Microscripts

In the novel "Jakob von Gunten" (1908), Robert Walser describes, in diary form, the experiences of his main character at a boys’ boarding school. The material lends itself well to an animated film adaptation because dreams and fantasies are interwoven with matter-of-fact accounts. The stifling atmosphere of the school, compulsory rituals, and nightmarish visions are harmoniously rendered in delicate, hand-drawn illustrations created with a limited color palette. (Thomas Renoldner)

Pelin Kırca studied graphic design at Bilkent University in Ankara (2000–2004) and earned her MFA in design from the School of Visual Arts in New York (2005–2007). In 2016, she attended Werner Herzog’s Rogue Film School in Munich.
Her first solo exhibition, “In Bloom,” was presented in 2015 at Dirimart in Istanbul and featured drawings from her first artist’s book edition of the same title, published by Norgunk.
The publication marked the beginning of an ongoing collaboration with Norgunk, which continued with further publications, including her illustrations for Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” (2015) and “Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There” (2019), as well as the artist’s book edition “Sivas” (2018).
Her animated films have been screened at international film festivals, including the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, the Festival du Court Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand, Vienna Shorts, the Encounters Film Festival, the London International Animation Film Festival, and the Chicago Underground Film Festival. In 2018, “One Moonless Night” was invited by Istanbul Modern to participate in the “Artists’ Film International” program, initiated by the Whitechapel Gallery.
Her recent works include the solo exhibition “The Crowd” at Galeri Nev in Ankara (2023), the exclusive release of her animated short film “The Crowd” on MUBI (2025), and her participation in the 7th Mardin Biennial (2026). Kırca lives and works in Ankara.