Transcript for Acquisitions #0482-1175a-c

The most confusing thing to me about Cyrus’ initial reply is referencing Rookwood Pottery. The final piece of this exchange gives us a date – 1875. Cyrus mentions finding Niklaus’ hidden letter in his luggage next to a pair of Rookwood vases he just bought, but Rookwood wasn’t founded until 1880.

Transcript for Acquisition #4178-1175.

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.

Transcript for Acquisition #0178-1175a-b.

Transcript for Acquisition #0176-1175b.

Not only does this confirm that Niklaus experienced these phenomena in the Cincinnati area, but also gives us a stronger sense of what he went through.

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.