The birth of modern man.
www.maxhattler.com/yourhighness
Weekend Argus, Cape Town, 10.7.2010:
LITTLE FILM HINTS AT BIG ISSUES
"LOVE it or hate it -- soccer players are not always modest in the way they celebrate their goals. Even Bafana Bafana celebrated their first World Cup goal with a showy dance routine. Now, a German media artist is causing a stir in his home country with an offbeat short film depicting masculinity, particularly on the soccer field. ... The three-minute video was recently posted on the online edition of one of Germany's biggest weekly newspapers, Die Zeit. While some readers welcomed the video as a work of art, many were highly critical. 'It's extremely embarrassing that people like Mr Hattler think soccer to be really bad and working class, and still use its popularity to get attention to their (art),' one reader commented. Hattler, who is based in London but has moved to Denmark for three months, said he was surprised by the negative reaction, but that he should have expected it. 'Timing has obviously played a huge role in the ferocity of the comments. Right now, during the World Cup, football rules the streets, the screens and the conversations. Fans are pumped up and hyper-confident. Any criticism, real or perceived, must be smashed.' Hattler explained how soccer fitted in with his concept -- a blend of hyper-masculinity and aggression: 'The focus was more on masculinity generally, and how this is expressed through rituals such as sports. Some of the moves are directly inspired by football, such as the sliding and falling on to the grass, or the whipping off of the shirt.' Interpretation of the video, Hattler said, was up to the individual, but he added: 'I think it is safe to say that the film was always intended to be comical.'"
Deutsche Welle, 2.7.2010:
GERMAN ARTIST'S VIDEO PUTS SOCCER IN A NEW LIGHT
"A short film that shows a man striking bizarre poses has been interpreted as a comical representation of behavior on the soccer field. Its producer thinks that there are some good reasons for this. Although not originally created with soccer in mind, a short film called 'Your Highness' by German video artist Max Hattler has taken on a new dimension in light of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The video features a scantily-dressed man in a field striking a series of poses that seem to represent an aggressive, competitive, and hyper-masculine mindset. The German website ZEIT ONLINE published the video with the soundtrack of a soccer match in the background, giving it a whole new meaning. In an interview with Deutsche Welle, Hattler agrees that this interpretation is easy to justify."
Deutsche Welle interview: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5752143,00.html
ZEIT ONLINE, Germany, 29.6.2010:
KUNST UND FUSSBALL
"Max Hattler zeigt einen Mann, der etwas tut, was keiner versteht. So geht es dem Videokünstler selbst mit Fußball: Er sieht Bewegungsabläufe, zu deren Verständnis ihm die Codes fehlen."
ZEIT ONLINE interview: http://www.zeit.de/kultur/kunst/2010-06/max-hattler-interview
ARTE TV, France/Germany, 30.6.2010:
'JE REGARDE UN MATCH ET JE ME DIS : BON DIEU, MAIS QU'EST-CE QU'ILS FONT ?'
"Pour le vidéaste Max Hattler, le foot est un monde à part - une chose que l'on ne peut pas comprendre si on n'en a pas appris les codes - c'est du moins ce que montre le clip que Zeit-online lui a demandé de réaliser à l'occasion de la Coupe du monde. Un regard étranger sur des rituels familiers."
ARTE Journal: Revue du web du 30 juin 2010:
http://videos.arte.tv/fr/videos/le_revue_du_web_du_30_juin_2010-3303042.html
ARTE Journal: Die Webrevue vom 30. Juni 2010:
http://videos.arte.tv/de/videos/le_revue_du_web_du_30_juin_2010-3303042.html
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This is the worst video I've seen in my life.
ntkachenko5 1 year ago
@ntkachenko5 haha thanks!
dizleksick 1 year ago