TOKAY

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Tokay is a Swiss-Turkish director and designer based in Switzerland. He grew up in the city of Bern, where he started experimenting with in camera stop motion animation at a very young age. During his later schooldays he explored and documented the local nightlife and underground scene using old MiniDV cams and played visuals at multiple events. He also created various short films and music videos in the Swiss Alps with simple means.

In his work, connecting image and sound, his main focus lies in the interaction between light and perception. He likes to limit himself to basic materials and simple workflows and he tries to push the boundaries to create visual illusions working with texture, materiality, light and perspective.

Thanks to his apprenticeship as a cabinetmaker, he specialized mainly in crafting and stop motion animation. During his undergraduate studies, Tokay co-directed and animated the ident «Fantastic Adventures» for Cartoon Network in stop motion.

Currently he is doing the MA in Animation at Lucerne School of Art and Design and working on different film and design projects.


CV

2021 - Jetzt
Masterstudium Animation, Hochschule Luzern, Design & Kunst
2018 - 2021
Bachelorstudium Animation, Hochschule Luzern, Design & Kunst
2017 - 2018
Rö, Röthlisberger Innenausbau & Kollektion
2014 - 2018
Schreiner EFZ TFB, Technische Fachschule Bern

Festivals & Ausstellungen 2020 2. Platz «Eyes & Ears Awards 2020» 2019 Teilnahme an «Out of Home Animation » an der Hochschule Luzern, Blankenburg (BE) 2019 Teilnahme an «Animation Unplugged» an der Filmuniversität Konrad Wolf, Babelsberg (DE) 2019 Audiovisuelle Installation, «The colors of the Sea», Neubad Luzern 2019 24h Animationsmarathon mit Georges Schwizgebel. Ecole Ceruleum, Lausanne 2018 Teilnahme an «Out of Home Animation » an der Hochschule Luzern, Blankenburg (BE) 2018 Abschlussaustellung Gestalterische Berufsmaturität Gibb, Lorraine, Bern 2012 «Hauptstadtlegenden», Teilnahme


Contact

  • Mail: contact@tokay.tv
  • Vimeo / Instagram / Web: @tokay.tv


Works / Filmography /Festivals

2021
2020
  • 2. Platz «Eyes & Ears Awards 2020» mit «Fantastic Adventures»
  • Cartoon Network Ident «Fantastic Adventures»
2021 - Jetzt
Masterstudium Animation, Hochschule Luzern, Design & Kunst
2021 - Jetzt
Masterstudium Animation, Hochschule Luzern, Design & Kunst