Object Record / FI-EPH-036
Human-Faced Fish
digital / JPEG, 1290×908 / subtitled illustration / 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 supplied for The Shadow Zone: a graphite-style illustration of a fish rendered in careful naturalistic shading, but with a small human face — heavy brow, long nose, reddened lips — worked into its head, floating above a brown ground before scribbled green weed. A subtitle in the manner of a broadcast caption reads "I want to sleep on your chest tonight." Whether the subtitle belongs to a source programme or was added is not established. Illustrator, source, and date 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, 1290×908 / subtitled illustration / 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-036-human-faced-fish.jpegOpen local asset