Natasha Atmo
- artist based in Erfurt, Germany
Graduate of Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Co-founder and designer at DIAGRAMMaudio®
— Boutique Open Baffle Loudspeakers
ATMO is a way of perceiving rooted in presence, where sound, form, light, and space lose their boundaries, offering the possibility of experiencing them as a continuous whole.
My work takes form through this way of perceiving,
allowing it to be experienced as such.
Artist Statement
My story lives within my work. It has been shaped at the intersection of different cultures, times, and places.
We are shaped by different experiences, memories, and circumstances. Yet beyond these differences, I perceive a living whole in which separation is only an appearance.
Through my work, I seek to make this sense of wholeness tangible and to shift attention from the temporary toward the timeless.
An ongoing theme in my practice is the idea of life as a game. I explore this space from the perspective of an observer: through the search for inner stillness amid external noise, through the experience of wholeness in a world that appears divided, and through the search for inner anchor within constant change.
Freedom is essential to me - in my artistic practice, in life, and in allowing each work to discover its own form.
What emerges is a “space within a space,” where material, form, and perception come together as one experience.
Material plays an active role in my practice. I combine different media, techniques, and forms of expression, allowing each work to develop its own language. An initial idea provides direction, while its form continues to evolve through a dialogue with material and space.
My studies in art at the University of Erfurt, followed by Fine Art at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, where I completed my diploma in 2026, played an important role in the development of my artistic practice and encouraged an experimental approach across different media.
Working across drawing, painting, textiles, installation, video, photography, ceramics, product design, and other disciplines has given me the freedom to let each idea find its own form.
This approach continues to shape my practice today. I move between artistic disciplines and design, allowing the nature of each idea to determine the medium through which it takes form.
My practice also extends to the design of open-baffle loudspeakers for DIAGRAMMaudio®, where my interest in space, perception, and atmosphere finds a new form of expression.
Sound as Space
Encountering the sound of a dipole loudspeaker with an open-baffle design for the first time, I experienced something new and deeply moving. Sound was not perceived as something emitted from an object, but as something freely existing within space itself—as if the air itself were sounding.
This experience deeply affected me and became the impulse to begin working on the design of loudspeaker systems. It allowed me to realize my desire to create spaces that invite immersion and evoke a sense of openness, spaciousness, freedom, and the absence of boundaries—even within the presence of physical walls.
Working on the design of these systems became a way of giving form to this experience. For me, it is important to translate the spatial, free, and living character of open-baffle sound into visual form. In my view, the visual appearance of a loudspeaker sounds together with the system through its visual presence, becoming an essential part of the spatial experience.
I express the tactile, tangible quality of open-baffle sound through a visually alive design language. This is why I use elements resembling an open eye, together with other tactile visual gestures. I create each pair of loudspeakers individually and entirely by hand, as an art object. ❤️
