Object Record / FI-EPH-465
My Dad's Gay!!
digital / JPEG, 4032×3024 / operator photograph of a handwritten message wall under violet light / accessioned / catalogued curio
Primary evidence
The object before the record.
Narrative record
Evidence, relevance, and unresolved state.
Provenance
Custody record
Logged 2026-10-21 / quantity 1 digital image. 1 source asset reference registered.
Identification notes
What is known
Operator photograph supplied for The Shadow Zone, taken on an iPhone 2026-10-21: a textured, painted wall crowded with handwritten messages, lit by a violet lamp. At centre, in retraced ballpoint block capitals: "MY DAD'S GAY!!", signed below "— chip aswell" (reading uncertain; may be "chip as well"). Above it, a partial quotation ends "...lot, nothing's going to change - it's not. - Dr. Seuss, the Lorax" — a paraphrase; the book's line ends "nothing is going to get better. It's not." Around the edges: a vertical "you're..." in heavy dark marker, "You Got THIS!", and "Kayla" with a heart and a date cut off at the frame edge as "3-14-202". Writers are recorded only by the first names or handles they wrote themselves; no one is identified further. The wall's location is not recorded, and the photograph carried no GPS metadata.
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, 4032×3024 / operator photograph of a handwritten message wall under violet light. 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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