Object Record / FI-EPH-018
Kornan O'Brien
digital / JPEG, 1290×1101 / composite / origin unverified / 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
Found-image composite supplied for The Shadow Zone: the face of the television host Conan O'Brien grafted onto a long-haired, bearded metal musician photographed against a stage backdrop, captioned "KoRnAn o'BRiEn" in the mirrored, distressed lettering of the band Korn's wordmark. Legible as parody of both. The image carries the handle "@takethesebrokenmemes" as a burned-in watermark; the handle is recorded as it appears and is not treated as an attribution of authorship. The underlying photographs, their photographers, and the compositing history remain unverified.
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, 1290×1101 / composite / origin unverified. 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-018-kornan-obrien.jpegOpen local asset