THE LONE KINSMEN: A HISTORY OF THE OTT

What stands before you is a collection of every known surviving object, garment and piece of ephemera associated with the cult, the OTT. The OTT has been around for such a long time it’s hard to pinpoint an exact start date (much of the founding documentation was lost in a pit fire) however, it is known that Hector Nit (founder) discovered many of its associated ritual objects on a trip to Ireland sometime in April 2017. The OTT was initially started as a way of bringing together a disparate group of people and offering them a safe space in which to enact their oddness. It encouraged the lonely, lost, odd, and off kilter to join its ranks. There were no particular requirements in joining but members were expected to seek the imaginary, reject the ordinary, and enjoy getting lost at all times. Champy Bennet (a distant relative of Mister Nit) is known to have made some of the jewellery and accessories for the OTT, and assisted with photography of the rites and rituals. All other objects were either made or discovered by Hector Nit.

 Little else is known about the history of the ideas and mythodology that inspired the OTT. What is known is that in the short time that the OTT was active it touched only a few lives and in such an odd way that many may not be able to divide it from their imagination so are probably unlikely to remember much about it. 

 As with many other historical movements the OTT has been much mythologised since it’s disbandment, so much so, that it’s now very hard to know what actually happened… or if it really happened at all. Hector Nit’s advice to you all is not to worry too much about any of that and instead approach the OTT archive as you would with any other archive, with white gloves and a pinch of salt.