- 2019
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A symmetrical matrix of generative synthetic growth iterations of varying frequencies and intensities.
Screenings & Exhibitions
- Relentless Melt No. 30, Clockenflap Festival, 1-3 Dec 2023 (programme of experimental animation co-curated by Max Hattler and Jay Hofmann-Forster)
- Oodaaq Festival 10th anniversary screening, Dazibao, Montreal, Canada, 2 Jun 2022
- Punto y Raya Festival, Vienna, Austria, 25-28 Nov 2021 (International Competition)
- Walthamstow International Film Festival, London, UK, 10 Jul 2021
- Oodaaq Festival, Rennes, France, 21-30 May 2021 (10 years retrospective programme presented in collaboration with Visual Container)
- Relentless Melt No. 19: Hong Kong Visual Music, Seeing Sound Practice-Led Visual Music Symposium, Sun 13 Dec 2020 (screening curated by Max Hattler)
- 2nd Feinaki Beijing Animation Week, Beijing, China, 18-22 Nov 2020 (MV Competition)
- EXiS: Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul, South Korea, 1-15 Aug 2020 (Indi-Visual: Max Hattler)
- 16th Athens Digital Arts Festival, Athens, Greece, 10 Jul – 1 Sep 2020
- Ars Electronica Animation Festival on Tour 2019, Jan-Dec 2020 (International Touring Programme)
- 18th Les Sommets du cinéma d’animation, Montreal, Canada, 3-8 Dec 2019 (International Competition)
- London International Animation Festival, London, UK, 29 Nov – 8 Dec 2019 (Abstract Showcase Competition)
- Anilogue International Animation Festival, Budapest, Hungary, 27 Nov – 1 Dec 2019 (Short Film Competition)
- Taichung International Animation Festival, Taichung, Taiwan, 11-20 Oct 2019 (Director in Focus 2)
- Un festival c’est trop court, Nice, France, 11-18 Oct 2019 (Experience Competition)
- Thessaloniki Animation Festival, Thessaloniki, Greece, 10-13 Oct 2019
- Animatou, Geneva, Switzerland, 4-12 Oct 2019 (International Competition for Best Experimental Short)
- BIDEODROMO International Experimental Film and Video Festival, Bilbao, Spain, 17-25 Sep 2019
- Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria, 5-9 Sep 2019 (Ars Electronica Animation Festival Programme)
- Étrange Festival, Paris, France, 4-15 Sep 2019 (International Short Film Competition)
- Under the Radar, Vienna, Austria, 1-5 Jul 2019
- Diversions International Short Film Festival, Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia, 10-16 Jun 2019
- A Wall is a Screen, Ahlen, Germany, 14 Jun 2019
- A Wall is a Screen, Hamburg-Diebsteich, Germany, 7 Jun 2019
- 35th Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Hamburg, 4-10 Jun 2019 (Interlaced Signals programme curated by Sarah Adam and Giuseppe Gagliano)
- Digital Graffiti, Alys Beach, Florida, USA, 17-18 May 2019
- Anifilm, Trebon, Czech Republic, 7-12 May 2019 (Max Hattler Retrospective)
- 26th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, Metropol 3, Stuttgart, Germany, 17:00 Fri 3 May 2019 (In Persona: Max Hattler screening)
- Oodaaq Festival, France, Saint Malo, Sat 27 Apr 2019 and Rennes, Wed 15 May 2019
- Tlanchana Fest, Metepec, Toluca and Valle de Bravo, Mexico, 29 Mar – 7 Apr 2019
- MONSTRA Lisbon Animated Film Festival, Lisbon, Portugal, 20-31 Mar 2019 (International Competition)
- An Inch of Time: International Video and Animation Exhibition, The Galleries at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 8 Mar – 20 Apr 2019 (exhibition curated by Qian Li)
- Loop Effect, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK, 26 Jan – 4 May 2019 (Exhibition curated by Alex Jukes. Artists: Alan Warburton, Alex Jukes, James Shepherd / Cypherdelic, Max Hattler) “Four artists positioned at the forefront of experimental digital animation / art collectively consider the ways in which loops, repetition, cycles and abstraction can be used to explore the role, the boundaries and the language of digital art animation today.” (Chapel Gallery)
- Relentless Melt No. 9: Audio Visions, Clockenflap Festival, Hong Kong, 9-11 Nov 2018 (Screening curated by Max Hattler)
- Punto y Raya Festival, Wroclaw, Poland, 25-28 Oct 2018 (Pawilonie Czterech Kopuł exhibition. Artists: Larry Cuba, Max Hattler, Robert Seidel, David Stout)
- SUPERNOVA Outdoor Digital Animation Festival, Denver, Colorado, USA, 22 Sep 2018 (Invitational Competition; special version created for corner-wrapping panoramic LED screen at corner of 16th & Arapahoe Street in Downtown Denver)
- Relentless Melt No. 7: Moving Image Hong Kong, Wright Hall, New Cut Cinema, 110 The Cut, London, SE1 8LN, UK, 14 Aug 2018 (Screening curated and introduced by Max Hattler)
Credits
| Director | Max Hattler |
| Live Animation | Max Hattler |
| Coding | Sune Petersen |
| Sound/music | Antony Ryan, Sune Petersen |
| Available formats | 1080p |
| Frame rate | 24 |
| Length | 2’32” |
| Year | 2019 |
| Preview version | 2018 |
| Country | DK/UK/HK/DE |
This work was supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (Project No. 21609017).
DVD
New German Animations 2019, AG Kurzfilm, Germany, 2019 (not for sale, limited edition preview DVD for festivals and curators)
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