Transcript for Acquisitions #0176-1175-1_3, a response from Cyrus to Niklaus re; Acquisition #0176-1075

Transcript for Acquisition #0176-1175-4, a response from Niklaus from seemingly missing letter from the chain of correspondence.

I’m considering making some kind of animation with these prints in conjunction with a soundscape, or otherwise crafting an immersive installation using the sound as a starting point for my own pink-hued phantasmagoria.

Transcript for Acquisition #0176-1075, a letter from Niklaus to Cyrus — signed without full surnames, date, nor location for further context.

I will be taking the content of these letters and allowing them to inform my studio practice going forward – I am bustling with imagery and ideas based on what it described in this first letter alone. I’m hoping by the next update I have an example of a reactive work based on this story. Hopefully that makes all of this worth it.

These drawings have some spectacular layers of color and texture, most likely watercolors. It’s difficult to pin down any kind of name or even date for these as they are unsigned, but what we do know is that these drawings include some of the newest acquisitions in the society’s collection.

Artist and educator Neil Daigle Orians will be joining the staff of the Luscinia Historical Society as the inaugural Archivist-in-Residence.