DEAD CHANNEL / SPECIAL TRANSMISSIONA FILE KEPT OPEN BY MIKA SAIONJI
THE SEABROOK FILEALICE IS MISSING

MARGINALIA / AUTHOR UNKNOWN

Who made
the archive?

Someone wrote the questions. We do not know whether they were first to ask them.

Photographic archiveWorking timelinePeople & accountsThe official lineWho made the archive?

One hand? Two?

Red circles. Black questions. Different pens and different surfaces. That could mean several contributors, or one person working over time. A change in handwriting is not a second investigator by itself.

Journalist, friend, relative, visitor, unofficial investigator: each possibility changes how we read the same material. None has been established. The archive may contain items collected by people who never met.

The idea that Alice assembled it herself is on the board. It relies on a “she” written on a photograph, then assumes that “she” must be Alice. That is two steps, not one.

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Things people say are clues.

CLAIM

The daisy sticker is a code

A daisy sticker is visible on the yellow car. No key or repeated pattern connects it to another item.

PROBABLY NOTHING

CLAIM

Seventeen is everywhere

A motel room has a number. Counting unrelated objects until they reach seventeen adds no evidence.

PLEASE STOP

CLAIM

The lighthouse lamp proves a signal

Reflections, exposure and different photographic dates can change a window’s appearance.

INCONCLUSIVE

CLAIM

Morning Star took Alice away

A boat name is circled. There is no passenger list, route or departure time.

INCONCLUSIVE

CLAIM

The payphone was her last call

Someone wrote “last call?” No call log accompanies the picture.

INCONCLUSIVE

CLAIM

A light at Town Hall means records were destroyed

One window is lit. We cannot identify the room, occupant or activity.

PLEASE STOP
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