Ana-Maria Cojocaru



Based in The Netherlands. From Romania.

Motion Designer and Research-Driven Creative.  

Ana co-founded local:local, an Arnhem-based creative collective with peers including Janine Zielman, Kuan-Ting Chen, Tofe Al-Obaidi, Kasper Quaink, Doğa Gönüllü, Yixiao Zhou and Yael Noij. 

MA:Werkplaats Typografie, Arnhem/Amsterdam, The Netherlands. WT domain

BA: Graphic Design, ArtEZ University of the Arts, Arnhem, The Netherlands. Info












Contact:

Email
ana.c.graphics@gmail.com
ana@werkplaatstypografie.org

Instagram
@design_by.ana

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CV

BEST BEFORE ... - Invitation to Werkplaats Typografie’s exhibition at the New York Art Book Fair


Contribution to “May I Request the Pleasure of Your Company” a publication and show curated by Jana Sofie Liebe and Johanna Gratzer for YR 28 Werkplaats Typografie at Printed Matter’s New York Art Book Fair at MoMA PS1.

Yours Truly, - Experimental Video

An experimental music video centered on facial expressions, using 3D avatars to recreate impossible reactions. Their hyper-realistic appearance generates an uncanny atmosphere that blurs the boundary between the real and the artificial, leading viewers to question the authenticity of what they are seeing.
Directed and animated by: Ana-Maria Cojocaru
Music: Gradient (Andrei Gherca).
Actors: Bogdan Manolache, Ioana Dobrea.

Magan rediscovered


3D model of the reconstructed Bronze Age Magan vessel for Magan Rediscovered, a publication by The Zayed National Museum of the UAE chronicling the Magan Boat Project: a collaboration with Zayed University and NYU Abu Dhabi that resulted in the reconstruction and successful sea voyage of an 18-meter Bronze Age vessel off the coast of Abu Dhabi.
In collaboration with: Catalogtree (Infographics and cartography)

ReUse  Beeld&Geluid - Showreel

Modular showreels were created for Beeld&Geluid using their amateur video archive collection. We focused on snippets of the most recognizable elements within the selected footage: the human body.

The result is a series of three modular animations showcasing faces, hands, and feet from the archive. 
To provide variety, we incorporated landscapes as interludes, offering a visual break and demonstrating diverse approaches to utilizing the archive—ranging from simple cutting and selection to crafting 3D motion graphics from the footage.

In collaboration with: David Roos and Joshua Pettiti.

Voodoo In My Blood - Poster


Concept Poster inpired by Voodoo In My Blood by Massive Attack.