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Ritual Reliquary (Bespoke Archive)

$190.00
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The Ritual Reliquary is not merely an object of storage, but a physicalized haunting—a permanent vessel for a fleeting, singular transmission. Each reliquary is commissioned as a private ritual, wherein a bespoke poem is written, performed, and captured in the heavy silence of the poet’s sanctuary. This is the ultimate intersection of the digital ghost and the organic relic, designed for the collector who seeks an intimate, unrepeatable encounter with the word.

Encased within a minimalist wooden vessel, the archive contains a high-fidelity vocal recording of a poem written exclusively for the recipient, alongside a digital grimoire featuring the original text. The weight of the wood and the cold precision of the hardware serve as an archival anchor for a performance that exists nowhere else in the waking world. It is a rare, laborious expression of the poet’s craft, offered to those who wish to house a piece of the ritual within their own private collection.

This one-of-a-kind offering includes:

  • A bespoke vocal transmission: A unique audio recording of an original poem, performed and recorded at the time of commission.

  • A digital grimoire: A meticulously formatted PDF featuring the text of the poem, suitable for archival printing or private study.

  • The Reliquary Vessel: A handcrafted, unadorned wooden keepsake box (8 × 5 × 2.5 cm; 3 5/32 × 1 31/32 × 63/64 in.) and a matching wooden USB drive (6 × 2.8 × 1 cm; 2 23/64 × 1 3/32 × 25/64 in.), selected for their organic, understated elegance.

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The Ritual Reliquary is not merely an object of storage, but a physicalized haunting—a permanent vessel for a fleeting, singular transmission. Each reliquary is commissioned as a private ritual, wherein a bespoke poem is written, performed, and captured in the heavy silence of the poet’s sanctuary. This is the ultimate intersection of the digital ghost and the organic relic, designed for the collector who seeks an intimate, unrepeatable encounter with the word.

Encased within a minimalist wooden vessel, the archive contains a high-fidelity vocal recording of a poem written exclusively for the recipient, alongside a digital grimoire featuring the original text. The weight of the wood and the cold precision of the hardware serve as an archival anchor for a performance that exists nowhere else in the waking world. It is a rare, laborious expression of the poet’s craft, offered to those who wish to house a piece of the ritual within their own private collection.

This one-of-a-kind offering includes:

  • A bespoke vocal transmission: A unique audio recording of an original poem, performed and recorded at the time of commission.

  • A digital grimoire: A meticulously formatted PDF featuring the text of the poem, suitable for archival printing or private study.

  • The Reliquary Vessel: A handcrafted, unadorned wooden keepsake box (8 × 5 × 2.5 cm; 3 5/32 × 1 31/32 × 63/64 in.) and a matching wooden USB drive (6 × 2.8 × 1 cm; 2 23/64 × 1 3/32 × 25/64 in.), selected for their organic, understated elegance.

 

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Commissioned Compositions Recorded per Patron

“I am, by calling, a dealer in words; and words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. Not only do words infect, ergotise, narcotise, and paralyse, but they enter into and colour the minutest cells of the brain[.]”
— Rudyard Kipling (Rudyard Kipling, “[Chapter] XXIII[.] Surgeons and the Soul: Annual Dinner, Royal College of Surgeons: February [14th,] 1923,” in A Book of Words: Selections from Speeches and Addresses Delivered Between 1906 and 1927, published at London by Macmillan and Co., Limited in 1928; page 223.)

Notate Bene:

☞ Depicted here are images for illustrative purposes only. You will receive a digital recording and document created by him for your collection, on a device and in a box similar to that depicted.

Ritual Reliquary (Bespoke Archive)

Cat. No. BIB6 | 1 original poem composed, performed, and recorded | 2 digital files (audio and text, MP3 and PDF) on 1 wooden USB in 1 wooden keepsake box

Conjure the Word