Object Record / FI-EPH-028
Binocular Goggles
digital / JPEG, 1290×986 / rephotographed screen / playback interface in frame / 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 supplied for The Shadow Zone, captured by photographing a display rather than by screenshot — the frame carries the tonal shift and off-axis geometry of a rephotographed screen, and a player interface reading "START OVER" and "PLAY NEXT" sits below the image with a remaining-time counter at the corner. Shows a close profile of a bald, moustached man wearing an elaborate pair of twin-barrel telescopic goggles strapped across his eyes, one lens flaring blue. Reads as a film or television still. The production, title, date and rights holder are not identified here.
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, 1290×986 / rephotographed screen / playback interface in frame. 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-028-binocular-goggles.jpegOpen local asset