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Alemşah Fırat

Visual Artist & Experimental Animator
Films

Portfolio

Films 

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(2023) Direction, Animation

Excerpts from the animated films: Weight of Consciousness (2020), Ani Ruins (2019), Shaman (2018), Tuning (2022), How Do You (2023) .

TUNING (2022) Belgium

 Direction, Animation

Tuning is a collaborative animation video with New-York based musician Deca. The film explores humankind's separation from nature and bringing destruction to its own source of being through a rhythmic flow of audiovisual poetry.

TRAVELER'S WIND (2025) Turkey

Direction, Animation

Traveler’s Wind” is a hand-painted watercolor animation, created in collaboration with the musician Keegan McInroe, that follows a man's journey of transformation, embracing freedom in fleeting yet eternal moments.

THISTLE (2024) Turkey

Direction, Animation

An animated music video collaboration with musician Sophie Janna, whose song is a heartfelt plea for flowers to find their way back despite the damage caused by humans. Inspired by my experience with city life in İzmir, the film transforms her music into a magical narrative, weaving together themes of resilience, nature’s quiet persistence, and the tension between urbanization and the wild.

HOW DO YOU? (2023) Turkey

Direction, Animation

An animated music video collaboration with New York-based musician Yael Hayem. Using the evocative power of mixed-media animation, the film explores the anxiety of losing a loved one and transforms this fear into a deeper appreciation of love.

Weight of Consciousness

Direction, Animation, Sound Design

3:26 min 2020 (UK)

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A hand-painted journey into the womb of Mother Nature. The film explores the birth of consciousness through mythical spaces.

Ani Ruins

Direction, Animation

2:13 min 2019 (UK)

Non-linear, non-narrative oil on glass animation tracing the historical, architectural and musical aspects of the ancient city Ani located in Kars, near the Turkey-Armenia border. Inspired by Tigran Hamasyan’s song Kars 1 composed after the city, and the ancient Mesopotamian myth of Shahmaran, queen of snakes.

Shaman

Direction, Animation, Sound Design

1:21 min 2018, UK

Animated Documentary: A hand painted exploration of the shamanic state of consciousness through a fire ceremony, based on a lecture by Michael Harner.

Artworks

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The Looping Womb 

Collection of Hand Drawn

Animated Loops

Series of loops revealing the unconscious symbolism regarding the transformations of the Mother Archetype.

Dialogues With The Inner Self

Collection of Illustrations

12 pieces

Experiences in the physical realm translate into memories of the psyche which transcend time and space. Here are the attempts of recollection through automatic drawings that reveal my inner experiences.

Archaic Memories

Collection of  Paintings

5 pieces

Archetypal origins of the myths morph through various cultures of Anatolia. Investigating those patterns through painting is a way for me to get to know my motherland and its reflections on my pscyhe.

Commissions

Cover Art, Logo Designs 

3 pieces

In my opininon, meeting the needs of the clients is equally important to carry out sincere designs with emotion.

Sketchbooks

Collection of Observational Sketches

15 Pieces

"One does not see anything until one sees its beauty. Then, and then only, does it comes into existence.” Oscar Wilde. Sketching is like keeping a visual diary that keeps the memories alive. Through sketching, it is possible to connect with the environment to a greater extend.

Children's Book

Collection of Digital Illustrations

Preview pages from a children's book about a diligent spider living in the jungle and her etraordinary web.

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Izmir, Turkey

+90 536 996 90 81

alemsahfirat@gmail.com 

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I'm a visual artist and 2d animation director coming from Izmir, Turkey. My name is Alemşah, but I'm known as Alosh. 

 

For as long as I have known myself I am drawing to communicate my inner world. A growing desire to get inside my paintings led me to pursue an education in Animation degree at the University for the Creative Arts. (England, Surrey) / After completing my Bachelor degree with a first class, I took my Masters degree in Brussels at Luca School of Arts, Campus Sint-Lukas. 

 

During my education, specializing in the paint-on-glass technique allowed me to see how animation makes it possible for paintings to dance in a musical manner. Expanding my knowledge into the digital realm, I started animating in diverse mediums often led by music. Being caught up in this dance, I aim to reconnect with the primal source of being, the collective consciousness. In this way, an authentic way to make original music videos becomes possible. 

 

I believe art can compensate for the lack of ritual practice in the modern world to approach what lays beyond physical reality. That being the main motivation of my artistic practice, I aim to expand my artistic tools to do so. 

Feel free to contact me for anything.

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