by Max Hattler + Noriko Okaku

a/v: 'Oh Yes' (by Max Hattler + Noriko Okaku) from Max Hattler on Vimeo.
Abandon Normal Devices Festival-commissioned found-footage a/v performance feat. a soundtrack by dubmarronics. Premiered at Moves09, Manchester, UK, 25 Apr 2009.
"Audiovisual experimentalists Max Hattler and Noriko Okaku present a playful performance with Oh Yes, a YouTube infused set offering a witty 2.0 take on bodies, movement and pop culture." (Abandon Normal Devices)

a/v: '/\/\/\' (by Max Hattler + Noriko Okaku) from Max Hattler on Vimeo.
Fredrikstad Animation Festival-commissioned live animation performance feat. a soundtrack by Rich Keyworth. Premiered at Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Norway, 12 Nov 2009.
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"Watching Max Hattler and Noriko Okaku perform is an electrifying experience. The audio-visual duo work so seamlessly together that I forgot I was watching a performance as I became part of the event." (Nancy Denney-Phelps, Sprockets: Nancy's Animated World)
"Max Hattler and Noriko Okaku really explore new fields of narration in animation with their /\/\/\ performance, which combines real-time presentation with 3-screen projection. Interacting with Rich Keyworth’s soundtrack, almost symphonic in its structure, Hattler and Okaku gently improvise using repetitive sequences of animated figures and objects, ranging from simple drawings to more complex abstract structures. Just their subtle response to the audience reactions reminds you that it’s not a fixed film, it’s a live performance. Combining a sensitive beauty with discrete comic elements, /\/\/\ is an astonishing piece of work, and it was one of the highlights of Fredrikstad Animation Festival 09." (Trond Ola Mevassvik, Fredrikstad Animation Festival Director)

a/v: '(O)' (by Max Hattler + Noriko Okaku) from Max Hattler on Vimeo.
a/v performance premiered at London Short Film Festival, UK, 17 January 2010.
(O) - A new audiovisual live performance by Max Hattler and Noriko Okaku
"Max and Noriko first met when studying Animation together at the Royal College of Art. There are parallels in their animation-based experimental, semi-narrative, non-dialogue approach to working with film and video. Apart from their live work, they have collaborated on several projects ranging from tour visuals for The Egg and Basement Jaxx to stop-motion film Aanaatt and Max's latest short film Spin. With (O), their third collaboration, Max returns to his teenage roots in sound/music-making and makes a first foray into live audio performance, complemented by Noriko's surreal animated visuals." (London Short Film Festival 2010)