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They say that the face is the mirror of the soul. They say that images generated by artificial intelligence have no soul, they are like mirages.

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They say that the face is the mirror of the soul. They say that images generated by artificial intelligence have no soul, they are like mirages. MIRROR:MIRAGES presents forty-three mysterious artificially generated faces accompanied by excerpts from the short story “The Mirror”, written by Guimarães Rosa, one of the greatest authors of Brazilian literature. In … mirror-mirages_2024

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“The World as a Stage” is an experimental film based on images from public security cameras. Evoking William Shakespeare‘s famous phrase, the title suggests that everyday life is constantly under observation, turning us all into actors who play our parts in front of an invisible audience. Just as in the poem “All the World’s a … …

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Nº 5. Inaugurating its new volume of publications, THE-ICONOMIST presents an unusual thematic dossier built around the verbs “to watch” and “to speculate”. Inspired by excerpts from Michel Foucault’s book “Discipline and Punish: The Birth of The Prison” and William Shakespeare’s poem “All The World’s A Stage”, we explore the complex issues of surveillance in … the-iconomist-issue-5-the-world-is-a-stage-2024

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Through this volume, we address crucial themes such as privacy and power, violence and social behavior, technology and ethics. In addition, we have enriched our analysis with selected texts by renowned authors such as Octavia Butler, Don DeLillo, Jean Baudrillard, Thomas Elsaesser, Anne Carson, Guy Debord, Marshall McLuhan and Barbara Kruger, among others. This new … the-iconomist-n5-the-world-as-a-stage-spreads

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KITCHEN 9X9. This zine takes as its starting point a collection of images of kitchens found on the internet; a kitchen set in a television studio, people with kitchen as their surname, kitchens throughout history, works of art depicting kitchens and other representations. 13x20cm, 48 pages, saddle stitched binding. Shipping worldwide. $15 USD Buy in … ti_zines_kitchen_9x9_

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“PROPOSALS FOR A POST-PORTRAIT”, 2022-2023seventy-nine digital images, 1024x1024px eachpart of the “ARTIFICIAL” collection

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What is THE-ICONOMIST? I imagine it as a cross between the imaginary museum proposed by André Malraux and Aby Warburg’s mnemosyne atlas adapted to a post-digital context dominated by artificial intelligence services. Just as over a hundred years ago the ready-made drew attention to the exchange value of the work of art, the artist-ready-made also … about