Lecturer:

Max Hattler

About lecturer:

Max Hattler is a German experimental animator. He is a Professor at the School of Creative Media at City University of Hong Kong. His works explore relationships between abstraction and figuration, aesthetics and politics, sound and image, precision and improvisation. Max holds a B.A. in Media and Communications from Goldsmiths, an M.A. in Animation from the Royal College of Art, and a Doctorate in Fine Art from the University of East London. His films have been presented at museums, galleries and festivals internationally. Awards include London International Animation Festival, Annecy Animation Festival, and several Visual Music Awards. He’s also active in the field of audiovisual performance. He has performed live at Sonar Hong Kong, Seoul Museum of Art, Animafest Zagreb, the European Media Art Festival, and many others. Max has been on the jury of many festivals including Filmfest Dresden, Animafest Zagreb, CutOut Fest Mexico, Punto y Raya Festival and Tehran International Animation Festival. He is also the chairman and curator of Relentless Melt, a Hong Kong-based society for experimental animation which regularly presents screenings around the world.

Lecture:

In this workshop, moving image artist Max Hattler will give an introduction to his non-narrative animation work between abstraction and representation, sound and image, formalism and experimentation. A screening and discussion of a selection of films will be followed by a hands-on workshop, in which participants create short experimental animation sequences with their mobile phones.