Object Record / FI-EPH-016
ZYN Goggles
digital / JPEG, 1536×2048 / original photograph / rotated interior selfie / accessioned / catalogued curio
Primary evidence
The object before the record.
Narrative record
Evidence, relevance, and unresolved state.
Provenance
Custody record
Logged 2026-09-05 / quantity 1 digital image. 1 source asset reference registered.
Identification notes
What is known
Self-portrait supplied for The Shadow Zone: the operator, mouth open, holding two ZYN nicotine-pouch tins over his eyes like goggles — one Coffee, one mint — beneath a framed blossom-branch print on an interior wall. The frame is rotated roughly ninety degrees from upright, as captured. Subject identified by the operator as himself; no other person is pictured. Product packaging is legible and is incidental to the image rather than an endorsement. The exif scrub reported no location metadata to strip.
Restoration relevance
Why it remains connected
accessioned / catalogued curio. Disposition: archive. The object remains associated with The Shadow Zone.
Uncertainty notes
What remains unresolved
digital / JPEG, 1536×2048 / original photograph / rotated interior selfie. accessioned / catalogued curio. Terms marked unknown, provisional, pending, or unverified remain part of the record until evidence resolves them.
Relationships
Keep the object connected.
Related objects
Parent system
The Shadow Zone
A holding zone for surreal found media and uncanny artifacts that surface around the archive — images with no clear origin, kept as evidence of the culture that accretes on forgotten machines.
Associated dossier / FI-PROJ-010 / open
Field logs / dossiers
Archive routes
Source Assets / 1 reference
Raw archive paths are retained for provenance and maintenance. They are not the primary object presentation.
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assets/ephemera/shadow-zone/fi-eph-016-zyn-goggles.jpegOpen local asset