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Above the Fold Yannis Davy Guibinga exposes the imperialist roots of photography in Africa ...out, that the tide began to turn and the African Independence Movement was born. During the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s, dozens of African nations freed... by Miss Rosen Above the Fold ‘Techno has always been about imagination’—Carl Craig still forges sounds from a future world ...all automated. Computers have become an everyday thing—you know, I’m using a computer right now to talk to you on my phone, a little ass... by Hannah Ongley Above the Fold Fighting words: Denzel Curry on the productive power of the rap battle ...freestyle or write. I can’t think of something right now, I’m gonna try to freestyle it. If I ain’t thinking of nothing, I just leave... by David Aaron Brake Above the Fold Rachel Sennott’s guide to getting a Corona Boyfriend ...will be able to have sex, talk to someone, be held, kiss each other on the mouth, etc. It seems like having a boyfriend is... by Rachel Sennott Above the Fold Watching ‘Nunsploitation’ films in the age of anxiety and isolation ...the same name and follows Suzanne, the illegitimate daughter of a wealthy family, who is forced to become a nun without a husband or inheritance.... by Tia Glista Above the Fold Glory Hole, a documentary project honoring America’s counterculture legends ...friends and collaborators—as long as they are Bunny-approved. https://vimeo.com/359687169 Caroline Reagan: How did the idea for Glory Hole come about? Was it through Bunny? Hunter... by Caroline Reagan Above the Fold Ebru Yildiz captures the women making sure live music will never die ...chance to be recognized for her work within the musical community. TV EYE—opened by Caleb Braaten among other trusted names in New York Nightlife—was already... by Julia Cumming Above the Fold Haunted mansions, homoerotic art: Rick Castro’s guide to self-isolating online ...tour of Tom of Finland’s first UK exhibition, Love & Liberation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fuIDpJqny8 Nicola Bonandrini DJ sets Living in Brescia—which has the second-highest concentration of plague... by Rick Castro Above the Fold Meet Dope Saint Jude, a rapper giving voice to our collective outrage ...emcee is as captivating as she is playful, leading the audience in spontaneous free-styled chants before silencing her band to deliver a rap completely solo.... by Tasneem Jacobs Above the Fold Art from isolation: 9 photographers share a microcosm of their immediate world ...the theme of isolation. Is it literal interpretation, abstract idea, something completely random? Why did you choose to do this? Marcus: I consider the submitted... by Document Journal Above the Fold A night out with MODEL/ACTRIZ, the noise band keeping DIY weird ...(my best friend of 23 years), and my friend Jordan. Garrett and Jordan are photographers, and also significant others who like to shoot together. I... by Steele Kratt Above the Fold Hard times and heartbreak: Swamp Dogg articulates America’s collective pain through country music ...songwriter, producer, and singer is best known for his R&B and soul recordings, especially the idiosyncratic psychedelic 1970 classic Total Destruction To Your Mind. But... by Noah Berlatsky Above the Fold Life lessons from a former dominatrix ...back, he discovered he missed it, he needed it — the transcendence from reality. That ritualized reenactment was the only moment when he felt free.... by Miss Rosen Above the Fold Look inside ‘0-9,’ the radically experimental magazine that broke all the rules of language ...in issue four. A series of circular questions and answers are posed that vary only minutely—the product of scrambling words from the original set. Her... by Caroline Reagan Above the Fold 5 things to do on the internet this week, from DJ streams to voguing lessons ...on Boiler Room’s YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1_Knnpo_Ds The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye The melancholy hanging over last weekend was compounded by news that Genesis P-Orridge... by Hannah Ongley Above the Fold Ja’Tovia Gary’s radical Black feminist filmmaking ...America, exploring joy, love, and fear with equal amounts of care and consideration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH5ZE3N8cxU The Giverny Suite began as Giverny I (Négresse Impériale), a six-minute... by Madeleine Seidel Above the Fold A walking tour of Shoreditch with Dr Noki, London’s original king of DIY ...Squad’s, released via MatchesFashion.com in June. Leading a survey of Shoreditch, Dr Noki talks us through his very specific approach to art and fashion, capturing... by Jordan Levy Above the Fold Soko dares you to feel your feelings ...songs of chorus-dressed, understated instrumentals, with catchy top-lines evocative of that stately french crooning the world has come to love. Shortly after the completion of... by Steele Kratt Above the Fold Christine and the Queens’s visual album is a journey of self-discovery and reinvention ...cuts through them, creating a complex portrait of an artist whose identity and genre cannot be labeled or contained. “Dazed from the morning sun with... by Matilda Douglas-Henry Above the Fold Intimate portraits of Downtown’s biggest stars, away from all the glamour ...commanded up to seven figures. Montgomery Barron recalls the memories of photographing each of these now-legendary artists. Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1984, New York Bruno Bischofberger wanted... by Ann Binlot Above the Fold Searching for cyber-utopia in music made by robots ...of rapidly agitated bees. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4sROgbaeOs How exactly human composition fits together with the computer brain on these performances is unclear. That’s part of the fun.... by Noah Berlatsky Above the Fold The Wildman’s guide to the culinary delights of Prospect Park ...them fall when you’re collecting them. Especially if you’re Catholic. Since you’re not supposed to spill your seed.” Common Dandelion Common Dandelion Wildman: “Very delicious,... by Kedar Berntson Fashion Portfolio Paula Knorr, the designer normalizing everyday high glamour ...be for dressing feminine. What I’m trying to do with the label is keep the glamour but making it comfortable. The wearer should be able... by Hannah Miller Above the Fold Larry Tse’s guide to organic farming in the Hudson Valley ...Document—Best place to find antiques? Best farmers’ market? Larry—Best farmers’ market in town is on my friend Guy Jones’—which is a great name—place called Blooming... by Maraya Fisher Above the Fold The Blossom’s latest music video explores how precious and haunted our bedrooms actually are ...like a communicator for me, she was my voice. We just sat on my bedroom floor experimenting with a bunch of stuff and laughing. We... by Jordan Levy Above the Fold Gospel, postmodern thrifting, and leather daddies: Inside the world of the Black Lips ...out your 45 and you just go tour on it. You saw the major label thing die down, and now it’s almost come back. I... by David Aaron Brake Above the Fold Drew Sawyer reflects on art history in the Hudson Valley ...in the 19th century. Document—How does your sense of community differ from when you live in a city? Drew—It has felt a lot easier to... by Ann Binlot Above the Fold Michele Saunders on the differences between the rhythm of big-city life and small-town pace ...the ‘new’ locals hale from Brooklyn.” Over the years, Saunders has watched these Brooklynites move to Catskill eager for a subway-free, rat-less life of painting... by Maraya Fisher Above the Fold Kinderhook Farm advocates for sustainability and community in the Hudson Valley Discover the full Birkenstock 1774 collaboration series here. On Kinderhook Farm, co-run by Lee Ranney and his wife Georgia, livestock freely roam about 1,000 acres... by Clara Malley Above the Fold Artist Frank Holliday wants to trigger you Frank Holliday’s latest exhibit SEE/SAW, currently on view at the Mucciaccia Gallery in New York, is the culmination of the artist’s exploratory works of visual... by Hannah Miller Above the Fold The DIY magic of Art-Rite, the magazine that redefined the 1970s art scene “Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one,” A.J. Liebling famously wrote in his 1960 essay titled “The Wayward Press: Do... by Miss Rosen Above the Fold Julie Blackmon on her photo ‘Fake Weather’ ...90 gallons of fake snow. I also bought one of those Olan Mill backdrops of a winter scene. I brought the backdrop outside to do... by Julie Blackmon Above the Fold Sam Fayed’s absurdist deep-fakes turn estate photography into art “We live in a weird time.” This sentiment is perhaps the best distillment of Sam Fayed’s work. When the artist spoke with Document, the words... by Caroline Reagan Above the Fold Colette founder Sarah Andelman finds sanctuary in tie-dye, nature-filled Woodstock ...the top of a hike; that deer are not as magical as they look. Document—Describe your upstate community. Sarah—Colorful, musical, happy, free. Document—Where are you... by Hannah Ongley Above the Fold Watch sacai deconstruct all expectations of womenswear ...sacai prioritized wearability without compromising the essence of luxury. By presenting elegant garment designs against an industrial venue, the two-decade old Japanese cult brand challenged... by Rachel Cheung Above the Fold Terry and Tricia Jones, the iconoclastic duo behind ‘i-D’ magazine, find salvation in Upstate New York ...at their house or the kids come round here and play. Seeing friends in the evening, as well, you know, people coming for dinner, going... by Hannah Ongley Above the Fold Cultural appropriation is bad, but we wouldn’t have hip hop without it ...Taken out of the laboratory, we can see this phenomenon play out in everyday acts of appropriation such the viral transit of the latest word... by Miss Rosen Above the Fold What does Kim Jones’s taste in art say about the Dior Men’s designer? ...in the sale. David Hockney—from whom Jones selected a 1978 pool painting and 2003 landscape—is constantly lauded for his quirky style, landing spots on several... by Ann Binlot Above the Fold Moncler Genius 2020: a spectacular vision of the future ...awe-inspiring for similar reasons. The groundbreaking collaboration project is not a competition for the best concepts, rather a reminder that all ideas are equally worth... by Hannah Ongley Above the Fold How LEYA’s avant-garde harp music provided Pornhub’s best film score ...it’s also soothing, welcoming, and even to some degree catchy. You can hear the duo at their most accessible, for example on their 2019 EP... by Noah Berlatsky Above the Fold Tracey Ryans on trading the glitz and glam of New York for rural Rhinebeck ...he partnered with Michael DeCola to convert the historic Grasmere Farm—a 500-acre property comprised of two buildings built in the early 1700s, and a barn... by Ann Binlot Above the Fold Labrinth, the musical genius behind your favorite artists’ best hits Two things become apparent about UK songwriter and producer Labrinth after a thirty-minute interview. The first is that music is a spiritual experience for him;... by Kedar Berntson Above the Fold Shannon Cartier Lucy’s 7-book guide to turning pain into positive growth ...world behind, moving home to Nashville to become a licensed psychotherapist. Her return has coincided with a shift to realism, and her latest exhibit—Home is... by Caroline Reagan Above the Fold Lil’ Deb’s Oasis brings ‘the spirit of matriarchy’ to Upstate New York Discover the full Birkenstock 1774 collaboration series here. On Columbus Street, the quiet main drag in Hudson, New York, sits Lil’ Deb’s Oasis, a roadside... by Clara Malley Above the Fold Olaf Breuning refreshes his cheeky creativity in the Hudson River Valley ...and now Breuning lives and works there full-time with his wife Makiko and their daughter Aka. “A lot of artists choose to come here because... by Ann Binlot Above the Fold Past is present in Bruno Sialleli’s striking new Lanvin collection ...eponymous Madame Lanvin, saying, “I want to bring back her enterprising, forward-looking vision.” Showcasing a progressive bond to heritage, Lanvin’s latest demonstrates Sialelli’s France in... by Jordan Levy Above the Fold I just kinda wish you were gay: my thrilling, painful dive into queerbaiting culture ...was exploring alternatives? It wasn’t until my partner gently suggested that I may be reading into things; that, like a huge swath of commercial popstars,... by Matilda Douglas-Henry Above the Fold Vince Aletti teaches us how to build a legendary magazine collection ...for space, though this is nothing compared to the challenge Vince Aletti faces. But as a collector for over 45 years, finding space for magazines... by Rachel Cheung Above the Fold T+E+A+M is bringing sustainable architecture to the digital era ...collaboration began in 2015 for the Detroit Free Assembly Plant, a project which refigures a massive abandoned factory into a resource for building materials and... by Clara Malley Above the Fold Marine Serre takes a page out of ’60s sci-fi ...mind. The difference is that in Serre’s version of things, Melange is not just a drug, but alludes to the French meaning of the word,... by Ann Binlot
Above the Fold Yannis Davy Guibinga exposes the imperialist roots of photography in Africa ...out, that the tide began to turn and the African Independence Movement was born. During the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s, dozens of African nations freed... by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold ‘Techno has always been about imagination’—Carl Craig still forges sounds from a future world ...all automated. Computers have become an everyday thing—you know, I’m using a computer right now to talk to you on my phone, a little ass... by Hannah Ongley
Above the Fold Fighting words: Denzel Curry on the productive power of the rap battle ...freestyle or write. I can’t think of something right now, I’m gonna try to freestyle it. If I ain’t thinking of nothing, I just leave... by David Aaron Brake
Above the Fold Rachel Sennott’s guide to getting a Corona Boyfriend ...will be able to have sex, talk to someone, be held, kiss each other on the mouth, etc. It seems like having a boyfriend is... by Rachel Sennott
Above the Fold Watching ‘Nunsploitation’ films in the age of anxiety and isolation ...the same name and follows Suzanne, the illegitimate daughter of a wealthy family, who is forced to become a nun without a husband or inheritance.... by Tia Glista
Above the Fold Glory Hole, a documentary project honoring America’s counterculture legends ...friends and collaborators—as long as they are Bunny-approved. https://vimeo.com/359687169 Caroline Reagan: How did the idea for Glory Hole come about? Was it through Bunny? Hunter... by Caroline Reagan
Above the Fold Ebru Yildiz captures the women making sure live music will never die ...chance to be recognized for her work within the musical community. TV EYE—opened by Caleb Braaten among other trusted names in New York Nightlife—was already... by Julia Cumming
Above the Fold Haunted mansions, homoerotic art: Rick Castro’s guide to self-isolating online ...tour of Tom of Finland’s first UK exhibition, Love & Liberation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fuIDpJqny8 Nicola Bonandrini DJ sets Living in Brescia—which has the second-highest concentration of plague... by Rick Castro
Above the Fold Meet Dope Saint Jude, a rapper giving voice to our collective outrage ...emcee is as captivating as she is playful, leading the audience in spontaneous free-styled chants before silencing her band to deliver a rap completely solo.... by Tasneem Jacobs
Above the Fold Art from isolation: 9 photographers share a microcosm of their immediate world ...the theme of isolation. Is it literal interpretation, abstract idea, something completely random? Why did you choose to do this? Marcus: I consider the submitted... by Document Journal
Above the Fold A night out with MODEL/ACTRIZ, the noise band keeping DIY weird ...(my best friend of 23 years), and my friend Jordan. Garrett and Jordan are photographers, and also significant others who like to shoot together. I... by Steele Kratt
Above the Fold Hard times and heartbreak: Swamp Dogg articulates America’s collective pain through country music ...songwriter, producer, and singer is best known for his R&B and soul recordings, especially the idiosyncratic psychedelic 1970 classic Total Destruction To Your Mind. But... by Noah Berlatsky
Above the Fold Life lessons from a former dominatrix ...back, he discovered he missed it, he needed it — the transcendence from reality. That ritualized reenactment was the only moment when he felt free.... by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold Look inside ‘0-9,’ the radically experimental magazine that broke all the rules of language ...in issue four. A series of circular questions and answers are posed that vary only minutely—the product of scrambling words from the original set. Her... by Caroline Reagan
Above the Fold 5 things to do on the internet this week, from DJ streams to voguing lessons ...on Boiler Room’s YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1_Knnpo_Ds The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye The melancholy hanging over last weekend was compounded by news that Genesis P-Orridge... by Hannah Ongley
Above the Fold Ja’Tovia Gary’s radical Black feminist filmmaking ...America, exploring joy, love, and fear with equal amounts of care and consideration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH5ZE3N8cxU The Giverny Suite began as Giverny I (Négresse Impériale), a six-minute... by Madeleine Seidel
Above the Fold A walking tour of Shoreditch with Dr Noki, London’s original king of DIY ...Squad’s, released via MatchesFashion.com in June. Leading a survey of Shoreditch, Dr Noki talks us through his very specific approach to art and fashion, capturing... by Jordan Levy
Above the Fold Soko dares you to feel your feelings ...songs of chorus-dressed, understated instrumentals, with catchy top-lines evocative of that stately french crooning the world has come to love. Shortly after the completion of... by Steele Kratt
Above the Fold Christine and the Queens’s visual album is a journey of self-discovery and reinvention ...cuts through them, creating a complex portrait of an artist whose identity and genre cannot be labeled or contained. “Dazed from the morning sun with... by Matilda Douglas-Henry
Above the Fold Intimate portraits of Downtown’s biggest stars, away from all the glamour ...commanded up to seven figures. Montgomery Barron recalls the memories of photographing each of these now-legendary artists. Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1984, New York Bruno Bischofberger wanted... by Ann Binlot
Above the Fold Searching for cyber-utopia in music made by robots ...of rapidly agitated bees. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4sROgbaeOs How exactly human composition fits together with the computer brain on these performances is unclear. That’s part of the fun.... by Noah Berlatsky
Above the Fold The Wildman’s guide to the culinary delights of Prospect Park ...them fall when you’re collecting them. Especially if you’re Catholic. Since you’re not supposed to spill your seed.” Common Dandelion Common Dandelion Wildman: “Very delicious,... by Kedar Berntson
Fashion Portfolio Paula Knorr, the designer normalizing everyday high glamour ...be for dressing feminine. What I’m trying to do with the label is keep the glamour but making it comfortable. The wearer should be able... by Hannah Miller
Above the Fold Larry Tse’s guide to organic farming in the Hudson Valley ...Document—Best place to find antiques? Best farmers’ market? Larry—Best farmers’ market in town is on my friend Guy Jones’—which is a great name—place called Blooming... by Maraya Fisher
Above the Fold The Blossom’s latest music video explores how precious and haunted our bedrooms actually are ...like a communicator for me, she was my voice. We just sat on my bedroom floor experimenting with a bunch of stuff and laughing. We... by Jordan Levy
Above the Fold Gospel, postmodern thrifting, and leather daddies: Inside the world of the Black Lips ...out your 45 and you just go tour on it. You saw the major label thing die down, and now it’s almost come back. I... by David Aaron Brake
Above the Fold Drew Sawyer reflects on art history in the Hudson Valley ...in the 19th century. Document—How does your sense of community differ from when you live in a city? Drew—It has felt a lot easier to... by Ann Binlot
Above the Fold Michele Saunders on the differences between the rhythm of big-city life and small-town pace ...the ‘new’ locals hale from Brooklyn.” Over the years, Saunders has watched these Brooklynites move to Catskill eager for a subway-free, rat-less life of painting... by Maraya Fisher
Above the Fold Kinderhook Farm advocates for sustainability and community in the Hudson Valley Discover the full Birkenstock 1774 collaboration series here. On Kinderhook Farm, co-run by Lee Ranney and his wife Georgia, livestock freely roam about 1,000 acres... by Clara Malley
Above the Fold Artist Frank Holliday wants to trigger you Frank Holliday’s latest exhibit SEE/SAW, currently on view at the Mucciaccia Gallery in New York, is the culmination of the artist’s exploratory works of visual... by Hannah Miller
Above the Fold The DIY magic of Art-Rite, the magazine that redefined the 1970s art scene “Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one,” A.J. Liebling famously wrote in his 1960 essay titled “The Wayward Press: Do... by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold Julie Blackmon on her photo ‘Fake Weather’ ...90 gallons of fake snow. I also bought one of those Olan Mill backdrops of a winter scene. I brought the backdrop outside to do... by Julie Blackmon
Above the Fold Sam Fayed’s absurdist deep-fakes turn estate photography into art “We live in a weird time.” This sentiment is perhaps the best distillment of Sam Fayed’s work. When the artist spoke with Document, the words... by Caroline Reagan
Above the Fold Colette founder Sarah Andelman finds sanctuary in tie-dye, nature-filled Woodstock ...the top of a hike; that deer are not as magical as they look. Document—Describe your upstate community. Sarah—Colorful, musical, happy, free. Document—Where are you... by Hannah Ongley
Above the Fold Watch sacai deconstruct all expectations of womenswear ...sacai prioritized wearability without compromising the essence of luxury. By presenting elegant garment designs against an industrial venue, the two-decade old Japanese cult brand challenged... by Rachel Cheung
Above the Fold Terry and Tricia Jones, the iconoclastic duo behind ‘i-D’ magazine, find salvation in Upstate New York ...at their house or the kids come round here and play. Seeing friends in the evening, as well, you know, people coming for dinner, going... by Hannah Ongley
Above the Fold Cultural appropriation is bad, but we wouldn’t have hip hop without it ...Taken out of the laboratory, we can see this phenomenon play out in everyday acts of appropriation such the viral transit of the latest word... by Miss Rosen
Above the Fold What does Kim Jones’s taste in art say about the Dior Men’s designer? ...in the sale. David Hockney—from whom Jones selected a 1978 pool painting and 2003 landscape—is constantly lauded for his quirky style, landing spots on several... by Ann Binlot
Above the Fold Moncler Genius 2020: a spectacular vision of the future ...awe-inspiring for similar reasons. The groundbreaking collaboration project is not a competition for the best concepts, rather a reminder that all ideas are equally worth... by Hannah Ongley
Above the Fold How LEYA’s avant-garde harp music provided Pornhub’s best film score ...it’s also soothing, welcoming, and even to some degree catchy. You can hear the duo at their most accessible, for example on their 2019 EP... by Noah Berlatsky
Above the Fold Tracey Ryans on trading the glitz and glam of New York for rural Rhinebeck ...he partnered with Michael DeCola to convert the historic Grasmere Farm—a 500-acre property comprised of two buildings built in the early 1700s, and a barn... by Ann Binlot
Above the Fold Labrinth, the musical genius behind your favorite artists’ best hits Two things become apparent about UK songwriter and producer Labrinth after a thirty-minute interview. The first is that music is a spiritual experience for him;... by Kedar Berntson
Above the Fold Shannon Cartier Lucy’s 7-book guide to turning pain into positive growth ...world behind, moving home to Nashville to become a licensed psychotherapist. Her return has coincided with a shift to realism, and her latest exhibit—Home is... by Caroline Reagan
Above the Fold Lil’ Deb’s Oasis brings ‘the spirit of matriarchy’ to Upstate New York Discover the full Birkenstock 1774 collaboration series here. On Columbus Street, the quiet main drag in Hudson, New York, sits Lil’ Deb’s Oasis, a roadside... by Clara Malley
Above the Fold Olaf Breuning refreshes his cheeky creativity in the Hudson River Valley ...and now Breuning lives and works there full-time with his wife Makiko and their daughter Aka. “A lot of artists choose to come here because... by Ann Binlot
Above the Fold Past is present in Bruno Sialleli’s striking new Lanvin collection ...eponymous Madame Lanvin, saying, “I want to bring back her enterprising, forward-looking vision.” Showcasing a progressive bond to heritage, Lanvin’s latest demonstrates Sialelli’s France in... by Jordan Levy
Above the Fold I just kinda wish you were gay: my thrilling, painful dive into queerbaiting culture ...was exploring alternatives? It wasn’t until my partner gently suggested that I may be reading into things; that, like a huge swath of commercial popstars,... by Matilda Douglas-Henry
Above the Fold Vince Aletti teaches us how to build a legendary magazine collection ...for space, though this is nothing compared to the challenge Vince Aletti faces. But as a collector for over 45 years, finding space for magazines... by Rachel Cheung
Above the Fold T+E+A+M is bringing sustainable architecture to the digital era ...collaboration began in 2015 for the Detroit Free Assembly Plant, a project which refigures a massive abandoned factory into a resource for building materials and... by Clara Malley
Above the Fold Marine Serre takes a page out of ’60s sci-fi ...mind. The difference is that in Serre’s version of things, Melange is not just a drug, but alludes to the French meaning of the word,... by Ann Binlot