#foundobject

[sewercreature07]

A multimedia book from my aesthetic class last spring

[notesfromtheunknown]

Incident Report: Cheese Basket Appeared

The Archive wishes to clarify that, as of this morning, a large basket of cheese was discovered in the North Reading Room. No record exists of its delivery, nor has any courier claimed responsibility.

The basket was not present during last night’s inventory. It now appears to have always been here.

Staff are advised not to consume the cheese until further testing is complete. Jubilee insists it’s “probably safe,” while Blort has already claimed a wedge for personal research.

Annotation found tucked inside: “For the census. Consumption at your own risk.”

Filed under: Unexpected Manifestations / Dairy (See also: Minute 019, ‘The Incident of the Disappearing Camembert’)

Blort: “Did anyone order cheese?” Jubilee: “Don’t look at me. It wasn’t on the requisition list.” Skim: “Is it watching us, or are we watching it?”

[coffeenuts]

[whatjuliamade]

I don't know who you are anymore (November, 2023). Julia Maddison

[processzine-org]

[New Addition] — Advance E2 Signal Generator / “The Calibrator”

Picked up for £11.12 and collected from Filey, this Advance Electronics E2 Signal Generator has just joined the ranks of The Interpreter / Ezra / Glitch Lab. A sturdy analogue relic of British engineering, it lights up like a slow-breathing machine spirit—awaiting purpose. Not yet connected to the AV switcher or oscilloscope chain, but already humming with potential.

Manufactured by Advance Electronics Ltd. in the UK (likely late 1950s–60s), this model—E2—was originally built to output radio frequencies for calibration and testing. Six bandwidth ranges (A–F), variable output voltage, internal/external modulation options. The kind of gear that once whispered order into the chaos of analogue waveforms. Now repurposed to embrace the opposite.

In the context of Ezra and The Interpreter, it becomes The Calibrator. Not as a source of scientific truth, but as a ritual artefact: a generator of pure signal in a lab deliberately built on glitch, interference, and miscommunication. Think of it as a relic of clarity placed inside a philosophy of distortion. A contradiction humming at 100kHz.

On a poetic level:

It speaks to the desire to generate meaning from noise.

A tool meant to test other tools—which now becomes subject to test itself.

A symbol of the old-world tech priesthood—knobs, dials, meters—interfacing with today’s fragmented, feedback-heavy systems.

There’s something beautifully Brutalist about its design: cream casing, industrial toggle switches, clear black typography. The meter window with its curved glass and concentric arcs wouldn’t look out of place in an early sci-fi film or a Cold War command bunker. Form and function tightly fused.

It will soon be tested in conjunction with:

CRTs + Oscilloscopes (via RCA splitter)

Audio feed through the waveform monitors

Potential modulations layered into Signal // Noise

[senzala1]

2010 "THe favella" Found object assembalage

[orpheusterminals]

[facesproyect]

El Consejo de los 33 Rostros

Treinta y tres rostros se observan en silencio.

No te hablan, pero lo saben todo.

Saben que fingiste dormir en el bus.

Que dijiste “estoy bien” y no lo estabas.

Que te comiste la última croqueta.

Son ojos fundidos en la piel del muro.

Testigos de un tiempo que no parpadea.

No juzgan. Solo recuerdan:

que el alma también se oxida si no la miras de frente.

Faces Proyect deja constancia:

La ciudad tiene memoria,

y a veces, cara de pocos amigos.

[imagella-blog]

Adult coloring pages Halloween, a little witching

Halloween Coloring Pages #ColoringForAdults #Halloween #Witching #WhimsicalStyle #Charismatic #FordMadoxBrown #Wilderness #FoundObject #IlfordPanF #SleekDesign

[grudnick]

PICT0037 by Skatole Grudnick Via Flickr: Beach sculpture on Sanibel, Florida, Gulf of Mexico.

[itscolossal]

Kirsty Elson’s Spirited Creatures Breathe New Life into Weathered Driftwood

[blurlog]

was just thinking how even the red of the aprons in that photo echoed that one story highlight -not saying anything. just saying.

shit someone just walked in. time to work bye - Tumblr

(hope reddit guy comes back eventually)

[ssoldoce-blog]

recent finds and little treasures I've collected over the past days.

𔓐𑇓ି⠀༅｡

[danlevinsobjects]

ASLEEP AT THE WHEELS 

Dan LeVin / 2024

danLeVin.com

[excuse-me-you-dropped-this]

The plastic knives are out.

📍 The Mission District, San Francisco, CA

~ Objects are never touched, rearranged, or otherwise tampered with in any manner whatsoever, ever.

[cardboard-soup]

I ended up using the funeral stand as a mini vanity. It really helps with romantacizing my morning routine.