THE-ICONOMIST© is a post-digital artist’s magazine and research project. Founded in 2021.

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1×1 is a meeting place for images. Every moment, two appear—one on the left, one on the right—and form a momentary relationship before disappearing. Nothing repeats itself. The work moves on its own, even without the visitor’s gesture, as if it were breathing. The images cannot be saved, only seen: they remain in the time … ti_1x1

VOL. II — IMAGE BANK (2024-present) The second volume of THE-ICONOMIST, launched in 2024, draws from Scott Watson’s idea that “we are all image banks” to explore the appropriation of digital images as a way of commenting on the world. Its editions are built from collections sourced from image banks, expanding the project’s research on … video-home

Nº 8  — AFTER-IMAGE. The eighth issue of THE-ICONOMIST, titled To propose / To recreate, takes as its point of departure Édouard Glissant’s notion of the aprèzan: the present as a living interval between destruction and regeneration. From this idea unfolds a reflection on what it means to create in an era where images multiply … the_iconomist_issue_8_to_propose

WHY WAR? starts from the question posed in the letter Why War?, exchanged between Freud and Einstein in 1932: why does war persist, even in the face of all the rationality we have supposedly achieved? The images gathered here do not aim to illustrate the history of conflicts, but to reveal their permanence — as … whywar_2025

This zine gathers images of waiting rooms, those quiet, interchangeable spaces where time folds in on itself. Each chair, each fluorescent light, each artificial plant performs the same choreography of stillness. Nothing happens, and yet everything is about to. The people who pass through leave no trace except the faint echo of anticipation, the weight … zine_inthewaitingroom

XXXSpace shares with Thomas Pynchon’s novel the intuition that military technology is never limited to its military function. In the universe of the book, the V-2 missile is both an object of mathematical precision and an erotic and mystical fetish, an “arc” that crosses the sky as a symbol of desire and death. The zine … xxxspace

News from Switzerland: THE.ICONOMIST #issue7 and the zine F is for FRAGILITY were shortlisted for the Rosmarie Tissi Award in graphic design in the MA-g (Museum of Avant-garde) Awards. These publications will now become part of the institution’s contemporary collection.

“80 per cent of artists are dealing with mother issues.” In this personal interview the internationally praised German artist Hans-Peter Feldmann muses on the magnetic power of women, and shares how he has used art as both escape and therapy. “Make a job out of it and all is lost.” Feldmann does not consider being … Frauen, Hans Peter Feldmann