theiconomist

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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

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“GEN3” [2025] A film by THE-ICONOMIST3m35s, color, sound This short film presents the editorial principles of THE-ICONOMIST, a “third generation” magazine that explores iconomy and the circulation of images in the digital age. Based on the concept of “iconomy”, coined by Gilson Schwartz, and Vilém Flusser’s thoughts on technical images, The Iconomist proposes a critical … collection: “Artificial” (2023)

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25TH NOVEMBER_This zine is part of the 365 series, made from images related to or taken on a specific day of the year. The only restriction is that images taken or related to the current year are forbidden.

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The first four editions of THE-ICONOMIST, which comprise Vol. I Ultra-Processed, are now part of the contemporary art library at Beaux-Arts de Paris, France. The four inaugural editions were developed using images generated by artificial intelligence.

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13TH OCTOBER_This zine is part of the 365 series, made from images related to or taken on a specific day of the year. The only restriction is that images taken or related to the current year are forbidden.

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Nº 4 — To ask/To Answer/To refuse. Introducing THE ICONOMIST’s latest thematic dossier. For the edition that closes the first of four editions of the magazine, we embarked on the world of interviews and questionnaires. What is a photograph? What is photography? What is an image? In addition to these questions, we also took inspiration … theiconomist_issue4_cover

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48 pages, 21x28cm, saddle-stitch binding, with shipping worldwide. Buy in print  Download PDF

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WHEREVER YOU CALL MY WAVE_This is a zine about waves, both visible and invisible, those that can destroy everything and those that can be surfed.

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THE-ICONOMIST is a third generation research project and artist’s magazine founded in 2021.