Prof. Max HATTLER

Prof. Max Hattler is an abstract and experimental animator, audiovisual artist, animation researcher, curator and educator. He holds a BA (Hons) in Media and Communications from Goldsmiths, an MA in Animation from the Royal College of Art, and a Doctorate in Fine Art from the University of East London. Hattler’s work has been shown at festivals and exhibitions worldwide, receiving awards and mentions from Annecy Animation Festival, Ars Electronica, Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinema, Punto y Raya Festival, Cannes Lions, London International Animation Festival, and many others. He has performed live around the world including at Fest Anca, Anifilm Festival, Playgrounds Festival, Animafest Zagreb, Seoul Museum of Art and the European Media Art Festival. Prior to joining the School of Creative Media at City University of Hong Kong in late 2014, Max Hattler was a Lecturer at Goldsmiths, University of London (2006-2014) and a Visiting Lecturer at the Royal College of Art (2012-2014). He has given workshops at California Institute of the Arts, Sint Lucas Antwerpen, Geneva University of Art and Design, Museum of Image and Sound Sao Paulo and other institutions. His current research focuses on synaesthetic experience and visual music, graphical sound, the narrative potential of abstract animation, and expanded artistic approaches to binocular vision.

• Experimental Animation
• Artist Film and Video
• Audiovisual Performance
• Expanded Cinema
• Binocular Rivalry
• Abstract Narrative
• Video Installation
• Visual Music
• Synaesthesia

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