TWENTYTИƎWT
Hong Kong, Germany / Animation / 7' / 3D / Color / 2023
Shot entirely from an apartment on the 36th floor of a high-rise building, this experimental animation survey large parts of Hong Kong’s cityscape, emphasising the individual lives hidden inside its buildings. Recorded in 2020 and completed in 2023, the film attempts to encapsulate the darkness, confinement, and uncertainty of 2020.
Director: Max Hattler
Director of Photography: Max Hattler
Producer: Max Hattler
Music: Eduardo Noya
Editing: Zhang Riwen, Max Hattler
Sound: Eduardo Noya
Animation: Zhang Riwen, Ty Lok Yi, Liu Da, Max Hattler
CV
Max Hattler is an artist and academic working with abstract animation, video installation and audiovisual performance. He holds a Doctorate in Fine Art from the University of East London and currently lives in Hong Kong where he is an Associate Professor at School of Creative Media, City University Hong Kong.
Filmography
TWENTYTИƎWT (2023)
O/S (2023)
Serial Parallels (2019)
Matter and Motion (2018)
Divisional Articulations (2017)
Festivals Attended
Punto y Raya Festival (2023) London International Animation Festival (2023) World Festival of Animated Film, Varna (2023) Digerati Emergent Media Festival (2023) 13th StopTrik International Film Festival (2023) Image Forum Festival, Japan (2023) 13th CutOut Fest (2023) Kyiv International Short Film Festival (2023) International New Media Art Festival Videomedeja (2023) Linoleum Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival (2023) New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival