Concrete Abstraction: Road Triptych

2019

Curation, Experimental Film, Installation

Concrete Abstraction:
Road Triptych

Concrete Abstraction: Road Triptych is a motion painting that takes Hong Kong’s urban topography as its canvas. Road markings explode and contract across three synchronised screens in a portrait of the otherwise overlooked paints and stains that adorn the city’s streets.

Awards

Punto y Raya Festival, Vienna, Austria, 25-28 Nov 2021 (Transformations exhibition)
Switch, Nenagh, Tipperary, Ireland, 7-14 November 2021
25th Videomedeja Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia, 14-17 Oct 2021
Experimental Animation Exhibition, St Paul St Gallery, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, 2021 (curated by Miriam Harris)
Max Hattler. Receptive Rhythms, Goethe-Institut, Hong Kong, 4-28 Sep 2019 (Max Hattler solo exhibition curated by Dr Harald Kraemer)

Credits

Director & Producer	Max Hattler
Animation	Chan King Lam Osmond, Hinyi Cheuk, Yu Ka Man Carmen, Helen Chow, Kwan Tsz Ching Jenny, Aurelia Giovanni Laksmana, Marvin Hauck, Zhang Riwen
Photography	Alexandra Woermann, Max Hattler, Zhang Riwen
Editing	Max Hattler, Zhang Riwen
Sound	Eduardo Noya
Format	3 x 1080p screens
Length	4-minute loop
Year	2019

This work was supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (Project No. 21609017)

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Screenings & Exhibitions

2024

6th KLAPPE AUF! Short Film Festival, Hamburg, Germany, 4-5 Apr 2025 (Official Competition)
30th Leuven International Short Film Festival, Leuven, Belgium, 29 Nov – 7 Dec 2024 (Labo Programme)
KLEX – Kuala Lumpur Experimental Moving Images & Music Festival, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Nov 2024
37th Exground Filmfest, Wiesbaden, Germany, 15-24 Nov 2024 (International Competition)
TOFUZI International Animated Film Festival, Batumi, Georgia, 11-16 Nov 2024 (Official Competition)
18th Big Cartoon Festival, Moscow, Russia, 25 Oct – 5 Nov 2024 (Official Competition)
Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Fredrikstad, Norway, 24-27 Oct 2024
ReAnimania Festival, Yerevan, Armenia, 20-26 Oct 2024
Instants Video, Marseille, France, 18 Oct 2024 – 19 Jan 2025 (exhibition)
34th Message to Man International Film Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia, 18-27 Oct 2024 (In Silico Experimental Short Film Competition)
Courant 3D, Angoulême, France, 7-13 Oct 2024
London Animation Club, Garden Cinema, London, Mon 7 Oct 2024
19th Simultan Festival, Timisoara, Romania, 3-6 Oct 2024
Facade Video Festival, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 27-29 Sep 2024
Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria, 4-8 Sep 2024 (Ars Electronica Animation Festival programme)
20th International Short Film Festival Detmold, Detmold, Germany, 19-25 Aug 2024
48th Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Weiterstadt, Germany, 15-19 Aug 2024
23rd Countryside Animafest Cyprus, Salamiou, Cyprus, 9-12 Aug 2024 (International Competition)
29th OpenEyes Filmfest, Marburg, Germany, 25-28 Jul 2024 (Competition)
17th Fest Anca International Animation Festival, Zilina, Slovakia, 25-30 June 2024 (“Contemporary Abstract and Non-narrative Animation”)
World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, 3-8 Jun 2024 (“Time for the Masters”)
21st Vienna Shorts, Vienna, Austria, 28 May – 2 Jun 2024 (“Animation Avantgarde”)
20th Athens Digital Arts Festival, Athens, Greece, 15-26 May 2024
41st Busan International Short Film Festival, Busan, Korea, 22-28 Apr 2024 (“Beyond Shorts: 3D Shorts”)
36th Filmfest Dresden International Short Film Festival, Dresden, Germany, 16-21 Apr 2024 (National Competition)
International 3D-Stereo Film Festival, Moscow, Russia, 4-6 Apr 2024
20th Akbank Short Film Festival, Akbank Sanat, Istanbul, Turkey, 25 Mar – 4 Apr 2024
ANIMAC, Lleida, Spain, 15-18 Feb 2024