An Orwellian guide to the making of a literary festival
At a New York City soirée ahead of the Narrowsburg event, Deep Water founder Aaron Hicklin read out the 11-step plan that started it all
Spotify has a fake artist problem
Users are encountering AI-generated songs by artists that don’t exist—many of which are being aggressively promoted by the platform’s algorithm
Bad Words: Missing the Black Party, a pilgrimage site for gay men
The Saint’s legendary annual bacchanal shut down after 40 years, signaling a bittersweet transition in the landscape of queer life
At Milan Design Week, Byredo looks back to Bal D’Afrique’s roots
Founder Ben Gorham sits down with artist Dozie Kanu, discussing the geography of his oldest and most recognizable fragrance
Objects of Desire: Chloé’s Penelope clutch bag
Document’s definitive guide to the season’s most covetable accessories
‘Rear View’ zeroes in on the nude portrait, as seen from behind
LDGR’s latest show explores the trope across eras, featuring artwork from the likes of Francis Bacon, Mickalene Thomas, Egon Schiele, and Andy Warhol
Lila Roo makes art from the discarded
On the island of Bequia, the designer transforms plastic waste into works part textile, part sculpture, and part performance
Can you copyright a voice?
Faced with the virality of deepfake Drake, Universal Music made a bid to shut down AI-generated songs
‘Beef’ star David Choe admitted to raping a woman—and he just got the proof taken off Twitter
After clips of his problematic comments resurfaced on social media, the actor attempted to silence his accusers by reporting the content for ‘copyright infringement’
Daytripping: The top 20 nightlife scenes in cinema
In her bi-weekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark lists her favorite instances of on-screen dancing, from the rave in Zion to ’60s sci-fi fantasia
A sonic map toward Frost Children’s strange, spiritual world
Following the release of ‘SPEED RUN,’ the New York-based duo offers Document a soundtrack for an open, anfractuous road
‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ is a call-to-arms for a disillusioned world
Fed up with the ineffectiveness of peaceful protest, a group of young activists decide to burn it all down for the sake of our future
Saint Laurent spearheads ‘Strange Way of Life,’ Pedro Almodóvar’s answer to ‘Brokeback Mountain’
The short film, starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal, is set to premiere at Cannes, kickstarting the French house’s foray into the realm of cinema
The Life’s complete list of sampling feats
In honor of the recent remix of his single by CFCF, Curtis Everett Pawley offers Document a playlist of his own favorite reproductions
Google put 25 AI agents together in a Sims-inspired virtual town, and told them to go about their lives
The ChatGPT-powered characters go to work, flirt, and throw Valentine’s day parties—forecasting new uses for AI in the study of human behavior
Objects of Desire: Prada’s Moon bag
Document’s definitive guide to the season’s most covetable accessories
‘Myself When I Am Real’ puts forth the unseen half of Barkley L. Hendricks’s practice
Jack Shainman Gallery will display the late painter’s photographic work, conveying his lighthearted approach to art-making and a glimpse into his immediate world
The risks and rewards of jailbreaking ChatGPT
When companies put sexual restrictions chatbots, users race to get around them—but there are other side effects to disabling the technology’s guardrails
Les Domaines de Fontenille imbue luxury with local character
Frédéric Biousse and Guillaume Foucher’s hotel line prioritizes connection to a place, reflecting the geographies their destinations rest upon
Dino Kiratzidis and Michael Spencer Phillips escape the traditional stage
Ahead of the latest installation of their Site-Specific Dances series, the architect and choreographer discuss building from a legacy, and designing for performance
Objects of Desire: Louis Vuitton’s XL Key Pouch
Document’s definitive guide to the season’s most covetable accessories
Forbes fraudster Charlie Javice may just be the new Elizabeth Holmes
Charged with falsifying data to close a $175 billion deal, the young founder is the latest 30-Under-30 winner to be arrested for financial crimes
Christopher Michael’s ‘What’s Contemporary’ bricolages the countless perspectives of modernity
Following his departure from the agency space, the creative multihyphenate resurrects his digital platform in podcast form
How do you moderate a chatbot?
In banning renderings of Chinese president Xi Jinping worldwide, Midjourney sparked debate about the policing of AI-generated content—and the line between regulation and censorship
Daytripping: Herding cats
In her bi-weekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark writes about raves in relation to service workers, and how she once got on the wrong side...
Remembering Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese composer and technopop pioneer
Document curates a selection of the musician’s far-ranging work, from synth-heavy film scores to classical ballads to indelible video game soundtracks
Jack Wagner takes your ghost stories seriously
On ‘Otherworld,’ the podcaster feeds into a resurgent cultural interest in the paranormal, from near-death experiences to demonic encounters to lost time
Amidst calls to halt the advancement of generative tech, a chatbot convinced a man to kill himself
This incident comes in the wake of an open letter from AI experts, urging technologists to halt developments beyond GPT-4 ‘for the good of humanity’
Ruth Wilson Gilmore’s politics of care
The prison abolitionist and scholar discusses community policing, the failure of Anglo-American geography, and the notion of freedom as a place
Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, bought, and listened to in March
From ’80s Brian Eno to the Gwyneth Paltrow trial to metaverse deep-dives, our team shares the very best of what we consumed this month
Tokens of a Type: How Levi’s AI models continue a history of human-averaging
Artificial Intelligence may be new, but its racial and gender-based biases are not—paradoxically disappearing the individual under the guise of championing diversity
Why is menstrual blood banned in porn? You might want to ask your credit card company
In the era of e-commerce, payment processors have become the internet’s unofficial content moderators—because when banks threaten to revoke service, platforms listen
The noirish, alternative world of ‘The Biography of X’
Author Catherine Lacey sits down with Document, discussing her latest novel’s take on narcissism, art-world celebrity, and the tragedy of US history
Rafael Prieto meditates on the harmony between the natural and man-made
Ahead of his show at Emma Scully Gallery, the artist reflects on his design philosophy, which hinges on the embrace of what’s beautiful in its...
Document takes to Montreal, uniting nightlife and fashion with Holt Renfrew Ogilvy
For the second iteration of the 'After Dark' party series, cabaret bar Vol de Nuit set the stage for a night of transition and cultural...
Why can’t sex workers find a bank?
Following the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, another shutdown went unnoticed: that of SpankPay, one of the few payment platforms catering to the adult industry
flowerovlove’s scene-by-scene soundtrack to adolescent romance
Following the release of her latest single “Love You,” Joyce Cisse offers a playlist of the pop anthems that shaped her mission of self-love
Ask Liara: A sex worker’s guide to living, loving, and fucking
In the March edition of their monthly column for Document, Liara Roux addresses a reader’s inner turmoil around cosmetic procedures and the doors they open
Sophie Thatcher finds salvation in storytelling
The ‘Yellowjackets’ star opens up about her music career, childhood obsessions, and her desire to ‘become unrecognizable’
With ‘Road Less Traveled,’ Rose B. Simpson diaries the tension between ancestry and modern culture
The artist’s New York debut is on view at Jack Shainman Gallery, rendering tangible her relationship with Native identity and cycles of personal struggle
The work of art in the age of algorithmic optimization
The intellectual property debate asks who profits from the fruits of creative labor—and what it means to make something beautiful when everyone else can, too
Thomas Blackshear casts new light on the canon of Western American art
In collaboration with Stetson, the artist personifies the hidden Black cowboy, reimagining Lon Megargee’s iconic painting ‘The Last Drop From His Stetson’
Alicia Keys and Moncler Genius capture the cool of New York
The artist is the label’s latest co-creator, imagining garments that merge street style with the city’s characteristic elegance
In ‘DENTRO,’ Jester Bulnes is preoccupied with parallels, pairs, and the in-between
The artist’s first photobook is diaristic and investigative, marking stages in the evolution of the their character, and exploring grounds for its further expansion
Daytripping: Ghost dance
In her bi-weekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark tells a tale of two boroughs, two generations, and what we’ve lost and found through nightlife
Age, anger, and anxiety: The doctrine of Sleaford Mods
Following the release of ‘UK GRIM,’ Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn join Document to disclose why they’ll keep going until they “drop dead”
Chase Hall mines memory, bearing witness to personal histories
Following the opening of ‘The Close of the Day,’ the artist joins Document to discuss code switching and the American South
GPT-4 heralds a new era of AI-generated get-rich-quick schemes
Digital entrepreneurs are automating their side hustles—and the ease with which they’re being replaced calls into question their value in the first place
Antoine Harinthe snapshots a first impression of Jamaica
The photographer shares a portfolio of chance encounters and lush landscapes with Document, imparting a piece of the nation's mesmerizing spirit
