George Aguilar is a multimedia consultant, writer, director and producer of pioneering and dynamic multimedia works and virtual reality productions for a variety of markets including: educational, the arts, film festivals, broadcast and the Internet.erging digital genres including online storytelling, video streaming, 3D Virtual Worlds and pod
For over 10 years he has created innovative literary-based
films, videos and animation programs and produced several groundbreaking
literary events. He started Literary
Television (LTV), a project of the National Poetry Association (NPA),
which showcased short, independent film productions to schools nationwide.
Under his direction, LTV aired shows on PBS, in major art houses and
international museums. He produced the Eyestruck TV series, a 12-week
series sponsored by Macromedia and Pixar Animation. He also
helped program an eight-week series for PBS's Living Room Festival
in collaboration with several independent media organizations from the Bay
Area. In 2005, he produced 22 half-hour
shows for Cable Ch. 29 titled ‘SomArtsMedia’, about the local arts cultural
center. National trade publication ‘Videomaker
Magazine’ has said of his efforts,
“If anyone can bring videopoetry to the masses, its’ George Aguilar.”
Mr. Aguilar is also a self-taught computer motion graphics designer with expertise in a wide range of computer software programs. From 1988-89, he was
coordinator of Digital Mission, a multimedia training collaborative
working to end the “digital divide” in San Francisco’s Mission District. Funded by Mayor Willie Brown’s Office of
Community Development, the Digital Mission collaborative included a diverse
range of nonprofit and educational providers such as Bay Area Video
Coalition (BAVC), the City College of San Francisco (CCSF) and Arriba Juntos. Mr. Aguilar designed a unique weeklong series
of technology workshops and educational open houses, which included Craig
Newmark, founder of Craigslist
From 1997-2000, Mr. Aguilar was Executive Director
and chief fundraiser for the National Poetry Association and produced several
live and Internet-based programs including the successful CELEBRATION OF THE
WORD event at the Masonic Auditorium featuring Maya Angelou.
At the time, The San Francisco Examiner wrote, “The association (NPA) has successes to celebrate. Aguilar
led a dramatic turnaround with a new board of directors, sponsorship of more
events (including poetry slams) and a plunge onto the Internet with a
sophisticated Web site that has
given the organization a national profile”.
Mr. Aguilar has presented new media tools
to educators and traveled extensively across the U.S. and overseas to instruct
teachers and students on new methods of creating original media content using a
computer and simple to use software programs.
He has taught workshops, conducted lectures and presented works to educators and students at the 91st Annual Convention of the National Council of Teachers of English in Baltimore
(2001), The Center for International Education (CIE), in St. Paul
(2004), The Reina Sofia Museum of Modern Art, and the Circulo de Bellas
Artes, Madrid, Spain,, (2002) to name just a few.
In addition, Mr. Aguilar’s videos and educational methods are used in academic
venues by teachers around the world including the Center for Exceptional Children, Jacksonville, NC, George
Mason University, Franklin High School, Franklin WI, Santa
Barbara Film Study Dept., Santa Barbara, CA, and Universitat Dortmund,
Dortmund, GERMANY. He is also mentioned in several academic essays and books
including, Poetry Films and Film Poems, Essay, Prof. William C. Wees
2000, Techno-Poetry and
Virtual Realities, Essay, Sometti, Mantova 2002, Moving text in avant-garde poetry: Towards a poetics of textual motion, Teemu Ikonen, History
of Art on The Web, “Under the Happiest Dawn”, Prof. Jan Arabas, Middlesex
Community College.
Formerly director of SomArts Media at the San Francisco South of Market Cultural Center, George conceived of and producd over 80
high-quality short videos for the web and over 50 half-hour tv shows under the leadership of former executive director Jack Davis. In 2008, George designed and built a virtual world simulation for the South
of Market Cultural Center, a 25,000 square ft. facility operated for the
San Francisco Arts Commission. This simulation trained artists and
curators on how to use virtual worlds for artistic and business purposes.
Mr. Aguilar currently writes, directs and produces short videos for the non-profit and consults on media-related projects. His cinepoetry is being translated into Hindi for a major new festival
in India. He has been exploring the creative possibilities within Virtual
Worlds as they relate to the arts, media and education.
His experience since 2003 as a Virtual World and Avatar specialist includes:
Recruiting and avatar management – Produced efforts in Second Life that
brought together individuals from around the world for various projects.
Training – Trained Employees and Clients how to properly use avatars and use simulations.
Research and development – Worked with individuals to create virtual prototypes
to develop new ideas, products or services.
Meetings/events/conferences – Trained Employees and Clients on how to gather electronically
at a lower cost than physical gatherings.
Team-building exercises – Gathered international virtual actors to create film productions.
Content Creation - Produced over 25 original machinima/game films across a variety of genres
for educational, non-profit, corporate and entertainment clients.
http://www.youtube.com/user/CecilHirvi
Technical expertises includes machinima-making/in-world game documentation.
Embedded video streaming and live webcasting into virtual worlds.
Mixed-reality event production
Live broadcasting of virtual events for live public screenings.
Builder
DEMO VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKrO-8c162U