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Notes

This edition of THE-ICONOMIST was launched during participation in the 2025 edition of the Offprint Paris fair, between November 13 and 16, 2025.

Publisher Note

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 endlessly, and where visibility itself has become a form of capture. In a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence, every image we share becomes data; analyzed, categorized, and reabsorbed into vast systems of recognition. Within this landscape, the publication suggests a different kind of response: a digital craftsmanship that moves against automation, exploring how the deliberate act of cutting, layering, and reassembling images can function as both creation and camouflage, a way of disrupting the smooth readability demanded by machines. To propose / To recreate unfolds as a moving terrain of visual thought, which is part proposal, part reconstruction. In addition to experimental texts created by THE-ICONOMIST, the edition also features selected excerpts from authors such as Thomas Pynchon, Mark Fisher, Olga Tokarczuk, Fernando Birri, among others.

Artists’ Periodical

Issue 8 — To propose/To recreate

by THE ICONOMIST

Publisher
Release Place Paris, France
Edition 1st edition
Release Date 13th November 2025
Credits
Artist: THE ICONOMIST
Printrun 50
Original Price 20.00 EUR
Availability Available
Work  
Subform Artist Magazine
Topics Image Bank
Dimensions 21.0 × 28.0 × 1.0 cm
Pages 58
Technique Digital Printing