Nº 7 — BIG DATA. The new issue of THE-ICONOMIST n. 7 is structured around three verbs: to track, to store, to capitalize. They do not appear as themes or narrative devices, but as discrete operations — technical procedures that have become naturalized, embedded in daily life and in the forms of attention, language, and … issue_7_big_data_to_track
ACCIDENT & EMERGENCY_This zine presents a visual essay on the aesthetics of ruin and the relentless force of collapse, bringing together appropriated images of crashes, fires, and rollovers—where twisted metal and flames dance in the wake of destruction. Amid charred wreckage and distorted forms, a landscape of chaos and beauty emerges, a vestige of the … ti_zine_7_accident_&_emergency
EYES OF NEPTUNE_This zine explores the iconography of the god of the seas, Neptune/Poseidon, in his duality between creation and destruction. Lord of the waters, storms and earthquakes, Neptune rules the uncontrollable flow of nature, symbolizing both the abundance of the oceans and their devastating wrath. Between tides, floods and changes, this zine investigates the … ti_zine_6_eyes_of_neptune
SCREENSAVER is a continuous digital installation hosted on THE-ICONOMIST website, conceived as a perpetual stream of images collected, archived, and automatically recombined. Inspired by old screen savers, which prevented monitor burn-in while revealing accidental aesthetics. Each visit to the site activates a visual algorithm that reorganizes images from personal archives, public databases, and found fragments, … screensaver by the iconomist
“Everything has to be reconstructed every day, every hour, every moment in my own brain and in the brain of the other.” “Metaphors for the mind”
THE-ICONOMIST is a third generation research project, an artist’s magazine and observatory founded in 2021.