Archivist-in-Residence

This blog houses all news related to the Luscinia Historical Society, including press releases and real time updates on research on our Collection. This includes text and video analysis (posted on our YouTube channel), transcripts of written documents, and images of their research project. This page is updated on a bi-weekly basis, please check back frequently for updates.

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AIR Update #6: Creature

I haven’t been sleeping well lately, I have my annual performance review coming up and it’s been incredibly stressful this go around. I worry I don’t have enough work done from this particular residency to prove to my supervisors that it’s been a worthwhile endeavor, but I guess that’s a “me” problem.

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Special Update: Neil’s Séance

Using a guide written in the early 20th century, Archivist-in-Residence Neil Daigle Orians holds a seance with automatic writing in an attempt to communicate with the other side in this special update.

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Website Update: Letters Added to Collection Page

Now that enough have been digitized, we have decided to collect all scans pertaining to our Archivist-in-Residence’s current letters project on the Collection page. We will be updating as more letters are digitized and transcribed in an attempt to make the content more accessible to our audience.

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AIR Update #2: A Startling Pink Glow

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.

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AIR Update #1: Spirit Drawings

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.

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