new window), and a retrospective screening at echo park film center(external link opens in new window) in los angeles; he also taught in the uk at the royal college of art(external link opens in new window) and at norwich university of the arts(external link opens in new window). in october, max was interviewed for the barbican film podcast(external link opens in new window). he presented a masterclass(external link opens in new window) and was a judge at london international animation festival(external link opens in new window). he also spoke at london college of communication(external link opens in new window), london animation club(external link opens in new window) and aalborg university copenhagen(external link opens in new window). in september, a preview of —O| was presented at museo de bellas artes(external link opens in new window) in caracas, venezuela. max played at trendelenburg festival(external link opens in new window) in spain, lectured in london at london met(external link opens in new window) + national film and television school(external link opens in new window), and did a q&a at last friday shorts(external link opens in new window) in southend on sea. in august, unclear proof received a diploma at golden diana film festival(external link opens in new window) in austria. in july, a very large increase + unclear proof won awards at marin county festival of short film + video(external link opens in new window) in san rafael, ca, usa. in june, max successfully completed his professional doctorate in fine art at the university of east london(external link opens in new window) with the viva exhibition audiovisual abstractions(external link opens in new window). max was also on the jury(external link opens in new window) + had a profile screening(external link opens in new window) at fest anca(external link opens in new window) in slovakia (interview(external link opens in new window)). 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(external link opens in new window) in london. in may, max was in caracas, venezuela, where he led an animation workshop at the british council(external link opens in new window) + presented a lecture at museo de arte contemporaneo(external link opens in new window). in april, max lectured at the school of creative media, city university of hong kong(external link opens in new window) + performed hattler vs. hattler at itfs(external link opens in new window) in germany. in march, a very large increase won first prize + stop the show received a special mention at the visual music award(external link opens in new window) in germany. max did a q&a at tate britain(external link opens in new window) in london. in february, max performed at reykjavík visual music · punto y raya festival(external link opens in new window) in iceland, where shift scooped third prize in the short film competition. max lectured at middlesbrough institute of modern art(external link opens in new window) as part of animex(external link opens in new window) festival + in belgium at kask(external link opens in new window), kaskcinema(external link opens in new window) + sint-lucas(external link opens in new window) in ghent + at sint lucas antwerpen(external link opens in new window) in antwerp. the wrong - new digital art biennale(external link opens in new window) 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. in january, max was on the jury + played live at filmwinter(external link opens in new window) in stuttgart, germany.
sint lucas antwerpen

imm
cologne game lab
uwe
mdx
adult swim

usc

calarts

nua
rca

lcc

nfts

university of east london
topman
british council
school of creative media
itfs
visual music award

tate
sint-lucas, ghent
kask
the wrong
sint lucas antwerpen
filmwinter
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O/S (2023) TWENTYTИƎWT / 二〇二〇 (2023)
Voertex (2021) Concrete Abstraction: Road Triptych (2019) Serial Parallels (2019) ➕ (2019)
matter and motion (2018) divisional articulations (2017) five (2017) III=III (2016)
the many faces of fernando pessoa (2015) all rot (2015) —O| (2015) a very large increase in the size, amount, or importance of something over a very short period of time (2013)
unclear proof (2013) model starship (2012) x (2012) nidden partikel (2012)
shift (2012) re:ax (2011) forms (2011) sync (2010)
1923 aka heaven (2010) 1925 aka hell (2010) spin (2010) aanaatt (2008)
drift (2007) striper v0.1 (2006) collision (2005) nachtmaschine (2005)
everything turns (2004)    
spring energy (2016) shapeshifter (2016) stop the show (2013)
kaluga space museum: constant sky 2013) vienna independent shorts: festival trailer (2011)  
  jovanotti: l'ombelico del mondo (2011) basement jaxx: where's your head at (2009)
catch (2012 + 2009) the egg: nothing (2009) economy wolf: mount allen (2007) your highness (2010) + economy wolf: theme for yellow kudra (2006)
kaleidobooth (2012)
O/S
Serial Parallels
TWENTYTИƎWT / 二〇二〇
concrete abstraction: road triptych
1925 aka hell
vis festival trailer
spin
x (kxfs canal commission)
aanaatt
re:ax
shift
your highness
all rot
model starship
catch
nidden partikel
a very large increase in the size, amount, or importance of something over a very short period of time
live performances



'sync' premiere as part of 'time, what makes us tick?' installation at noorderzon festival, groningen, holland, august 2010
divisional articulations
1923 aka heaven (2010) at after images exhibition (2015)