This loudspeaker is built on the same wooden stretcher bars traditionally used for oil painting — but instead of canvas, it suspends sound itself.
Using electrostatic attraction and repulsion, an ultra-light 12-micron Mylar diaphragm is bias-charged to 1000 volts and suspended between hand-tensioned copper-clad steel stators. The stators are formed from welding wire and held in precise alignment by custom 3D-printed trusses that span the width of the frame, transforming a familiar artist’s structure into a high-voltage acoustic instrument.
The result is a tall, planar line-source loudspeaker with extraordinary clarity and projection. Sound emerges in a narrow, window-like extrusion — step into it and the image locks in with uncanny precision; step out and the level drops dramatically, as if crossing the edge of a beam. High frequencies are fast, sparkly, and holographic, with transients that feel almost internalized — as though the sound is forming inside your head rather than arriving from a box.
Despite its delicate appearance, the speaker reaches surprisingly deep. Low frequencies extend into the 50–60 Hz range, creating a physical sense of air compression that contrasts beautifully with the ethereal highs. Reflections can be sculpted intentionally — even redirected with mirrors — allowing the room itself to become part of the instrument.
Equal parts loudspeaker, sculpture, and electrostatic experiment, this piece explores what happens when sound is stretched, tensioned, and framed like a work of art.
