Puppet Icon #188193 [FREE × 2025]

The story of #188193 began in a forgotten theater in Prague. It wasn't built to entertain; it was built to record . Legend says the craftsman carved it from the wood of a gallows tree, whispering every secret he ever heard into its hollow chest.

In the dim light of the , Item #188193 sat behind reinforced glass. To the casual observer, it was just a "Puppet Icon"—a hand-carved wooden marionette with joints of rusted brass and eyes made of polished obsidian. But the night shift guards knew better. Puppet Icon #188193

As the clock struck midnight, the obsidian eyes of the Puppet Icon flickered with a faint, violet light. Elias realized the puppet wasn't a toy or a relic—it was a vessel. It didn't perform for the living; it made the living perform for it. The strings weren't attached to its limbs anymore; they were invisible, stretching out from the glass case, wrapping softly around Elias’s wrists. The story of #188193 began in a forgotten theater in Prague

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Bartlett H. Hayes Prize Recipients

2023:

Reggie Burrows Hodges

Exhibition | Residency | Publication | Acquisition

2025:

Tommy Kha

Exhibition | Residency | Publication | Acquisition