Object Record / FI-EPH-034
Sad in a Happy Place
digital / JPEG, 1290×1823 / captioned still / 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 meme supplied for The Shadow Zone: a soft-focus outdoor still of a young blonde woman in a grey turtleneck, brown cardigan and yellow-and-black jacket over one shoulder, hair caught in the wind against a blurred field of purple, looking off-frame with a flat expression. A plain burned-in caption reads "when you're sad in a happy place." The still reads as period broadcast footage; the production, performer, rights holder and date 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, 1290×1823 / captioned still / 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-034-sad-in-a-happy-place.jpegOpen local asset