by Max Hattler and Mehmet Can Özer feat. Christian Skjødt
The project “Aşure” (pronounced as Ishuré) is an audio-visual concert series which consists of live electronics by Turkish composer Mehmet Can Ozer, live visuals by Max Hattler and a live improvisation by an invited musician. For each concert a different musician is invited to take part.
For the concert at Apparat the Danish musician Christian Skjødt is invited.
The live electronics is based on Mehmet’s ASURE software (max msp based) which improvises and interacts with the musician. This is mirrored visually by Hattler’s visual live improvisation based on a vvvv setup, a visual instrument, which Hattler is developing with Sune Petersen who also is participating at the LAB.
The project has different aspects in order to explore and to make research. All of them are connected with various fields such as composition, improvisation, software and hardware development, ethnomusicology, sociology, interaction between human and computer, and most importantly cultural exchange.
About Max Hattler
Max Hattler is an animation filmmaker and media artist interested in the space between abstraction and figuration in the moving image, where storytelling is freed from the constraints of traditional narrative. He works across the fields of short film, music video, installation and audio-visual live performance, and has collaborated with bands including Basement Jaxx, Jemapur, The Egg, Ladyscraper, and his dad’s outfit Hattler. Max has shown his award-winning experimental films at hundreds of festivals worldwide, including the British Animation Awards, EMAF, Onedotzero, Resfest, Rotterdam, Image Forum Festival, Annecy Animation Festival and Animafest Zagreb. He has performed live audio-visuals across Europe, Asia and the Americas, including London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts, Media Art Friesland, Curtas Vila do Conde, The Animation Show, and SuperDeluxe Tokyo. Max graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2005 with an MA in Animation, and is currently doing a Professional Doctorate in Fine Art. He is signed to Partizan worldwide.
Examples of artworks
Info
Personal site: http://www.maxhattler.com/
Selected Press Clippings: http://www.maxhattler.com/press/
Live and Direct: http://www.maxhattler.com/live/
Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/maxhattler
Twitter: http://twitter.com/maxhattler
About Mehmet Can Özer
Mehmet Can Özer was born in 1981. His professional career started when he was accepted to Bilkent University FMPA composition division with full scholarship. After graduating, he was accepted to Conservatoire de Géneve. In 2005 he moved to Turkey and took a job in Baskent University as a Lecturer. He took part in the Halici-Midi Composition Competition (1998), Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Competition (2003, 2007), received the Goethe Institute Artist Award (2006) and SWR Experimental Studio Grant (2008). He has performed in several international festivals such as Bourges (France), AudioArt (Poland), Remusica (Kosovo), Busan Biennale (Korea), Pyramidale (Germany), Acousmania (Romania), SMC (Greece), Generator (Switzerland), Electro-Globe (Belgium), Create (USA) and EMUfest (Italy). Apart from being commissioned at home, he received commissions from I.M.E.B. (France) and Musiques-Recherches (Belgium) and has been invited from their studios to realize a piece. In 2005 he has started an electroacoustic music concert series in Ankara and organized many concerts up to the present day. In 2008, he has commissioned by Goethe Institute for Ernest Lubitsch’s silent movie “The Oyster Princess” and gave improvised concerts through Turkey. Currently he is working on his software “Aşure” and giving concerts with it. Mehmet Can Özer’s instrumental compositions also played in various places and he continues to write for both instruments and electronics.
Info
Personal Site: http://www.mehmetcanozer.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/mcozer
About Christian Skjødt
Musician Christian Skjødt mainly works with improvised music and has a great interest in the interaction between different art forms. He has received several awards for his music and is involved in a huge amount of projects, including curating and managing the record label Tonometer Music. He’s also a part of the four-person group organizing and curating Apparat LAB.
Info
Personal: http://www.skjodt.net/
