Adrian Sas

CV

EXHIBITIONS

• Sensory Imaging                                                               Installation, Staten Island Children’s Museum                   2016 – Present
• Amacoa Chocolate Experience                                                  VR, Jaques Torres Chocolate Museum                                2017
• Let it Snow!                                                                                Microsoft HoloLens                                                                       Reality Virtually Hackathon,  MIT Media Lab                              2016

• Villakuyaya Chocolate                                                                    VR,  Fancy Food Show, Jacob Javits Convention Center 2016
• Sensory Imaging                                                                  Installation                                                                                                Toronto International Film Festival digiPlaySpace                  2016
• Glorious Era VR,                                                                                      Gear VR, Samsung Flagship Store Soho                                     2015
• Sensory Imaging                                                                            Installation                                                                                                   I Can! Kid Abilities Day, Brooklyn Children’s Museum 2015
• Projection Piano                                                                             Installation, Tribeca Film Festival iPlayground                2014
• Hole-o-Gram                                                                              Installation, ITP Winter show at NYU                                              2013
• Wild Garden: Discovering Central Park Woodlands                Video Display, Dana Discovery Center                                  2012-13
• It’s My Park                                                                                             Video Display,  BMW Guggenheim Lab                                2011

Teaching/Speaking

• Broadcasting Live in 360°                                                   Lecture, NYC Media Lab, The New School                                  2017
• EZ VR: The ABCs of 360° Filmmaking                      Workshop, IDEA New Rochelle                                                    2017
• EZ VR: The ABCs of 360° Filmmaking                       Workshop, ITP Camp at NYU/Tisch                                      2017
• Broadcasting Live in 360°                                                                Lecture, CUNY Journalism School                                          2017

PUBLICATIONS

• Events for Children in NYC this Week, New York Times:      www.nytimes.com/2016/12/15/arts/events-for-children-in-nyc-this-week.html
• New York Kids: Things to Do, Time Out New York:  www.timeout.com/new-york-kids/things-to-do/sensory-imaging
• ‘Sensory Imaging’ Debuts at SI Museum, NY1  http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2016/12/19/-sensory-imaging–debuts-at-si-museum.html
• Bringing the New York Philharmonic to Virtual Reality,    AP Insights                                                                      insights.ap.org/whats-new/bringing-the-new-york-philharmonic-to-virtual-reality
• Tribeca 2014: Interactive’s Audience Now Has an Audience, Independent Magazine                                        www.independent-magazine.org/2014/04/tribeca_2014_innovation-week_tfi-interactive_kenyatta-cheese/
• Guest Adrian Sas, dotShow with Jeff Jarvis  www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC8xx-t4O8Y
• Adrian Sas as live video host          www.periscope.tv/nycparks

WORK EXPERIENCE

Multimedia Producer, 2013 – present                                      CITY OF NEW YORK, PARKS & RECREATION                              

• Create and produce all video content promoting NYC Parks programs, facilities, and special events.
• Manage distribution of video content on @NYCParks social media accounts – Facebook, Twitter, Periscope, Instagram and YouTube – engaging one million viewers per month.
• Work with agency stakeholders to identify priorities and implement strategic communications plans.
• Pioneered Live 360° video as a beta tester for Twitter’s Periscope platform.

Video and Digital Projects Producer, 2010 – present           FREELANCE

• Direct, design and produce videos and VR experiences that advance and promote nonprofit and educational organizations’ missions.
• Event Photography
• Clients include: Central Park Conservancy, Teacher’s College, Deerfield Academy and World Monuments Fund

Producer, “It’s My Park,” 2006 – 2013                                               CITY OF NEW YORK, PARKS & RECREATION

• Created, wrote, directed, and edited “It’s My Park,” a documentary series about NYC Parks, broadcast on the City’s Public Television Station.
• Established the agency’s YouTube Channel and produced all content as well as PSAs for Taxi TV.
• Hired and supervised camera and audio crews, adhering to budget.

Special Projects Coordinator, Capital Projects, 2003-06   CITY OF NEW YORK, PARKS & RECREATION

• Coordinated all public facing programming related to design and construction projects on agency property.
• Organized events such as Ground Breakings, Ribbon Cuttings, a lecture series, and professional trainings for  staff architects and landscape architects.
• Wrote press releases for events and winning grant applications and sponsorship proposals to support events.
• Initiated special projects, such as new design standards for people with limited mobility.

Public Art Curator (2000 – 2001)                                                    CITY OF NEW YORK, PARKS & RECREATION

• Curated temporary sculptural installations in parks and public spaces throughout the five boroughs.
• Curated rotating exhibitions for Central Park’s Arsenal Gallery on a monthly basis.
• Recruited artists for both initiatives by establishing and publicizing official guidelines and creating a web presence for the Art in the Parks program.
• Managed call for artists, submissions, and review processes.
• Coordinated diverse stakeholders including neighborhood groups, elected officials, agency leadership, sister agencies, arts organizations and museums.

TECHNOLOGY

• Adobe Creative Cloud, Electronic Field Production (Camera & Audio), Final Cut Pro, Microsoft Office
• Social Media Management (Facebook, Twitter, Periscope, Instagram, Hootsuite)

EDUCATION

• Interactive Telecommunications (MPS) 2015                        Tisch School of the Arts at New York University: Interactive Telecommunications Program, New York
• Master of Urban Cultural Studies (MA) 2003                Program co-located at: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland; University of Tilburg, Netherlands; Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom; Free University of Brussels, Belgium
• Film History Theory and Criticism (BA) 1998                   Columbia College of Columbia University, New York