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B IS BATHROOM_This zine is a continuation of our series started with the publication “Kitchen 9×9” and presents a narrative of images related to the most intimate place in a house and all its peculiarities.

POINT OF NO RETURN_”Every-little-thing that brought us here. At first glance, nothing makes sense. A whirlwind of shapes, materials, and disconnected functions. It’s necessary to stop. Look. Listen. It’s necessary to see with attention. Is this everything we’ve produced so far?”

“Ask yourself about the provenance, the use, what will become of eache of the objects you take out…”

Nº 6 — To consume/To waste. The ICONOMIST Issue 6 presents itself as a visual and textual essay examining the scars of a society sickened by late capitalism. Inspired by the seminal texts Junkspace by Rem Koolhaas and Infraordinary by Georges Perec, this edition not only observes but dissects neglected spaces, accumulated waste, and the the-iconomist_issue_6_to_consume_to_waste

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.

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

THE-ICONOMIST Issue 5 was selected by Zum magazine’s photobook call 2024 and will be on display at the Moreira Salles Institute photobooks library in São Paulo from November 2, 2024, until January 2025. The edition will also be added to the institution’s collection of photo books.

“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

[58 pages, 21x28cm, saddle-stitch binding, with shipping worldwide. Published by zero-Editions] 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 the-iconomist-issue-5-the-world-is-a-stage-2024