Spotlight
Max Hattler - Landscape of human exhistance
Fries Museum, Turfmarkt 11 Leeuwarden
opening times: tue - sun 11.00-17.00h
Landscape of human existence presents two Dutch premieres. Interested in the space between abstraction and figuration, where storytelling is freed from the constraints of traditional narrative. Hattlers work contemplates microcosms, moments, atmospheres; close-ups as reflections on the big picture. While his films tend to be without dialogue, they explore the relationship between sound, music and the moving image. Part of a young international generation of filmmakers Hattler’s ideas transform into individual dynamic masterpieces.
Mount Allen, 3:40 Germany/United Kingdom 2007
Mount Allen, a music video for avant-garde rockers Economy Wolf. This second collaboration between Max Hattler and Economy Wolf, follows the acclaimed Theme For Yellow Kudra. Mount Allen is “yet another gem of a video” (Trial & Error Recordings) and features a second installment of the contemporary dance of Johannes Ender in a warehouse in Bavaria. It is currently play-listed on MTV2.
Drift, 3:30 Germany/United Kingdom 2007
DDrift is an experimental short film made in collaboration with new music composer Mark Bowden. Drift shows the body as a metaphorical landscape. Eerie and sometimes too close for comfort the film manages to transform the familiar and mundane into something poetic and mysterious. The mood is at the heart of this piece. One part horror film and one part nature study certainly makes for a compelling mix.
biography
Max Hattler (1976 Ulm/Germany) abstract political short film Collision has won several prizes including the LUX Award for Best Experimental Film, and Dazed and Confused described Max as one of “three of the world’s most exciting young animators”, next to PES and Model Robot. In July 2007 he received the DEFA Award with German animator Robert Seidel to co-direct an experimental short film. Max Hattler signed to Bermuda Shorts as a director. His work is shown at film festivals and exhibitions worldwide, including Annecy, Clermont-Ferrand, Media Art Festival, Resfest and Imagina Awards.
Location: Fries Museum, Turfmarkt 11 Leeuwarden
Extra: Xperience workshop and performance on 28 September in the festival building Amicitia and 058podium, Ruiterskwartier 41 Leeuwarden
