Serial Parallels
Director: Max Hattler
Director of Photography: Iresa Cho, Zhang Riwen, Max Hattler
Producer: Relentless Melt
Editing: Max Hattler
Sound: David Kamp
Animation: Iresa Cho, Zhang Riwen
Hong Kong / Experimental / 9’ / HD / Color / 2019
In this experimental animation Hong Kong’s signature architecture of horizon-eclipsing housing estates is reimagined as parallel rows of film strips: Serial Parallels.
CV
Max Hattler is an artist and academic who works with abstract animation, video installation and audiovisual performance. He holds a master's degree from the Royal College of Art and a Doctorate in Fine Art from the University of East London. He lives in Hong Kong where he is an Assistant Professor at School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong.
Filmography
Concrete Abstraction: Road Triptych 2019, Serial Parallels 2019, + 2019, Matter and Motion 2018, Divisional Articulations 2017, Shapeshifter 2016, All Rot 2015, The Many Faces of Fernando Pessoa 2015, A Very Large Increase in the Size, Amount, or Importance of Something Over a Very Short Period of Time 2013
Festivals Attended
Serial Parallels: Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, 49th International Film Festival Rotterdam, 22nd Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, 27th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, 26th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film
Awards
Serial Parallels: Award for Best Editing - San Giò Verona Video Festival, Jury Mention - FIVA Festival Internacional de Videoarte
Contact: festivals@maxhattler.com