Music âSurviving the Dreamâ with FIDLAR Document joined the indie rock band LAâs Balboa Recording Studio ahead of the release of their fourth album to talk about staying punk and growing...
Fashion Brioniâs La Donna explores new ground The Italian heritage house mixes embellishment and craftsmanship in its Spring / Summer collection
Art Experimental pop duo NEW YORKâs ârapstar*â 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 For Betony Vernon, eroticism is a way of life ...was the late-’90s, and at the time, the idea of using luxury materials for a sensual experience was “completely foreign” in a culture that didn’t... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Puppets and Puppets takes Cronenberg to the cafeteria Puppets and Puppets’s New York Fashion Week show was staged in a school cafeteria—or, at least, it looked that way. Models walked upon blue-checked linoleum... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Perverted Book Clubâs raunchy required reading ...light of Penn Station’s Sbarro as horny New Yorkers and unwitting passersby crowded around to listen over the sound of passing trains. New York’s past... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold From heart-racing to heart-melting, Erika Lustâs Valentineâs Day film list will evoke your fantasies ...it, two real-life kinksters portray intense moments of lust, submission, domination, pain, communication, and complicity in a story about the trust required to experiment with... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Inside Document Journal and LOEWE Perfumesâs Fashion Week soirĂŠe Friday night, in the Sky Lounge atop the newly-opened Virgin Hotel, Document Journal celebrated the start of New York Fashion Week. The party was hosted... by Document Journal Above the Fold CJ Harvey and Vivien Goldman champion the experimental stamina of David Bowie ...creating something new for the sake of doing something different; he was creating something new because it was relevant to this reflection of the world... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold Clothes for the Chronically Online: Irreverent DIY brands are carving out space in the fashion industry ...brands create community. They echo the 1970s punk era, where fans crudely cut up and reassembled clothing—a countercultural ethos that has since been replicated by... by Madeleine Connors Above the Fold Wesley Joseph shares songs that feel like cinema ...in which he moves seamlessly between the characters he embodies, from supervillain to hedonistic hero. This latest project, which launches on February 17 via Secretly... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold âWHOâS WHOâ maps out New Yorkâs cultural players, from fresh faces to old-school characters ...dedicated not just to advancing New York’s voice, but also to platforming the young pioneers who shape it on the daily. The company became an... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold How TikTokâs dark psychology trend rebranded emotional manipulation “Conceal your intentions. Always say less than necessary. Court attention. Make other people come to you. Cultivate an air of unpredictability. Don’t commit to anyone.”... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold âFACES IIâ subverts traditional forms of portraiture ...gown, broke new ground with its undertone of gay sexuality. And his scandalous 1884 portrait of ‘Madame X’ certainly challenged accepted standards. Fast forward to... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold âThis Will Not End Wellâ positions Nan Goldin as a filmmaker first ...and her unfaltering commitment to do so through finding the humanities in universal themes. In 20 texts—many of which were newly commissioned by the artist—the... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold âMr Wonderfulâ memorializes the street art of Richard Hambleton, and a culture in flux “Our relationship was artist-to-artist,” says Ronald Sosinski on Richard Hambleton, otherwise known as the “Godfather of Street Art.” The former ran an East Village gallery... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Andy Shauf doesnât play God ...sound begins to change, with discordant notes and a slowing tempo acting as harbingers of the unease to come. With this album, Shauf wanted to... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Feeld is the dating app for the next sexual revolution ...(One Penis Policies. It’s safe to assume that most readers could glean something new, from at least one of these posts.) “A lot of things... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold âImpossible Failuresâ uncovers the shared fixations of Gordon Matta-Clark and Pope.L ...resonant in their thematic parallels—guided by an unwavering fascination with decentralization, with repositioning one’s gaze toward the urban landscape whose complexities are easily erased by... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold Will transparency be enough to improve TikTokâs famously overzealous censorship policy? What do “accountants,” influencers, and sex educators have in common? They’re all worried about being banned from TikTok. It’s why, following complaints from creators about... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Cracks in the Facade: The shamefulâand foundationalâpursuit of pseudo-status online ...Sherman portrait. Some appear static, without dimension; others are compositionally awkward. Eagle-eyed viewers have clocked the visual peculiarities: “So pretty it almost looks like you... by Josh Greenblatt Above the Fold Rita Ackermann’s ‘Vertical Vanish’ is anchored in ambiguity The Hungary-born artist’s latest exhibition oscillates between abstraction and representation, with pre-drawn, half-erased scenes that peer through wild brushstrokes... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold Mayan Toledanoâs portraits rest between the authenticity and fantasy of queer Mexico City Mayan Toledano’s photographs are founded on intimacy—a component of the work of any portrait artist, to be sure, but one that can get lost in... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Deepfake porn isnât just a consent issue, itâs a labor issue ...worked up about the artificiality of AI porn, but the real problem isn’t new technology—it’s that once again, companies in Silicon Valley are exploiting the... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Marniâs Fall/Winter 2023 collection takes to Tokyo, proposing an open-ended approach to high fashion Marni’s traveling fair just hit Tokyo—the latest stop on its itinerant runway. Francesco Risso set the series in motion last September, hosting a show beneath... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold The ânon-workâ of Felix Gonzalez-Torres finds new regard at David Zwirner ...David Zwirner, New York, January 12—February 25, 2023. Courtesy of David Zwirner Gonzalez-Torres’s abstraction was a matter of survival. At the height of the AIDS... by Justin Polera Above the Fold Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, and listened to in January ...to many, it’s the best of its class in New York. You eat right off the counter (built in Japan, shipped over in pieces, reassembled... by Document Editors Above the Fold Champagne on Ice: Karen Binns muses on Fendiâs couture collection ...Couture. Surprised and excited to feel Kim’s new wave For this season’s Fendi couture collection. And Modern it was… Speaking to Kim, and Lucy From... by Karen Binns Above the Fold Julia Foxâs âmascaraâ controversy illustrates the problem with algospeak ...feel bad for you lol,” wrote Fox, apparently unaware that “mascara” is the latest word TikTok users have come up with to reference sex or... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold 15 sex workers on the joys and challenges of their line of work ...with my intuition, my understanding of human psychology, my spontaneity, imagination, and humor. What do you like about your work? The complete independence and complete... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Bad Words: In defense of the faithless ...freedom to fuck freely.” The terms “non-monogamous” and “polyamorous” smack of newness and progressiveness, but the relationships they define have always existed—for as long as... by Alexander Cheves Above the Fold Casablanca designer Charaf Tajer and Syrian activist Yusra Mardini on fashionâs unifying potential Charaf Tajer is a global force. Paris-born with Moroccan heritage, his brand Casablanca blends influences from both regions to create a new vision for luxury.... by Colin Boyle Above the Fold Ask Liara: A sex workerâs guide to living, loving, and fucking ...of me—hear me out! You’re the side of me that I always kept hidden, and that side started to come out more over the pandemic.... by Liara Roux Above the Fold Day Zero marries Mayan tradition with the sounds of modern techno ...like Day Zero. After a night of movement, in the warmth of the new day, you feel very much a part of Lazurus’s temporary community—but... by Colin Boyle Above the Fold Charting the past, present, and future of emotionally-intelligent chatbots, from ELIZA to GPT-3 ...questions to interpersonal advice, the chatbot has even passed the tests required for medical licenses and business degrees—spurring interest in new potential applications for the... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Model Diaries: Paris Menâs Fashion Week, through the lens of Yura Nakano ...when you’re off-duty? Yura: I’ll have a coffee with my friends. Document: Which three fashion world figures—dead or alive—would you host for a dinner party?... by Document Journal Above the Fold The winding path to Mac DeMarcoâs âFive Easy Hot Dogsâ The multi-instrumentalist’s latest album is lyric-free, improvised along American highways in the spirit of plein-air painting... by Ariana Mamnoon Above the Fold Daniel Arshamâs âObjects IV Life Chapter .003â embraces decay to create living garments ...with this Teenage Engineering OP-1 synthesizer a couple of months ago, and reached out on Instagram to my community, to see if somebody who was... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold âRecycling Beautyâ bestows new layers of meaning upon objects of the past ...In the Cisterna, which houses the second half of the exhibition, a small balcony invites an unusual opportunity to closely examine a one-to-one reproduction of... by Jack Hjerpe Above the Fold Hed Mayner views clothes as a second skin ...his collections today are simply more mature versions of his first few: “This latest one is a reference to the very first collection, with its... by Jordan Anderson Above the Fold KidSuper is flouting fashionâs rulebook ...I’ll start in January.’ And they were like, ‘No, you start tomorrow.’ It’s a very big company, but they operate like a small independent one;... by Jordan Anderson Above the Fold Model Diaries: Inside Paris Menâs Fashion Week with Adamu Bulus Since jump-starting his career in 2020, model Adamu Bulus has secured his place as one of the industry’s fastest-rising talents. A returning face at Louis... by Document Journal Above the Fold Backstage at Hermèsâs Winter 2023 menswear show, where metamorphosis is subtle and steady Véronique Nichanian playfully iterated on the house’s classics, while imbuing her latest collection with an air of sensuality... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Loewe embraces radical reduction for its latest menswear collection Fashion Week has come to be a competition of excess—every detail imagined in its most extravagant form. For Loewe’s latest show, creative director Jonathan Anderson... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold In Diorâs latest menswear collection, the old world meets the new ...shades of blue, and ultramodern raincoats, rain boots, and fisherman smocks. Dior’s latest menswear collection was laden with references to the past. Within that, however,... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold Issey Miyakeâs latest mens collection augments its pleated language The perfect pleats synonymous with Issey Miyake are elegant for their simplicity—for their easy grace. That sort of geometric construction served as the basis for... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold Saint Laurentâs Winter 2023 menswear show broadened the scope of modern elegance Anthony Vaccarello’s latest collection was informed by the house’s womenswear DNA, lending new context to classic codes of dress... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Grand Riverâs âKuraâ is an all-consuming embrace ...album or a piece for sound installation—is free composition. And, in the end, I’m composing an externalization of a feeling that I have. Everything that... by Megan Hullander Above the Fold For Hannah Traore, success is a communal experience ...she says, explaining that her gallery aims to offer an alternative to this common approach. “Artists should be able to choose whether they want to... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Conversations Pa Salieu is the driving force behind a new cultural narrative If art’s purpose is to chronicle life, Pa Salieu can give testament to living more than just one. Born in Slough, an industrial town 20... by Morgan Becker Above the Fold Good artists borrow, great artists steal, and AI art generators get sued ...partnership with OpenAI—the company behind viral AI chatbot ChatGPT—revealing that the firm had licensed imagery from Shutterstock to train their popular image generator DALL-E beginning... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Nation of Language is the synth-pop time machine you didnât know you needed ...comments echo this sentiment, comparing the band, which formed in 2016, to the new wave mainstays of their youth—songs that make you want to dance... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold âItâs perverseâ: Pre-show musings with Charles Jeffrey Loverboy ...pieces that one could argue demanded the air and attention of every room they entered. Each archetype represented a tier that was its own commentary... by Jordan Anderson
Above the Fold For Betony Vernon, eroticism is a way of life ...was the late-’90s, and at the time, the idea of using luxury materials for a sensual experience was “completely foreign” in a culture that didn’t... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Puppets and Puppets takes Cronenberg to the cafeteria Puppets and Puppets’s New York Fashion Week show was staged in a school cafeteria—or, at least, it looked that way. Models walked upon blue-checked linoleum... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Perverted Book Clubâs raunchy required reading ...light of Penn Station’s Sbarro as horny New Yorkers and unwitting passersby crowded around to listen over the sound of passing trains. New York’s past... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold From heart-racing to heart-melting, Erika Lustâs Valentineâs Day film list will evoke your fantasies ...it, two real-life kinksters portray intense moments of lust, submission, domination, pain, communication, and complicity in a story about the trust required to experiment with... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Inside Document Journal and LOEWE Perfumesâs Fashion Week soirĂŠe Friday night, in the Sky Lounge atop the newly-opened Virgin Hotel, Document Journal celebrated the start of New York Fashion Week. The party was hosted... by Document Journal
Above the Fold CJ Harvey and Vivien Goldman champion the experimental stamina of David Bowie ...creating something new for the sake of doing something different; he was creating something new because it was relevant to this reflection of the world... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold Clothes for the Chronically Online: Irreverent DIY brands are carving out space in the fashion industry ...brands create community. They echo the 1970s punk era, where fans crudely cut up and reassembled clothing—a countercultural ethos that has since been replicated by... by Madeleine Connors
Above the Fold Wesley Joseph shares songs that feel like cinema ...in which he moves seamlessly between the characters he embodies, from supervillain to hedonistic hero. This latest project, which launches on February 17 via Secretly... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold âWHOâS WHOâ maps out New Yorkâs cultural players, from fresh faces to old-school characters ...dedicated not just to advancing New York’s voice, but also to platforming the young pioneers who shape it on the daily. The company became an... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold How TikTokâs dark psychology trend rebranded emotional manipulation “Conceal your intentions. Always say less than necessary. Court attention. Make other people come to you. Cultivate an air of unpredictability. Don’t commit to anyone.”... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold âFACES IIâ subverts traditional forms of portraiture ...gown, broke new ground with its undertone of gay sexuality. And his scandalous 1884 portrait of ‘Madame X’ certainly challenged accepted standards. Fast forward to... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold âThis Will Not End Wellâ positions Nan Goldin as a filmmaker first ...and her unfaltering commitment to do so through finding the humanities in universal themes. In 20 texts—many of which were newly commissioned by the artist—the... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold âMr Wonderfulâ memorializes the street art of Richard Hambleton, and a culture in flux “Our relationship was artist-to-artist,” says Ronald Sosinski on Richard Hambleton, otherwise known as the “Godfather of Street Art.” The former ran an East Village gallery... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Andy Shauf doesnât play God ...sound begins to change, with discordant notes and a slowing tempo acting as harbingers of the unease to come. With this album, Shauf wanted to... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Feeld is the dating app for the next sexual revolution ...(One Penis Policies. It’s safe to assume that most readers could glean something new, from at least one of these posts.) “A lot of things... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold âImpossible Failuresâ uncovers the shared fixations of Gordon Matta-Clark and Pope.L ...resonant in their thematic parallels—guided by an unwavering fascination with decentralization, with repositioning one’s gaze toward the urban landscape whose complexities are easily erased by... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold Will transparency be enough to improve TikTokâs famously overzealous censorship policy? What do “accountants,” influencers, and sex educators have in common? They’re all worried about being banned from TikTok. It’s why, following complaints from creators about... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Cracks in the Facade: The shamefulâand foundationalâpursuit of pseudo-status online ...Sherman portrait. Some appear static, without dimension; others are compositionally awkward. Eagle-eyed viewers have clocked the visual peculiarities: “So pretty it almost looks like you... by Josh Greenblatt
Above the Fold Rita Ackermann’s ‘Vertical Vanish’ is anchored in ambiguity The Hungary-born artist’s latest exhibition oscillates between abstraction and representation, with pre-drawn, half-erased scenes that peer through wild brushstrokes... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold Mayan Toledanoâs portraits rest between the authenticity and fantasy of queer Mexico City Mayan Toledano’s photographs are founded on intimacy—a component of the work of any portrait artist, to be sure, but one that can get lost in... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Deepfake porn isnât just a consent issue, itâs a labor issue ...worked up about the artificiality of AI porn, but the real problem isn’t new technology—it’s that once again, companies in Silicon Valley are exploiting the... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Marniâs Fall/Winter 2023 collection takes to Tokyo, proposing an open-ended approach to high fashion Marni’s traveling fair just hit Tokyo—the latest stop on its itinerant runway. Francesco Risso set the series in motion last September, hosting a show beneath... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold The ânon-workâ of Felix Gonzalez-Torres finds new regard at David Zwirner ...David Zwirner, New York, January 12—February 25, 2023. Courtesy of David Zwirner Gonzalez-Torres’s abstraction was a matter of survival. At the height of the AIDS... by Justin Polera
Above the Fold Bookmarked: Everything the Document editors watched, read, ate, and listened to in January ...to many, it’s the best of its class in New York. You eat right off the counter (built in Japan, shipped over in pieces, reassembled... by Document Editors
Above the Fold Champagne on Ice: Karen Binns muses on Fendiâs couture collection ...Couture. Surprised and excited to feel Kim’s new wave For this season’s Fendi couture collection. And Modern it was… Speaking to Kim, and Lucy From... by Karen Binns
Above the Fold Julia Foxâs âmascaraâ controversy illustrates the problem with algospeak ...feel bad for you lol,” wrote Fox, apparently unaware that “mascara” is the latest word TikTok users have come up with to reference sex or... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold 15 sex workers on the joys and challenges of their line of work ...with my intuition, my understanding of human psychology, my spontaneity, imagination, and humor. What do you like about your work? The complete independence and complete... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Bad Words: In defense of the faithless ...freedom to fuck freely.” The terms “non-monogamous” and “polyamorous” smack of newness and progressiveness, but the relationships they define have always existed—for as long as... by Alexander Cheves
Above the Fold Casablanca designer Charaf Tajer and Syrian activist Yusra Mardini on fashionâs unifying potential Charaf Tajer is a global force. Paris-born with Moroccan heritage, his brand Casablanca blends influences from both regions to create a new vision for luxury.... by Colin Boyle
Above the Fold Ask Liara: A sex workerâs guide to living, loving, and fucking ...of me—hear me out! You’re the side of me that I always kept hidden, and that side started to come out more over the pandemic.... by Liara Roux
Above the Fold Day Zero marries Mayan tradition with the sounds of modern techno ...like Day Zero. After a night of movement, in the warmth of the new day, you feel very much a part of Lazurus’s temporary community—but... by Colin Boyle
Above the Fold Charting the past, present, and future of emotionally-intelligent chatbots, from ELIZA to GPT-3 ...questions to interpersonal advice, the chatbot has even passed the tests required for medical licenses and business degrees—spurring interest in new potential applications for the... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Model Diaries: Paris Menâs Fashion Week, through the lens of Yura Nakano ...when you’re off-duty? Yura: I’ll have a coffee with my friends. Document: Which three fashion world figures—dead or alive—would you host for a dinner party?... by Document Journal
Above the Fold The winding path to Mac DeMarcoâs âFive Easy Hot Dogsâ The multi-instrumentalist’s latest album is lyric-free, improvised along American highways in the spirit of plein-air painting... by Ariana Mamnoon
Above the Fold Daniel Arshamâs âObjects IV Life Chapter .003â embraces decay to create living garments ...with this Teenage Engineering OP-1 synthesizer a couple of months ago, and reached out on Instagram to my community, to see if somebody who was... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold âRecycling Beautyâ bestows new layers of meaning upon objects of the past ...In the Cisterna, which houses the second half of the exhibition, a small balcony invites an unusual opportunity to closely examine a one-to-one reproduction of... by Jack Hjerpe
Above the Fold Hed Mayner views clothes as a second skin ...his collections today are simply more mature versions of his first few: “This latest one is a reference to the very first collection, with its... by Jordan Anderson
Above the Fold KidSuper is flouting fashionâs rulebook ...I’ll start in January.’ And they were like, ‘No, you start tomorrow.’ It’s a very big company, but they operate like a small independent one;... by Jordan Anderson
Above the Fold Model Diaries: Inside Paris Menâs Fashion Week with Adamu Bulus Since jump-starting his career in 2020, model Adamu Bulus has secured his place as one of the industry’s fastest-rising talents. A returning face at Louis... by Document Journal
Above the Fold Backstage at Hermèsâs Winter 2023 menswear show, where metamorphosis is subtle and steady Véronique Nichanian playfully iterated on the house’s classics, while imbuing her latest collection with an air of sensuality... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Loewe embraces radical reduction for its latest menswear collection Fashion Week has come to be a competition of excess—every detail imagined in its most extravagant form. For Loewe’s latest show, creative director Jonathan Anderson... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold In Diorâs latest menswear collection, the old world meets the new ...shades of blue, and ultramodern raincoats, rain boots, and fisherman smocks. Dior’s latest menswear collection was laden with references to the past. Within that, however,... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold Issey Miyakeâs latest mens collection augments its pleated language The perfect pleats synonymous with Issey Miyake are elegant for their simplicity—for their easy grace. That sort of geometric construction served as the basis for... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold Saint Laurentâs Winter 2023 menswear show broadened the scope of modern elegance Anthony Vaccarello’s latest collection was informed by the house’s womenswear DNA, lending new context to classic codes of dress... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Grand Riverâs âKuraâ is an all-consuming embrace ...album or a piece for sound installation—is free composition. And, in the end, I’m composing an externalization of a feeling that I have. Everything that... by Megan Hullander
Above the Fold For Hannah Traore, success is a communal experience ...she says, explaining that her gallery aims to offer an alternative to this common approach. “Artists should be able to choose whether they want to... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Conversations Pa Salieu is the driving force behind a new cultural narrative If art’s purpose is to chronicle life, Pa Salieu can give testament to living more than just one. Born in Slough, an industrial town 20... by Morgan Becker
Above the Fold Good artists borrow, great artists steal, and AI art generators get sued ...partnership with OpenAI—the company behind viral AI chatbot ChatGPT—revealing that the firm had licensed imagery from Shutterstock to train their popular image generator DALL-E beginning... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Nation of Language is the synth-pop time machine you didnât know you needed ...comments echo this sentiment, comparing the band, which formed in 2016, to the new wave mainstays of their youth—songs that make you want to dance... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold âItâs perverseâ: Pre-show musings with Charles Jeffrey Loverboy ...pieces that one could argue demanded the air and attention of every room they entered. Each archetype represented a tier that was its own commentary... by Jordan Anderson