Róisín Pierce revives the language of lace
The designer speaks with Document on her unique philosophy, shunning the moodboard, and finding resilience in softness
Mastercard’s policies are a danger to sex workers, and your freedom of speech
The ACLU has filed a complaint against the company with the Federal Trade Commission, urging an investigation into its discriminatory practices
Carmen Winant’s ‘The last safe abortion’ depicts overlooked networks of labor
The artist’s latest photo exhibition creates a visual language countering that of the anti-choice movement
Behind the spirit of Snõõper
The Nashville-based band walks Document through their summer tour, untangling their intent in the process
The micro-trends we never asked for
Media coverage implies that ‘tomato girl summer’ and ‘blueberry milk nails’ are being embraced on TikTok—but the girlies aren’t so sure
Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, bought, and listened to in August
From canned wine to Japanese novellas to electro-pop hits, our team shares the very best of what we consumed this month
Touring house with Terry Hunter
The renowned DJ and producer shares his nostalgic pick-ups at Gramaphone Records, ahead of his performance at this year’s ARC Music Festival
Claire A. Nivola’s ‘The House in the Country’ reckons with the past, and leaves it behind
Between mulberry picking and rubbing shoulders with the art-world elite, the book finds universality within an extraordinary childhood
Digging in the crates with Chicago’s Mike Dunn
Ahead of his set at ARC Music Festival, the legendary DJ and hip-house pioneer pays a visit to Gramaphone Records
Staying true to FFORME
Creative Director Paul Helbers joins Document to muse on subverting with subtraction, and his self-assured style that need not raise its voice
Daytripping: Big Gay Summer
In her biweekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark reflects on the queer crowds of the Island, the Beach, and the Campout
Richie Culver dives into the witch’s cradle
The artist offers a few words on what was intended to be his inaugural wordless project, ‘Alive in the Living Room’
For the love of a good doll
Traversing the uncanny valley with Pasha Setrova of Pasha Pasha, a preeminent designer of the ball-jointed doll community
On ‘Dystopia Girl’, Harmony plays dress-up
The singer-songwriter tells Document all about making “emotional, philosophical” indie pop music on her debut solo EP
‘Dear Jean Pierre’ is a portrait of a young man on fire
In its collection of approximately 300 letters, postcards, sketches, Xeroxes, and photographs, the book charts a young man finding himself through art, love, and loss
untitled (halo)’s “Spiral” lives in the margins
Premiering with Document, The Los Angeles trio’s single is a testament to the warm impalpability of young adulthood
‘Bottoms’ flips the script on the teen sex comedy
Emma Seligman’s latest film proves that amidst shifting cultural norms, raunchy flicks still have a place at the box office
Objects of Desire: BVLGARI’s Serpenti Top Handle Handbag
Document’s definitive guide to the season’s most covetable accessories
AI art can’t be copyrighted, according to a federal judge
Amidst SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, last week’s ruling indicates a sea change in the AI intellectual property debate
Amelia Winger-Bearskin renders climate optimism with technology
Following a showcase in group exhibition ‘ANTI•VENOM,’ the artist joins Document to discuss her AI-influenced creative practice
Friends With Benefits’s dizzying attempt at utopia
The crypto collective’s festival for the new internet scene ventures to transcend today’s technological hellscape, bringing forums (and paywalls) to IRL spaces
‘An Indigenous Present’ is the the bedrock of its own conversation
Ideated by renowned artist Jeffrey Gibson, the landmark artbook builds roots from the Indigenous creative community
Laying the line with Róisín Murphy
The Irish singer-songwriter’s album with DJ Koze, ‘Hit Parade,’ is an exploration into the sonic undercurrents of all that shimmers
‘The Love Invention’ is transportive, loud, spontaneous euphoria
Document hears from Alison Goldfrapp at the start of a new journey: destination unknown, but the music is the portal
Excavating the missing girl—or, at least, the idea of her
‘Brutes’ and ‘All-Night Pharmacy’ destroy the canonical bad girl, allowing for pure(r) heroines to emerge
TikTok’s “mind-reading” algorithm is about to change
The app’s new opt-out policy for EU users is a step forward for cognitive liberty—but will it stop users from trading privacy for entertainment?
Parsing the Willyverse
Toronto photographer William Ukoh’s first solo show, ‘JANGILOVA,’ is a quest for unfettered independence
A preternatural attraction to cuteness
From Gwen Stefani’s faux Japaneseness to the age of J-fashion TikTok, a Western fascination with the other endures across subcultures
Motherhood at the end of the world
In ‘The Quickening,’ Elizabeth Rush contemplates parenting and procreation amid Antarctica’s rapidly vanishing ice sheets
cumgirl8’s “cursed angel” is grade-A, farm-fresh whimsy
Directed by Peter Kaaden, the video, premiering with Document, is an emphatic meditation on “slipping out of reality”
For Robert Roest, snarling dogs aren’t always angry
The painter's ongoing show at bridddge gallery invites audiences to distrust their senses—both in the clouds and the jaws of the beast
The coterie of cardistry
In London, Cardistry-Con’s 2023 edition saw the craft contending with its relationship with magic and deliberating new methods of recruitment
Sunny War is Americana’s brightest star and biggest skeptic
The Nashville-born musician’s ‘Anarchist Gospel’ is a volume of hymns for late capitalist life, taking cues across genres and generations
Films to hold on to summer
From ‘Do The Right Thing’ to ‘Y Tu Mamá También,’ Document offers a list of films that best embody the season’s spirit
Daytripping: The writer and the rave
In her biweekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark considers noise, information theory, and the text of the party
Sophia Giovannitti on sex, art, and labor
Working across mediums, the author of ‘Working Girl’ grapples with the contradictions of life under capitalism—complicating notions of consent in a totalizing system
Edan Lepucki’s ‘Time’s Mouth’ is a supernatural labyrinth of past and present
The author and LA native speaks on her latest novel, wrestling with California-specific ideals of place, tempo, and doctrine
Remembering Jamie Reid, the creative renegade who forged punk’s visual identity
From direct action to anti-establishment album covers, the artist and activist waged a 50-year war on social injustice
Objects of Desire: Balenciaga’s Crush Bag
Document’s definitive guide to the season’s most covetable accessories
Aesthetically Incorrect: Inside the Glenn Martens universe
The “designer’s designer” talks Y/Project, bad taste, and the Belgian disposition towards beauty
Candy Claws’s playlist for a road trip through the past
Ahead the 10th anniversary of ‘Ceres & Calypso in the Deep Time,’ the band shares the tracks that influence their tender sound
For Donatien Grau, all roads lead to LA
California’s cultural capital is the muse behind ‘De Civitate Angelorum,’ the curator’s new book composed entirely in Latin
Maya Binyam’s ‘Hangman’ is an existential journey
The writer’s debut novel traverses an unnamed African nation, exploring the symptoms of diaspora in terms of mourning, identity, and truth
The unpredictable, genre-less magic of Cooler Nights
Through CARA’s summer series, five Monday evenings become a sonic playground for eclectic performers
In Tuscany, a sanctuary for Black queer artists
A trio of creatives reflect on their residency with MQBMBQ, in partnership with Villa Lena
Lee Pace contains multitudes
Hollywood’s most versatile actor joins Document to discuss the complexity of the mind, transcending traditional gender roles, and the characters he never forgot
Strange Ranger reaches for euphoria
The band speaks on their latest album, ‘Pure Music,’ the spirituality of performance, and the age-old tradition of art-making
Big Ash is the next generation of New York indie retail
Document goes behind the scenes at the Delancey Street haunt, as the intrepid young staff sets up for a closet sale
Objects of Desire: Fendi’s Peekaboo Bag
Document’s definitive guide to the season’s most covetable accessories
