The Immobile Phone
- Spring 2011 – Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
· Designer / Programmer
· 7’8” mobile phone made out of steel, aluminium, dome touch lights (as buttons), rubber, Arduino Duemilanove microcontroller, an iMac G4 computer, and a Skype account.
· Software used: Arduino (arduino.cc), Processing (processing.org), Skype (skype.com), Applescript
· Completed May 23, 2011 in fulfillment of project requirement for the Sonic Arts Research Centre.
· Future developments include Classic Cream edition, adapting the application with the Skype Developer program, and altering the design for easier transport.
Hand-Triggered Hemisphere
- Spring 2011 – Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
· Designer / Programmer
· Multi-touch dome surface which acts as a performance system triggering processed gamelan sounds.
· PlayStation Eye USB camera used for motion detection, which sent hand position data to TUIO Client.
· Software used: Community Core Vision (http://ccv.nuigroup.com), Max/MSP (cycling74.com), TUIO Client for Max/MSP (tuio.org)
· Completed March 31, 2011 in fulfillment of project requirement for the Sonic Arts Research Centre.
Enough Room - An Arts Showcase
- Summer 2010 – Denton, Texas
· Producer / Music Composer / Performer
· Collaborative art exhibit featuring artists from Dallas, Fort Worth, Denton, and Austin, Texas as well as guest African dance choreographer, Stafford Berry, from Durham, North Carolina.
· Funded by a grant from the Dallas Museum of Art Awards to Artists Program.
· Housed by the Greater Denton Arts Council.
· Performed August 28-29, 2010 at the Greater Denton Arts Council Center for the Visual Arts.
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“The clarity and simplicity of [Osburn’s] vision made his film the night’s standout.”
Hub Theater’s Short Fest Showcases Raw, Local Talent” - July 12, 2010
- Summer 2010 – Benbrook, Texas
· Director / Sound Designer
· Time-lapsed short film of a married couple. The wife drinks wine on a loveseat and the husband frantically tries to cheer her up.
· Soundscore adapted from Simple Beginnings, also by Osburn.
· Debuted at the Hub Shorts Film Festival in Dallas, Texas on July 9, 2010.
Jeremy
- Autumn 2010 – Belfast, Northern Ireland, UKer / Composer
· Interactive Max Patch of an interview between a man (Hank) and Jeremy.
· Recorded backward speech to get Jeremy’s voice
· The user activates the patch by pressing the space bar and proceeds to choose from questions which are displayed automatically by the patch. Hank asks the question, Jeremy provides the answer.
· Completed November 1, 2010 in fulfillment of project requirement for the Sonic Arts Research Centre.
Simple Beginnings
· Summer 2010 – Durham, North Carolina
· Composer
· Improvisation for iPhone and electronics
· Minimalist electronic piece using iPhone Apps, Roland HandSonic, and Boss LoopStation.
· Premiered at the 2010 American Dance Festival Musicians Concert on Friday, June 25, 2010 in Durham, North Carolina.
“Cigar Box”
- Summer 2010 – Dallas, Texas
· Composer for Modern Dance choreography by Lauren Guyer
· Minimalist sound score produced on music software, Reason, for piano, synthesizer, percussion and dialogue about memories. Sounds peak, they bleed in and out of each other, and the dialogue fights sound processing from noise removal processes which reflect the haziness and blurriness of our memories.
· Premiered at Muscle Memory Dance Theater’s “Stranger Than Fiction: A Series of Rocks and Feathers” concert April 30-May 1, 2010.
Complex Environments: this is not a bar
· Fall 2009 – Denton, Texas
· Music Composer / Sound Score Designer / Performer for a work by Bethany Nelson and Lily Sloan
· Modern dance site-specific, multimedia project taking place in a coffee shop/bar, Banter.
· Based on the natural behaviors and actions of customers and workers behind the bar.
· Features loose scores for improvisation by dancers and musician providing both electronic and acoustic sounds.
· Performed December 4-5, 2009.
