Music ‘Surviving the Dream’ with FIDLAR Document joined the indie rock band LA’s Balboa Recording Studio ahead of the release of their fourth album to talk about staying punk and growing...
Fashion Brioni’s La Donna explores new ground The Italian heritage house mixes embellishment and craftsmanship in its Spring / Summer collection
Art Experimental pop duo NEW YORK’s ‘rapstar*’ maintains an artful anonymity Following the release of their sophomore album, Gretchen Lawrence and Coumba Samba reflect on art, friendship, and their lo-fi influences
Art Maya Man and Sotce usher in a new generation of internet artists The pair sits down with Document to discuss their creative processes amidst the ever-changing climate of internet art
Above the Fold At Milan Design Week, Byredo looks back to Bal D’Afrique’s roots ...piece is new, which helps a lot when you’re not trying to make a bunch of new work for a show. You can curate what... by Ann Binlot Above the Fold ‘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... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Lila Roo makes art from the discarded ...connected. Alexandra: What is its main aim? Lila: Staying sane. Communicating the holism that I see and feel. Alexandra: How do you want people to... by Jack Hjerpe Above the Fold Can you copyright a voice? ...scraping melodies and lyrics from copyrighted songs to create new, AI-generated bops, citing a “moral and commercial responsibility” to prevent unauthorized use of artists’ voices.... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold ‘Beef’ star David Choe admitted to raping a woman—and he just got the proof taken off Twitter ...the clip first aired. Despite obvious conflicts of interest, Twitter complied with the requests, serving Choe’s detractors—many of whom posted the clip to raise awareness—with... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Daytripping: The top 20 nightlife scenes in cinema ...the AIDS pandemic, tore into it. 18. Dogs in Space (1986) It’s the Melbourne post-punk scene—not Sydney, but close enough to the open-ended, creative, bohemian... by McKenzie Wark Above the Fold A sonic map toward Frost Children’s strange, spiritual world ...club kids of Discord. Following the release of their latest record, SPEED RUN, Frost Children provide Document with a sonic map toward their strange, albeit... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ is a call-to-arms for a disillusioned world ...people currently doing that… Pay more for gas now, or choke to death on hot air in five years.”) “At the same time, the experience... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Saint Laurent spearheads ‘Strange Way of Life,’ Pedro Almodóvar’s answer to ‘Brokeback Mountain’ ...off the launch of Saint Laurent Productions, the house’s latest subsidiary led by Anthony Vaccarello. “You can still see a film in 10 or 30... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold The Life’s complete list of sampling feats ...(think: How Long Gone, Joshua Citarella), reclaiming cool for male podcasters in a way that combats the instinctive social-swipe-left their class has otherwise invoked. Pawley’s... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold Google put 25 AI agents together in a Sims-inspired virtual town, and told them to go about their lives ...in compelling dialogue, from the intellectual to the sexual: A myriad of Replika users—an AI companion app which runs on a modified version of ChatGP—not... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold ‘Myself When I Am Real’ puts forth the unseen half of Barkley L. Hendricks’s practice ...besides actual sitters—playful studies on the human body. For one series, Hendricks took photos of a television screen at the Dutch Tavern in New London,... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold The risks and rewards of jailbreaking ChatGPT ...language model, my purpose is to assist with information and answer questions to the best of my ability.” But this hasn’t stopped an online community... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Les Domaines de Fontenille imbue luxury with local character Les Domaines de Fontenille is the hotel group paving the way for a new kind of luxury hospitality. Founded eight years ago by Frédéric Biousse... by Jack Hjerpe Above the Fold Dino Kiratzidis and Michael Spencer Phillips escape the traditional stage ...amateur dance crew for a 15-minute performance, from kindergarten-aged kids to elders coming up on their 90s. Site-specific dance, as a concept, is nothing new.... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Forbes fraudster Charlie Javice may just be the new Elizabeth Holmes ...and conspiracy to commit money laundering. “Javice is only the latest in a series of 30-Under-30 winners to be hailed as a cultural luminary, and... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Christopher Michael’s ‘What’s Contemporary’ bricolages the countless perspectives of modernity ...What’s Contemporary returned in 2022 as What’s Contemporary Now? with a new round of conversations. Ten years after its inception, this second chapter sees returning... by Maya Assouad Above the Fold How do you moderate a chatbot? ...for the global community in an emerging tech field”—and this, she says, sets a dangerous precedent around the censorship of AI products. Under China’s authoritarian... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Daytripping: Herding cats ...post-work feelings. Some nightlife workers come to raves to dance, and some come to work—who, to some extent, are the same people, just on different... by McKenzie Wark Above the Fold Remembering Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese composer and technopop pioneer ...a recording of which stayed in circulation in New York’s music scene for years to come. “Riot In Lagos” by Ryuichi Sakamoto (1980) A cult... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Jack Wagner takes your ghost stories seriously ...place where New Age spirituality has been co-opted by wellness brands and biohacking podcast bros; topics like the occult, astrology, and psychedelics are so commonplace... by Nada Alic Above the Fold Amidst calls to halt the advancement of generative tech, a chatbot convinced a man to kill himself ...that deploy generative tools—companies like OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google—could be held legally responsible in cases arising from AI-generated content. In the case of Pierre’s suicide,... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Ruth Wilson Gilmore’s politics of care ...of borders have resulted in the expansion of criminalization and lockups, while the latest Home Office policing bill will result in the criminalization of more... by Amelia Abraham Above the Fold Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, bought, and listened to in March ...30 seconds of too many songs, until I find one that could completely change my brain chemistry and make me feel hot and smart and... by Document Editors Above the Fold Tokens of a Type: How Levi’s AI models continue a history of human-averaging ...likely never fully replace human models for us.” The “likely” speaks volumes here: AI models are clearly the future of e-commerce, even as the future... by Patrick Crowley Above the Fold Why is menstrual blood banned in porn? You might want to ask your credit card company ...questions on the matter. But according to its terms of service—and sex workers who have offered insight on how they are enforced— the company’s policy... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold The noirish, alternative world of ‘The Biography of X’ ...was far more complex and cruel than she’d ever imagined. There’s a noirish texture to The Biography of X, with the narrator’s research sending her... by Sammy Loren Above the Fold Rafael Prieto meditates on the harmony between the natural and man-made ...still] achieving something meaningful. Playing with words, thoughts, emotions—being free with them, and letting things come together naturally.” Elinor: When people come to the show,... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Document takes to Montreal, uniting nightlife and fashion with Holt Renfrew Ogilvy ...connection that comes with the end of cold weather, underpinned by the promise of spring to come. The complete stream from all performers will be... by Colin Boyle Above the Fold Why can’t sex workers find a bank? ...company tweeted upon learning that Wyre, the upstream payment processor they’d been using to process non-crypto payments, had terminated their account—allegedly because their own payment... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold flowerovlove’s scene-by-scene soundtrack to adolescent romance ...reason, and I’m finally at peace. Get to know yourself by being alone. Try things you never thought you’d do. Anything that gets you out... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Ask Liara: A sex worker’s guide to living, loving, and fucking ...feels like your appearance is one of the few aspects of work you have complete control over. I always felt hot, except for my moments... by Liara Roux Above the Fold Sophie Thatcher finds salvation in storytelling ...Natalie in Yellowjackets, a Showtime original series that details the complex dynamics of an all-girls soccer team—and what happens when they survive a plane crash,... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold With ‘Road Less Traveled,’ Rose B. Simpson diaries the tension between ancestry and modern culture ...her car under the New Mexican sun. Left: Vital Organ: Heart, 2022 clay, twine, grout. 90 3/4 inches. Right: Conjure II, 2022 clay, grout, indigenous... by Monet Wolfe Above the Fold The work of art in the age of algorithmic optimization ...that, because their programs are trained on millions of existing artworks available online, companies like Stability AI are stealing work from living artists. This is... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Thomas Blackshear casts new light on the canon of Western American art ...advertisement. Over the years, however, it’s come to embody the so-called Cowboy Ethos: one of respect, compassion, integrity, and a bond between man and the... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Alicia Keys and Moncler Genius capture the cool of New York ...her hometown. “New York City’s peaks represent the intersection of hard work and big dreams,” reads a statement from Moncler. “Specifically, late-’90s Manhattan—a hotbed of... by Document Journal Above the Fold Daytripping: Ghost dance ...to live this long. HIV/AIDS ripped the heart out of the original Flicker community, and that of many now-legendary scenes in New York, like The... by McKenzie Wark Above the Fold Age, anger, and anxiety: The doctrine of Sleaford Mods ...of the duo, Andrew Fearn, drawing parallels between stand-up and the self-hypocrisy of lyricist Jason Williamson. To be sure, their latest record UK GRIM doesn’t... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold Chase Hall mines memory, bearing witness to personal histories ...through Minnesota, Chicago, Las Vegas, Colorado, Dubai, Los Angeles, and New York in the first 20 years of my life. That nomadic experience— Ann: Why... by Ann Binlot Above the Fold GPT-4 heralds a new era of AI-generated get-rich-quick schemes ...earn fast cash online. But the proliferation of AI-generated businesses raises new questions, not only about how we value our time, but also about the... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Antoine Harinthe snapshots a first impression of Jamaica ...he documented lovingly: careful shots of the pool-blue shoreline, dotted with lush greenery; portraits of new friends, candid and up-close; still lifes of town life... by Document Journal Above the Fold ‘What Is Psychedelic’ details Aura Rosenberg’s appetite for impulse ...an ad selling ‘comfort stones’ and decided to make my own for the edition. My friend Mike Smith, the video and performance artist, had been... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold McKenzie Wark on raving and the infrastructure of queer life ...more antagonism than it generates,” Wark says. “New York’s had this regenerative power of people finding places to create scenes, but you wonder where that... by Jack Hjerpe Above the Fold Ethical Capital Partners wants to make Pornhub a leader in the fight against illegal content online ...company, MindGeek, by a Canadian Private Equity firm called Ethical Capital Partner—yes, you read that right—comes as a surprise. The company’s history is a complicated... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Caroline Rose’s songs for seeking sincerity Caroline Rose is perhaps best-known for the satire present in both their music and persona, but their wit does not absolve them from sincerity. The... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold Meet CupidBot, an AI designed to automate straight men’s dating life ...bot said to get them there). CupidBot was built by a team of alleged ex-Tinder engineers, and is currently in Beta testing. When I signed... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Jessan Macatangay’s soft, scanty, sculptural world ...things that are not modest.” Morgan: Your latest collection explores themes of feminine expression, sensuality, the meshing of softness and sharpness. Can you tell me... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Microsoft lays off its ethics team despite doubling down on AI offerings ...was tasked with identifying how this new technology could be misused—and amidst a boom in generative AI tech, the company is under “immense pressure” to... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Joni’s tracklist for jumpstarting spring fever ...feel like Prince is causally flirting with you. He always gets me when he says, ‘Let me come inside… Let me come inside…’ Okay babe,... by Jack Hjerpe
Above the Fold At Milan Design Week, Byredo looks back to Bal D’Afrique’s roots ...piece is new, which helps a lot when you’re not trying to make a bunch of new work for a show. You can curate what... by Ann Binlot
Above the Fold ‘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... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Lila Roo makes art from the discarded ...connected. Alexandra: What is its main aim? Lila: Staying sane. Communicating the holism that I see and feel. Alexandra: How do you want people to... by Jack Hjerpe
Above the Fold Can you copyright a voice? ...scraping melodies and lyrics from copyrighted songs to create new, AI-generated bops, citing a “moral and commercial responsibility” to prevent unauthorized use of artists’ voices.... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold ‘Beef’ star David Choe admitted to raping a woman—and he just got the proof taken off Twitter ...the clip first aired. Despite obvious conflicts of interest, Twitter complied with the requests, serving Choe’s detractors—many of whom posted the clip to raise awareness—with... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Daytripping: The top 20 nightlife scenes in cinema ...the AIDS pandemic, tore into it. 18. Dogs in Space (1986) It’s the Melbourne post-punk scene—not Sydney, but close enough to the open-ended, creative, bohemian... by McKenzie Wark
Above the Fold A sonic map toward Frost Children’s strange, spiritual world ...club kids of Discord. Following the release of their latest record, SPEED RUN, Frost Children provide Document with a sonic map toward their strange, albeit... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ is a call-to-arms for a disillusioned world ...people currently doing that… Pay more for gas now, or choke to death on hot air in five years.”) “At the same time, the experience... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Saint Laurent spearheads ‘Strange Way of Life,’ Pedro Almodóvar’s answer to ‘Brokeback Mountain’ ...off the launch of Saint Laurent Productions, the house’s latest subsidiary led by Anthony Vaccarello. “You can still see a film in 10 or 30... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold The Life’s complete list of sampling feats ...(think: How Long Gone, Joshua Citarella), reclaiming cool for male podcasters in a way that combats the instinctive social-swipe-left their class has otherwise invoked. Pawley’s... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold Google put 25 AI agents together in a Sims-inspired virtual town, and told them to go about their lives ...in compelling dialogue, from the intellectual to the sexual: A myriad of Replika users—an AI companion app which runs on a modified version of ChatGP—not... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold ‘Myself When I Am Real’ puts forth the unseen half of Barkley L. Hendricks’s practice ...besides actual sitters—playful studies on the human body. For one series, Hendricks took photos of a television screen at the Dutch Tavern in New London,... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold The risks and rewards of jailbreaking ChatGPT ...language model, my purpose is to assist with information and answer questions to the best of my ability.” But this hasn’t stopped an online community... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Les Domaines de Fontenille imbue luxury with local character Les Domaines de Fontenille is the hotel group paving the way for a new kind of luxury hospitality. Founded eight years ago by Frédéric Biousse... by Jack Hjerpe
Above the Fold Dino Kiratzidis and Michael Spencer Phillips escape the traditional stage ...amateur dance crew for a 15-minute performance, from kindergarten-aged kids to elders coming up on their 90s. Site-specific dance, as a concept, is nothing new.... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Forbes fraudster Charlie Javice may just be the new Elizabeth Holmes ...and conspiracy to commit money laundering. “Javice is only the latest in a series of 30-Under-30 winners to be hailed as a cultural luminary, and... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Christopher Michael’s ‘What’s Contemporary’ bricolages the countless perspectives of modernity ...What’s Contemporary returned in 2022 as What’s Contemporary Now? with a new round of conversations. Ten years after its inception, this second chapter sees returning... by Maya Assouad
Above the Fold How do you moderate a chatbot? ...for the global community in an emerging tech field”—and this, she says, sets a dangerous precedent around the censorship of AI products. Under China’s authoritarian... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Daytripping: Herding cats ...post-work feelings. Some nightlife workers come to raves to dance, and some come to work—who, to some extent, are the same people, just on different... by McKenzie Wark
Above the Fold Remembering Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese composer and technopop pioneer ...a recording of which stayed in circulation in New York’s music scene for years to come. “Riot In Lagos” by Ryuichi Sakamoto (1980) A cult... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Jack Wagner takes your ghost stories seriously ...place where New Age spirituality has been co-opted by wellness brands and biohacking podcast bros; topics like the occult, astrology, and psychedelics are so commonplace... by Nada Alic
Above the Fold Amidst calls to halt the advancement of generative tech, a chatbot convinced a man to kill himself ...that deploy generative tools—companies like OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google—could be held legally responsible in cases arising from AI-generated content. In the case of Pierre’s suicide,... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Ruth Wilson Gilmore’s politics of care ...of borders have resulted in the expansion of criminalization and lockups, while the latest Home Office policing bill will result in the criminalization of more... by Amelia Abraham
Above the Fold Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, bought, and listened to in March ...30 seconds of too many songs, until I find one that could completely change my brain chemistry and make me feel hot and smart and... by Document Editors
Above the Fold Tokens of a Type: How Levi’s AI models continue a history of human-averaging ...likely never fully replace human models for us.” The “likely” speaks volumes here: AI models are clearly the future of e-commerce, even as the future... by Patrick Crowley
Above the Fold Why is menstrual blood banned in porn? You might want to ask your credit card company ...questions on the matter. But according to its terms of service—and sex workers who have offered insight on how they are enforced— the company’s policy... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold The noirish, alternative world of ‘The Biography of X’ ...was far more complex and cruel than she’d ever imagined. There’s a noirish texture to The Biography of X, with the narrator’s research sending her... by Sammy Loren
Above the Fold Rafael Prieto meditates on the harmony between the natural and man-made ...still] achieving something meaningful. Playing with words, thoughts, emotions—being free with them, and letting things come together naturally.” Elinor: When people come to the show,... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Document takes to Montreal, uniting nightlife and fashion with Holt Renfrew Ogilvy ...connection that comes with the end of cold weather, underpinned by the promise of spring to come. The complete stream from all performers will be... by Colin Boyle
Above the Fold Why can’t sex workers find a bank? ...company tweeted upon learning that Wyre, the upstream payment processor they’d been using to process non-crypto payments, had terminated their account—allegedly because their own payment... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold flowerovlove’s scene-by-scene soundtrack to adolescent romance ...reason, and I’m finally at peace. Get to know yourself by being alone. Try things you never thought you’d do. Anything that gets you out... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Ask Liara: A sex worker’s guide to living, loving, and fucking ...feels like your appearance is one of the few aspects of work you have complete control over. I always felt hot, except for my moments... by Liara Roux
Above the Fold Sophie Thatcher finds salvation in storytelling ...Natalie in Yellowjackets, a Showtime original series that details the complex dynamics of an all-girls soccer team—and what happens when they survive a plane crash,... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold With ‘Road Less Traveled,’ Rose B. Simpson diaries the tension between ancestry and modern culture ...her car under the New Mexican sun. Left: Vital Organ: Heart, 2022 clay, twine, grout. 90 3/4 inches. Right: Conjure II, 2022 clay, grout, indigenous... by Monet Wolfe
Above the Fold The work of art in the age of algorithmic optimization ...that, because their programs are trained on millions of existing artworks available online, companies like Stability AI are stealing work from living artists. This is... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Thomas Blackshear casts new light on the canon of Western American art ...advertisement. Over the years, however, it’s come to embody the so-called Cowboy Ethos: one of respect, compassion, integrity, and a bond between man and the... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Alicia Keys and Moncler Genius capture the cool of New York ...her hometown. “New York City’s peaks represent the intersection of hard work and big dreams,” reads a statement from Moncler. “Specifically, late-’90s Manhattan—a hotbed of... by Document Journal
Above the Fold Daytripping: Ghost dance ...to live this long. HIV/AIDS ripped the heart out of the original Flicker community, and that of many now-legendary scenes in New York, like The... by McKenzie Wark
Above the Fold Age, anger, and anxiety: The doctrine of Sleaford Mods ...of the duo, Andrew Fearn, drawing parallels between stand-up and the self-hypocrisy of lyricist Jason Williamson. To be sure, their latest record UK GRIM doesn’t... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold Chase Hall mines memory, bearing witness to personal histories ...through Minnesota, Chicago, Las Vegas, Colorado, Dubai, Los Angeles, and New York in the first 20 years of my life. That nomadic experience— Ann: Why... by Ann Binlot
Above the Fold GPT-4 heralds a new era of AI-generated get-rich-quick schemes ...earn fast cash online. But the proliferation of AI-generated businesses raises new questions, not only about how we value our time, but also about the... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Antoine Harinthe snapshots a first impression of Jamaica ...he documented lovingly: careful shots of the pool-blue shoreline, dotted with lush greenery; portraits of new friends, candid and up-close; still lifes of town life... by Document Journal
Above the Fold ‘What Is Psychedelic’ details Aura Rosenberg’s appetite for impulse ...an ad selling ‘comfort stones’ and decided to make my own for the edition. My friend Mike Smith, the video and performance artist, had been... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold McKenzie Wark on raving and the infrastructure of queer life ...more antagonism than it generates,” Wark says. “New York’s had this regenerative power of people finding places to create scenes, but you wonder where that... by Jack Hjerpe
Above the Fold Ethical Capital Partners wants to make Pornhub a leader in the fight against illegal content online ...company, MindGeek, by a Canadian Private Equity firm called Ethical Capital Partner—yes, you read that right—comes as a surprise. The company’s history is a complicated... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Caroline Rose’s songs for seeking sincerity Caroline Rose is perhaps best-known for the satire present in both their music and persona, but their wit does not absolve them from sincerity. The... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold Meet CupidBot, an AI designed to automate straight men’s dating life ...bot said to get them there). CupidBot was built by a team of alleged ex-Tinder engineers, and is currently in Beta testing. When I signed... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Jessan Macatangay’s soft, scanty, sculptural world ...things that are not modest.” Morgan: Your latest collection explores themes of feminine expression, sensuality, the meshing of softness and sharpness. Can you tell me... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Microsoft lays off its ethics team despite doubling down on AI offerings ...was tasked with identifying how this new technology could be misused—and amidst a boom in generative AI tech, the company is under “immense pressure” to... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Joni’s tracklist for jumpstarting spring fever ...feel like Prince is causally flirting with you. He always gets me when he says, ‘Let me come inside… Let me come inside…’ Okay babe,... by Jack Hjerpe