Brioni’s La Donna explores new ground The Italian heritage house mixes embellishment and craftsmanship in its Spring / Summer collection
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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
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At Large Techno-futurists are selling an interplanetary paradise for the posthuman generation—they just forgot about the rest of us As legend has it, Steve Jobs once asked Larry Kenyon, an engineer tasked with developing the Mac computer, to reduce its boot time by 10... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Kristen Wentrcek and Andrew Zebulon find inspiration at the DMV ...Drew: Do you make prototypes? Are you doing a lot of material testing? Kristen: Tons of testing. I think that’s the best part. Drew: What’s... by Drew Zeiba Above the Fold Lucila Safdie takes a blogger-era approach to the modern woman ...her latest collection i desire the things that will destroy me the end, a pair of grandma wallpaper-style floral print leggings with ruffles on the... by Maya Kotomori Above the Fold Mara Mckevitt’s cult of persona ...a character named Sophia. As Mara and Sophia provide companion services, which allow Mckevitt the financial windfall to fund Val, the narrator questions the blurry... by Whitney Mallett Above the Fold Gab Bois’s second drop with ‘Canapés’ is a citrusy welcome to spring The artist’s latest release from her ready-to-wear collection features a deceptively real clementine heel, drawing on the fruit’s multitude of meanings... by Will Allstetter Conversations Bill T. Jones and Hank Willis Thomas reanimate creative freedom ...is known to have said, ‘Dancers are acrobats of god.’ Art should be free of capitalist principles. Art should be free of all hierarchies of... by Maya Kotomori Above the Fold Charlotte Day Wilson’s shades of blue ...thing where I would go into my own space and come out fully developed. Now, I’ve learned that I just have to work with people... by Sabina Latifovic Above the Fold Guerreiro do Divino Amor builds a Helvetian Olympus at the 60th Venice Biennale ...hide in a superior civilization, right? Seven decades later, the Swiss-Brazilian artist Guerreiro do Divino Amor drags the subtle superiority complex of the Swiss vernacular... by Alice Bucknell Above the Fold Inside BoND, the New York architecture and interiors office reshaping the art world and beyond ...us, and we keep talking about projects and sometimes sit and sketch together. That’s when some of the best ideas come. Noam: I want to... by Eric Schwartau Above the Fold Silence sizzles in ‘Tiptoeing Through the Kitchen’, Luhring Augustine’s latest group show After midnight, when the streets are empty and the houses dark, even the softest of rustles can seem unbearably intense. That is the feeling conveyed... by Minh Le At Large Inside the secret libidinal archive of George Platt Lynes ...he was later with photographers. What was sad to me was that he never actually was able to see his legacy come to fruition. I... by Nick Vogelson Above the Fold Taking care with the weird, wild, and political literatures of Hard to Read ...of communist analysis of the limits of what we think of as community. Pilar Maschi: I have been an organizer around prison-industrial complex abolition for... by Hard to Read Above the Fold Club Document: Celebrating SS24 with Erykah Badu, Michèle Lamy, and Editor-in-Chief Nick Vogelson ...restaurant Jean’s. The guestlist boasted the best and brightest from the creative world, including Daniel Roseberry, Francisco Risso, Jason Wu, Ludovic de Saint Sernin, Mia... by Document Journal At Large Confronting emerging mythologies from the striptease to gang wars to ‘The Sims’ ...community of creators making “mods” (as they’re commonly known in the community) for it: Mods can enhance and distort the software so heavily that it... by Document Journal At Large Second Life’s loyal users embrace its decaying software and no-fun imperfections ...cites fond (if hazy) memories of tripping with total strangers at Burning Man as another inspiration. Linden Lab, Rosedale’s company, has adamantly maintained that Second... by Alice Bucknell At Large The sincere glamor of Candy Darling New York is full of divas. But despite their popularity, divas don’t always get their critical due. Some legends’ reputations overshadow their own talent. Candy... by Grace Byron Conversations Jacques Vallée and Jeffrey J. Kripal challenge the limits of knowledge ...to communicate with dead people. All the things that parapsychology has been talking about could become more common. I think AI could free us from... by Drew Zeiba Above the Fold Artist Julia Weist’s latest exhibition gives audiences the vantage of a private investigator ...the commons. Now, we know those resources have been increasingly privatized by corporations. For example, who is controlling the water supply? I think it’s an... by Nick Vogelson Conversations Clarissa Dalrymple and David Velasco imagine an art world built on human connection ...come on! People are not legends. That’s silly. I mean, the awful thing is I look at it and I think, I honestly know I... by David Velasco Conversations Maya Hawke and Kim Gordon dissect the poetics of commerce ...’50s actress’s body. Suddenly, she’s watching a version of herself on TV, lipsticked and paranoid-looking, clutching her head before leaving the many screens blank. In... by Maya Kotomori Conversations Viggo Mortensen and Ron Howard see storytelling as an act of collaboration ...(2007), he’s a menacing yet enigmatic fixer with ties to London’s most dangerous crime family. However, he’s driven by a mysterious moral compass his compatriots... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Conversations Erykah Badu and Michèle Lamy summon the spirit of the future ...had five questions in my mind, and they’re very simple questions. Michèle: Tell me. Erykah: Okay, who is the cutest rapper in hip hop to... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Conversations The eternal dreams of Jean Paul Gaultier and Simone Rocha ...need a more compelling raison d’être. The year following his retirement from design in 2020, the now 72-year-old Jean Paul Gaultier focused his energy on... by Katharine K. Zarrella Conversations Isabelle Huppert and Bruce LaBruce capture the profound power of deviance ...great mystery. “I think a lot of your characters are quite romantic,” says Bruce LaBruce, who’s similarly made a career teasing out the philosophical complexities... by Whitney Mallett Above the Fold ‘Like Love’ guides readers through years of Maggie Nelson’s thoughtful work The autotheorist’s latest book is a best-of collection of essays equal parts academic and personal... by Will Allstetter Above the Fold Danielle Mckinney’s portraits of glamor ...loneliness. When alone, though, they withdraw into their psyche, coming face-to-face with latent fears and anxieties—of what? It hardly matters. The real point lies between... by Minh Le Above the Fold ESSX evolves the New York retail landscape ...genderless way, even when the brands present them as menswear or womenswear in their own store or website. Fifi Hodgkinson: Sometimes customers come in and... by Colin Boyle Above the Fold Charting a course through Wim Wenders’s filmography ...of a Wim Wenders film could stand alone as a still image. His optimistic eye has a knack for finding the sublime in the banal.... by Anabel Gullo Above the Fold Aïsha Devi lives in the fifth dimension ...something back to people. Becoming the goddess is the realization that you are the egoless self creator.” I’m somewhat thankful to be communicating via a... by Maya Kotomori Above the Fold During Salone del Mobile, Zegna debuts ‘Born in Oasi,’ a book dedicated to the brand’s historied relationship to nature ...documents from the brand’s century-long history. Quite fittingly, the volume is even composed of paper derived from recycled components of fabrics from past collections, showing... by Colin Boyle Above the Fold Nicole Coson’s ‘In Passing’ reveals the interior lives of shipping crates On view in Chelsea, the Filipino-born, London-based artist’s latest solo show gives utilitarian objects a new meaning... by Minh Le Above the Fold In Jennifer Croft’s ‘The Extinction of Irena Rey,’ literature is alive—even dangerous ...the task so often misunderstood and invisibilized. The Extinction of Irena Rey complects and complicates the relationships between translation and border politics, art and nature,... by Drew Zeiba Above the Fold Scarlett Johansson delivers Shakespearian lines in the latest campaign for the Prada Galleria handbag ...sophistication is matched only by her sheer no-fuss watchability. Just as Johansson contains multitudes, so does the handbag, composed of over 80 separate pieces hand-fabricated... by Elroy Rosenberg Above the Fold Announcing Katharine Zarrella, Document Journal’s Fashion Critic-at-Large ...met my best friend there. I met my mentor there. I started freelancing for a vintage shop. When I got back to New York, the... by Maya Kotomori Above the Fold Inside ‘Paradigm,’ the digital publication you have to smell to believe ...and fashion—hosted its creators and their friends at the Roxy Hotel’s namesake cinema for a Monday night viewing of their latest issue, best described as... by Nicolaia Rips Above the Fold Remembering Richard Serra ...(Hammons pisses on it). Comprising three 72-ton corten plates, Serra’s sculpture was the ultimate competitor, like Mike Tyson, a man with contradictions and complexities, the... by Isaiah Davis Above the Fold Pleasure-seeking: In pursuit of the real ...to attend, I’m on the fence. Nevertheless, I dutifully complete the application process for—photos, interview, and all—qualifying me for free entry to the “world’s most... by Camille Sojit Pejcha Above the Fold Christeene channels Sinéad O’Connor in ‘The Lion, The Witch, and The Cobra’ ...and gestural language. The free-associative talking is a palate cleanser. There are regular outfit changes. There are two backup dancers who come out periodically to... by FT Above the Fold ‘Seeing Meaning’ in the wake of AI ...practice, Chao’s argument became clearer: at their best, when images and language come into contact, they are disruptive forces. JJJJJerome Ellis, another speaker, manipulates typography... by Will Allstetter Above the Fold The Shoptimist: the olfactory side of high fashion ...luxury from the perspective of the bespoke, rather than the heritage of a fashion house. Take Le Labo, for example, whose mysteriously numbered signature scents... by Maya Kotomori Above the Fold Lucia De Vito’s contemporary take on Fabiana Filippi ...is very important to the company which has always paid special attention to natural, organic, upcycled, and certified yarns. Commitment to environmental responsibility is something... by Will Allstetter Above the Fold Watch ‘Composition Master Class: Trapanese,’ from the Balenciaga Music Series Tune into the livestream starting at 4pm for the latest installment of Balenciaga’s tribute programming to the late Mulholland Drive composer Angelo Badalamenti. In collaboration... by Document Journal Above the Fold Drazzit’s playlist to call forth the night muse ...on Anetha’s own label Mama Told Ya—I’ve featured it in my latest sets and mixes. Mothearth, culminating Anetha’s decade-long journey in the music industry, marks... by Elroy Rosenberg Above the Fold ‘Copy Machine Manifestos: Artists Who Make Zines’ memorializes a forgotten archive ...neither of our conditions. Before the internet completely transformed how things are commodified and distributed, zines were made by and for a particular subculture or... by FT Above the Fold Cooper Brovenick’s diagnosis for the new age The art adviser-slash-curator challenges time and the solo-show-industrial complex in his latest show, ‘A Modern Disease—like jetlag’... by Maya Kotomori Above the Fold ‘No Judgment’ with Lauren Oyler ...extolls the pace of the city, where hanging out and wasting time comes naturally. “For a writer, anything that makes you more curious is great.... by Madeleine Connors Above the Fold Meritxell de Soto’s favorite songs to sweat to ...world, movement and music are inextricably linked. On the floor, this shared physical experience fosters the best kind of rhythmic community. With a residency at... by Will Allstetter Above the Fold Into the dungeon with Simon Denny ...world, called Dark Forest. Then I put this beautiful early Dungeons and Dragons computer labyrinth game from 1980 superimposed on top of it. I like... by Drew Zeiba Above the Fold Inside Performance Space New York’s ‘Divine Disco’ ...party, and which turned into a guest-list-free afterparty with sounds by Alima Lee, Tigga Calore, and Christian Tokyo going late late. But don’t take our... by Document Journal Above the Fold The fearless thrills of Jimmy Wright and Christopher Culver The 12 drawings on display at Diana reek of testosterone. Here are horned-up men who want nothing but to surrender themselves to each other’s mouths... by Minh Le
At Large Techno-futurists are selling an interplanetary paradise for the posthuman generation—they just forgot about the rest of us As legend has it, Steve Jobs once asked Larry Kenyon, an engineer tasked with developing the Mac computer, to reduce its boot time by 10... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Kristen Wentrcek and Andrew Zebulon find inspiration at the DMV ...Drew: Do you make prototypes? Are you doing a lot of material testing? Kristen: Tons of testing. I think that’s the best part. Drew: What’s... by Drew Zeiba
Above the Fold Lucila Safdie takes a blogger-era approach to the modern woman ...her latest collection i desire the things that will destroy me the end, a pair of grandma wallpaper-style floral print leggings with ruffles on the... by Maya Kotomori
Above the Fold Mara Mckevitt’s cult of persona ...a character named Sophia. As Mara and Sophia provide companion services, which allow Mckevitt the financial windfall to fund Val, the narrator questions the blurry... by Whitney Mallett
Above the Fold Gab Bois’s second drop with ‘Canapés’ is a citrusy welcome to spring The artist’s latest release from her ready-to-wear collection features a deceptively real clementine heel, drawing on the fruit’s multitude of meanings... by Will Allstetter
Conversations Bill T. Jones and Hank Willis Thomas reanimate creative freedom ...is known to have said, ‘Dancers are acrobats of god.’ Art should be free of capitalist principles. Art should be free of all hierarchies of... by Maya Kotomori
Above the Fold Charlotte Day Wilson’s shades of blue ...thing where I would go into my own space and come out fully developed. Now, I’ve learned that I just have to work with people... by Sabina Latifovic
Above the Fold Guerreiro do Divino Amor builds a Helvetian Olympus at the 60th Venice Biennale ...hide in a superior civilization, right? Seven decades later, the Swiss-Brazilian artist Guerreiro do Divino Amor drags the subtle superiority complex of the Swiss vernacular... by Alice Bucknell
Above the Fold Inside BoND, the New York architecture and interiors office reshaping the art world and beyond ...us, and we keep talking about projects and sometimes sit and sketch together. That’s when some of the best ideas come. Noam: I want to... by Eric Schwartau
Above the Fold Silence sizzles in ‘Tiptoeing Through the Kitchen’, Luhring Augustine’s latest group show After midnight, when the streets are empty and the houses dark, even the softest of rustles can seem unbearably intense. That is the feeling conveyed... by Minh Le
At Large Inside the secret libidinal archive of George Platt Lynes ...he was later with photographers. What was sad to me was that he never actually was able to see his legacy come to fruition. I... by Nick Vogelson
Above the Fold Taking care with the weird, wild, and political literatures of Hard to Read ...of communist analysis of the limits of what we think of as community. Pilar Maschi: I have been an organizer around prison-industrial complex abolition for... by Hard to Read
Above the Fold Club Document: Celebrating SS24 with Erykah Badu, Michèle Lamy, and Editor-in-Chief Nick Vogelson ...restaurant Jean’s. The guestlist boasted the best and brightest from the creative world, including Daniel Roseberry, Francisco Risso, Jason Wu, Ludovic de Saint Sernin, Mia... by Document Journal
At Large Confronting emerging mythologies from the striptease to gang wars to ‘The Sims’ ...community of creators making “mods” (as they’re commonly known in the community) for it: Mods can enhance and distort the software so heavily that it... by Document Journal
At Large Second Life’s loyal users embrace its decaying software and no-fun imperfections ...cites fond (if hazy) memories of tripping with total strangers at Burning Man as another inspiration. Linden Lab, Rosedale’s company, has adamantly maintained that Second... by Alice Bucknell
At Large The sincere glamor of Candy Darling New York is full of divas. But despite their popularity, divas don’t always get their critical due. Some legends’ reputations overshadow their own talent. Candy... by Grace Byron
Conversations Jacques Vallée and Jeffrey J. Kripal challenge the limits of knowledge ...to communicate with dead people. All the things that parapsychology has been talking about could become more common. I think AI could free us from... by Drew Zeiba
Above the Fold Artist Julia Weist’s latest exhibition gives audiences the vantage of a private investigator ...the commons. Now, we know those resources have been increasingly privatized by corporations. For example, who is controlling the water supply? I think it’s an... by Nick Vogelson
Conversations Clarissa Dalrymple and David Velasco imagine an art world built on human connection ...come on! People are not legends. That’s silly. I mean, the awful thing is I look at it and I think, I honestly know I... by David Velasco
Conversations Maya Hawke and Kim Gordon dissect the poetics of commerce ...’50s actress’s body. Suddenly, she’s watching a version of herself on TV, lipsticked and paranoid-looking, clutching her head before leaving the many screens blank. In... by Maya Kotomori
Conversations Viggo Mortensen and Ron Howard see storytelling as an act of collaboration ...(2007), he’s a menacing yet enigmatic fixer with ties to London’s most dangerous crime family. However, he’s driven by a mysterious moral compass his compatriots... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Conversations Erykah Badu and Michèle Lamy summon the spirit of the future ...had five questions in my mind, and they’re very simple questions. Michèle: Tell me. Erykah: Okay, who is the cutest rapper in hip hop to... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Conversations The eternal dreams of Jean Paul Gaultier and Simone Rocha ...need a more compelling raison d’être. The year following his retirement from design in 2020, the now 72-year-old Jean Paul Gaultier focused his energy on... by Katharine K. Zarrella
Conversations Isabelle Huppert and Bruce LaBruce capture the profound power of deviance ...great mystery. “I think a lot of your characters are quite romantic,” says Bruce LaBruce, who’s similarly made a career teasing out the philosophical complexities... by Whitney Mallett
Above the Fold ‘Like Love’ guides readers through years of Maggie Nelson’s thoughtful work The autotheorist’s latest book is a best-of collection of essays equal parts academic and personal... by Will Allstetter
Above the Fold Danielle Mckinney’s portraits of glamor ...loneliness. When alone, though, they withdraw into their psyche, coming face-to-face with latent fears and anxieties—of what? It hardly matters. The real point lies between... by Minh Le
Above the Fold ESSX evolves the New York retail landscape ...genderless way, even when the brands present them as menswear or womenswear in their own store or website. Fifi Hodgkinson: Sometimes customers come in and... by Colin Boyle
Above the Fold Charting a course through Wim Wenders’s filmography ...of a Wim Wenders film could stand alone as a still image. His optimistic eye has a knack for finding the sublime in the banal.... by Anabel Gullo
Above the Fold Aïsha Devi lives in the fifth dimension ...something back to people. Becoming the goddess is the realization that you are the egoless self creator.” I’m somewhat thankful to be communicating via a... by Maya Kotomori
Above the Fold During Salone del Mobile, Zegna debuts ‘Born in Oasi,’ a book dedicated to the brand’s historied relationship to nature ...documents from the brand’s century-long history. Quite fittingly, the volume is even composed of paper derived from recycled components of fabrics from past collections, showing... by Colin Boyle
Above the Fold Nicole Coson’s ‘In Passing’ reveals the interior lives of shipping crates On view in Chelsea, the Filipino-born, London-based artist’s latest solo show gives utilitarian objects a new meaning... by Minh Le
Above the Fold In Jennifer Croft’s ‘The Extinction of Irena Rey,’ literature is alive—even dangerous ...the task so often misunderstood and invisibilized. The Extinction of Irena Rey complects and complicates the relationships between translation and border politics, art and nature,... by Drew Zeiba
Above the Fold Scarlett Johansson delivers Shakespearian lines in the latest campaign for the Prada Galleria handbag ...sophistication is matched only by her sheer no-fuss watchability. Just as Johansson contains multitudes, so does the handbag, composed of over 80 separate pieces hand-fabricated... by Elroy Rosenberg
Above the Fold Announcing Katharine Zarrella, Document Journal’s Fashion Critic-at-Large ...met my best friend there. I met my mentor there. I started freelancing for a vintage shop. When I got back to New York, the... by Maya Kotomori
Above the Fold Inside ‘Paradigm,’ the digital publication you have to smell to believe ...and fashion—hosted its creators and their friends at the Roxy Hotel’s namesake cinema for a Monday night viewing of their latest issue, best described as... by Nicolaia Rips
Above the Fold Remembering Richard Serra ...(Hammons pisses on it). Comprising three 72-ton corten plates, Serra’s sculpture was the ultimate competitor, like Mike Tyson, a man with contradictions and complexities, the... by Isaiah Davis
Above the Fold Pleasure-seeking: In pursuit of the real ...to attend, I’m on the fence. Nevertheless, I dutifully complete the application process for—photos, interview, and all—qualifying me for free entry to the “world’s most... by Camille Sojit Pejcha
Above the Fold Christeene channels Sinéad O’Connor in ‘The Lion, The Witch, and The Cobra’ ...and gestural language. The free-associative talking is a palate cleanser. There are regular outfit changes. There are two backup dancers who come out periodically to... by FT
Above the Fold ‘Seeing Meaning’ in the wake of AI ...practice, Chao’s argument became clearer: at their best, when images and language come into contact, they are disruptive forces. JJJJJerome Ellis, another speaker, manipulates typography... by Will Allstetter
Above the Fold The Shoptimist: the olfactory side of high fashion ...luxury from the perspective of the bespoke, rather than the heritage of a fashion house. Take Le Labo, for example, whose mysteriously numbered signature scents... by Maya Kotomori
Above the Fold Lucia De Vito’s contemporary take on Fabiana Filippi ...is very important to the company which has always paid special attention to natural, organic, upcycled, and certified yarns. Commitment to environmental responsibility is something... by Will Allstetter
Above the Fold Watch ‘Composition Master Class: Trapanese,’ from the Balenciaga Music Series Tune into the livestream starting at 4pm for the latest installment of Balenciaga’s tribute programming to the late Mulholland Drive composer Angelo Badalamenti. In collaboration... by Document Journal
Above the Fold Drazzit’s playlist to call forth the night muse ...on Anetha’s own label Mama Told Ya—I’ve featured it in my latest sets and mixes. Mothearth, culminating Anetha’s decade-long journey in the music industry, marks... by Elroy Rosenberg
Above the Fold ‘Copy Machine Manifestos: Artists Who Make Zines’ memorializes a forgotten archive ...neither of our conditions. Before the internet completely transformed how things are commodified and distributed, zines were made by and for a particular subculture or... by FT
Above the Fold Cooper Brovenick’s diagnosis for the new age The art adviser-slash-curator challenges time and the solo-show-industrial complex in his latest show, ‘A Modern Disease—like jetlag’... by Maya Kotomori
Above the Fold ‘No Judgment’ with Lauren Oyler ...extolls the pace of the city, where hanging out and wasting time comes naturally. “For a writer, anything that makes you more curious is great.... by Madeleine Connors
Above the Fold Meritxell de Soto’s favorite songs to sweat to ...world, movement and music are inextricably linked. On the floor, this shared physical experience fosters the best kind of rhythmic community. With a residency at... by Will Allstetter
Above the Fold Into the dungeon with Simon Denny ...world, called Dark Forest. Then I put this beautiful early Dungeons and Dragons computer labyrinth game from 1980 superimposed on top of it. I like... by Drew Zeiba
Above the Fold Inside Performance Space New York’s ‘Divine Disco’ ...party, and which turned into a guest-list-free afterparty with sounds by Alima Lee, Tigga Calore, and Christian Tokyo going late late. But don’t take our... by Document Journal
Above the Fold The fearless thrills of Jimmy Wright and Christopher Culver The 12 drawings on display at Diana reek of testosterone. Here are horned-up men who want nothing but to surrender themselves to each other’s mouths... by Minh Le