OBEN is a sculptural sound practice based in Los Angeles working at the emergence of a new artistic medium. Each work functions simultaneously as sculpture and a high-fidelity listening instrument, designed not simply to emit sound but to shape the conditions of listening itself. High-performance acoustic systems are integrated directly into sculptural forms, allowing sound to be experienced with a level of clarity and physical presence normally found only in the world’s finest listening rooms.
Each piece is hand-built by the artists.
Produced as limited editions, singular commissions, and large-scale installations, each work is serialized and catalogued.
HANDCRAFTED IN LOS ANGELES
OBEN is a sculptural sound practice based in Los Angeles working at the emergence of a new artistic medium. Each work functions simultaneously as sculpture and a high-fidelity listening instrument, designed to shape the conditions of listening itself. High Fidelity acoustic systems are integrated directly into sculptural forms, allowing sound to be experienced with a level of clarity and physical presence normally found only in the world’s finest listening rooms.
Each piece is hand-built by the artists.
Produced as limited editions, singular commissions, and large-scale installations, each work is serialized and catalogued.
OBEN is a sculptural sound practice based in Los Angeles working at the emergence of a new artistic medium. Each work functions simultaneously as sculpture and a high-fidelity listening instrument, designed not simply to emit sound but to shape the conditions of listening itself. High-performance acoustic systems are integrated directly into sculptural forms, allowing sound to be experienced with a level of clarity and physical presence normally found only in the world’s finest listening rooms.
Each piece is hand-built by the artists.
Produced as limited editions, singular commissions, and large-scale installations, each work is serialized and catalogued.
Before thought, there was sound.
Before language, vibration.
Before the world had words for what it felt, it had frequency.
We have not forgotten this.
OBEN returns sound to the force that makes a room come to life.
Formed in silence, shaped in resonance.
exists before thought, a current that moves through space. unseen. undeniable.
a blueprint of what once was,
of what still echoes.
its invocation, it bends time.
its vibration, memories rearranged,
color shifted, gravity lifted, reality redesigned.
sound remembers.
sound reveals.
sound remakes the room.
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RE:SONANCE
Every OBEN work begins as a sculptural concept and is realized in materials chosen for their acoustic and aesthetic properties: solid hardwoods, hand-formed plaster, cast metals, woven acoustic textiles. The speaker driver is integrated into the form, not mounted onto it.
Limited editions. One-of-one commissions. Each catalogued and serialized.
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CALLISTO, WHITE OAK
JOVIAN, COSMOS BLUE
KORUS, WALNUT
CUSTOM COMMISSION
MANE INTIMIE, DUNE
ARQOS, DUST BLUE