Synopsis

Inspired by early 20th-century avant-garde graphical sound experiments, ‘O/S’ explores digital approaches to the analogue technique of optical audio. In contrast to drawing on a celluloid film strip’s optical soundtrack, in ‘O/S’, the entire image is a soundtrack: Everything you see generates sound. What you hear is what you see. All tones in ‘O/S’ have been composed visually by designing specific visual shapes and movements. The challenge was to create a film that balances visual and sonic expression to create a synaesthetic experience for the viewer: A work that is created visually but also sounds interesting.

PROFILE

Max Hattler

Max Hattler’s experimental animation works explore relationships between abstraction and figuration, aesthetics and politics, sound and image, and precision and improvisation. Max holds a BA in Media and Communications from Goldsmiths, an MA in Animation from the Royal College of Art, and a Doctorate in Fine Art from the University of East London. He has performed live at Sonar Hong Kong, Seoul Museum of Art, EXPO Milano and the European Media Art Festival. He is a Professor at School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong.

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