Kosher Giraffe Trilogy (2024)
‘There’s an old Jewish joke that giraffe meat would be kosher, if only we knew where to cut the neck’
Austrian-British multidisciplinary artist Hugo Max explores the internment of his great-grandfather as an ‘enemy alien’ on the Isle of Man during the Second World War.
This book showcases a triptych of exploratory narrative films and accompanying projects that include documentaries, exhibitions, paintings, writings and collaborations that were created in the process of researching his family history.
Inspired by the creative spirit of the refugee community who were held in requisitioned hotels on the island, these projects consider the intersection of fact and fiction in family memory and celebrate creativity as a source of cross-cultural communication and hope.
Limited edition #150 copies – Released April 2025
The Dissonance Book (2023)
Charting the eight-year journey bringing Dissonance from script to screen, The Dissonance Book draws together notebook extracts, screenplay drafts, paintings, personal correspondences and on set photography that went into the making of the film, as well as documentation of the film’s multi-disciplinary premiere at the Holywell Music Room featuring performances by members of The Soutine Quartet and a group exhibition by artists from The Ruskin School of Art in February 2023.
From the introduction:
When I think of the film I become lost in memories that are now concealed in the dark reserve of the final cut. This book unmoors the film from this edit by revealing our experiences making Dissonance. I am thrilled to welcome you into the rehearsal studio to share intimate memories that I hope will further return the film to the realm of chamber music-making.
Hugo Max, May 2023
The Stanley Series (2020)
Presented for the first time in this hardback volume, The Stanley Series (2019-20) comprises eight visceral mixed-media paintings that dissect attributes of the Bohemian artist.
The Stanley Series is available to purchase from Blurb.