my local: science to art
a thirty
mile or so radius, drawn around the state of ohio's capital building in
downtown columbus, defines my local. potential clients for my
art must live within this area (encompassing most of the greater
columbus metropolitan area). if you are viewing my local pages for more
than curiousity, then you likely are here as the result of
word-of-mouth.
my
professional
work is firmly based in science. closer to home, however, in
my
local practice, my work manifests as much in art as it
does in science. art is the personal manifestation of ideas, feelings, and an
acceptance of a nonverbal recognition or connection to the
work.
that manifestation is dependent upon the skill of the artist and the
artist's knowledge of the physical properties of the working media.
it is always personal.
in the making of anything,
perfection is
unobtainable. perfection has always been reserved for the
gods and not we mere mortals. as in all artistic endeavors, where
the subjective plays a role, it is this complex balancing of different
domains of thought and skill that transcends imperfection and takes the
everyday to art.
the
art of loudspeaker designing is also an art that aids the art of
others. Loudspeakers are not built for their own
sake. they are built for the reproduction of the art of
others. they are the means by which we are able to experience
music when the musicians are separated from us by both distance and
time.
this
makes the art of loudspeakers a more subtle art than most other
artistic endeavors. yet getting it right is just as important
as in any other form. and it is as difficult as any other
form of art. when loudspeaker is not subtle, when it
interposes itself between the listener and the music, then loudspeaker
construction is not an art.
when
the loudspeaker is artistically proper, then its sound is the sound of
the musical artists recording. with each musical artist, the
sound that the listener should be different. when the
loudspeaker
is itself an acoustically artistic work, then it is easy to percieve
and appreciate the depth and nuances of recordings. by this
the
experience of the recording is enhanced, and enhancement that is
profound, imposing no limits of its own.
i do
understand the desire to produce work that is less subtle.
for art that imposes i choose to follow a more visual line of
work. here the art is the visual experience of the
loudspeaker and not the sonic one. it is also a way of making
each loudspeaker unique and paradoxically both more and less visible
within our homes. i invite you to explore the galleries.
