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
At Large In ‘Blue Self-Portrait’ Noémi Lefebvre created a space to breathe ...book can accomplish? Noémi—I don’t have a lot of ambition. Document—But it’s a very ambitious book. It’s short, but absolutely brimming with ideas. Noémi—I don’t... by Cody Delistraty Above the Fold The costs of trying to touch the sky ...planning controls don’t cover skyscrapers. As the piece pointed out “A five-story building has the same strength requirements as a 50-story building.” The reporters went... by Caroline Christie At Large Automated for the people ...double-C. At Prada, the men’s show was held for the first time at the company’s warehouse, transformed by OMA into an “oneiric and surreal archive”... by Mindy Meissen At Large Lucie and Luke Meier are in pursuit of minimalism’s soul ...skirt, and black platforms, all from her extensive Comme des Garçons wardrobe. “I never counted,” she says, shrugging, when asked how many pieces she owns.... by Anders Christian Madsen Above the Fold Amy Arbus on her photo ‘Julio Q’ ...me!” Or sometimes they’d say, “Oh no, I’m not wearing my favorite outfit, can we do it another time when I have my better outfit... by Vetle Egeland Conversations Novelists Édouard Louis and Zadie Smith on writing in a distracting political present ...I’m trying to change somebody’s mind. It’s what Morrison says. It’s a distraction. I don’t want to be bothered by anybody’s mind. I want to... by Nathan Taylor Pemberton Above the Fold Making sense of YouTube’s creepy relationship with kids ...songs. It’s blind-slightingly obvious that millions of children regularly use it. A recent study by a peer-reviewed medical journal even examined the impact of two-year-olds... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold The UK and Russia are throwing unprecedented amounts of literary shade at each other ...is: ‘sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast,’ so I think that’s the quote that suits my Russian colleague best.” Pierce... by Caroline Christie At Large The existential paranoia fueling Elon Musk’s fear of AI ...coming. This is “Roko’s Basilisk,” or Pascal’s wager for the gentrifying pseudo-philosophers in tech. The author and game developer Amy Dentata writes, “Rococo’s Basilisk suggests... by Katherine Cross Above the Fold How Grindr and Facebook are networking shame ...story: “We never sold, nor will we ever sell, personal user information—especially information regarding HIV status or last test date—to third parties or advertisers,” they... by Caroline Christie At Large Aggregators of anxiety ...2013’s Still Life (Betamale), with its mesh of furries, hentai, and filthy keyboards exemplary of contemporary kitsch, colored with bathos and the sinister synth drones... by Barrett White At Large Amen Dunes makes peace with freedom ...ten percent creativity.” McMahon clarifies: “Our intentions were impure.” In 2006, following INOUK’s implosion, McMahon released a hastily-recorded album of acoustic ballads under his own... by Nathan Taylor Pemberton Above the Fold The Oxford English Dictionary essentially created a new word for gender nonconformity ...of new entries. And yesterday, marked a first, when the dictionary announced that the word “trans*” was to be included in their latest quarterly update.... by Caroline Christie Conversations Composers Steve Reich and Nico Muhly on the music’s ecstatic expressions ...study African drumming, and composed, continuously, radically inventive minimal pieces, including “Drumming” (1971) and “Music for 18 Musicians” (1974—1976). Equally notable are Reich’s sociopolitical sensitivities:... by Ashley Simpson Above the Fold The delirious diary: Art Basel in Hong Kong ...of afterparties. Marc Spiegler, Art Basel’s global director, predicted that Fondation Beyeler’s Seth Troxler at Cassio and LACMA would have the best parties, and he... by Ann Binlot At Large The end of fur as we know it? ...trying to get meetings with these companies,” Smith told me. “Now, they’re calling me to go fur-free. Brands and designers have no choice but to... by Divya Bala Documented Rineke Dijkstra and capturing the awkward blooms of youth ...this motion in an adolescent’s life spent on the beach, wasting the day away in a self-possessed aura. Left: Odessa, Ukraine, August 7, 1997. Right:... by Phil Backes Above the Fold North Korea is waging a war against its most precious pastime: karaoke Despite North Korea’s recent diplomatic breakthroughs, after Kim Jong-un’s recent sit down with China’s President Xi Jingping and his expected in the near future to... by Caroline Christie Conversations Curator Alissa Bennett details the dark side to Lena Dunham ...seat. It’s artful, wise, perverse, and joyful. Hallelujah. Lena Dunham—Has anyone ever called your interest in crime exploitative or pornographic? Alissa Bennett—I have definitely been... by Lena Dunham Above the Fold Why are the attacks on the march for our lives so laughable? ...They’ve written opinion pieces for national newspapers, and utilized voter registration volunteers at rallies. At the march, one of the organizers, 18-year-old David Hogg encouraged... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold A New York City bill aims to protect a worker’s right to ‘disconnect’ ...a prisoner-like attachment to their jobs. It’s a relationship Hamon likened to a pet-master dynamic where the phone serves as a “kind of electronic leash,”... by Caroline Christie Conversations Designer Kris Van Assche and musician Yoann Lemoine reflect on the last decade in fashion and look to the future ...taste. It was one of the first times I really went there. It’s never cynical, it’s really just to position things.” Yoann—Especially the recent collections.... by Divya Bala At Large Amongst the artworks counted as the newest detainees of the war on terror ...razors) even bore the “Approved by U.S. Forces” stamp that evinced the work’s stringent vetting process. Left: “Untitled (Shore with Two Figures),” 2016, work on... by Rahel Aima Above the Fold Why does Facebook keep trying to censor artwork with nudity in France of all places? ...French tricolour. According to Agence France-Presse, Facebook hastily sought to undo their censorship. “The work ‘Liberty Leading the People’ rightly has its place on Facebook,”... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold The Document Agenda: “The inner architectural voice of the city” ...reported. Statistics can only reveal a small part of the picture, but hopefully we’re moving toward a world where women—and men—feel safe about coming forward,”... by Caroline Christie At Large The tales of Duncan Hannah’s weird and raw New York City ...[bassist of the Talking Heads] one night. She said, “Oh, what a grind.” I say “What do you mean? Where have you been?” Tina says,... by Kelly Harris Conversations Maria Grazia Chiuri on her feminist vision for Dior ...Should All Be Feminists” t-shirt! Maria Grazia—Everything, she wants… Rachele—But how old is she? Maria Grazia—Seventy-eight years old. Rachele—She’s crazy. Maria Grazia—Absolutely. Sometimes I’ll call... by Anders Christian Madsen Above the Fold The Document Agenda: “Learning tools for young surgeons” ...the world, that they’ve partnered with Wikipedia, to “Met-ify the Wiki,” as Loic Tallon, the museum’s chief digital officer, puts it. “It is beyond our... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold In pursuit of contemporary content at The Armory Show ...were set loose on the floors. “You don’t need your flash in here,” said one art-goer. “Don’t get too close,” warned another in mid-pose in... by Joshua Seidner Above the Fold The Document Agenda: “To dabble in the occult of orange” —— The World Welcome to Wakaliwood: the heart of the Ugandan film industry. With a population of 2,000, Wakaliwood is an unlikely place to... by Caroline Christie Conversations Danish design duo Camilla Staerk and Helena Christensen define Scandinavian style ...melancholy a bit. [Laughs] Danes just love all that dark shit, as long as it’s hygge. Camilla—What do you like most about our film making... by Shawn Lakin Above the Fold The Document Agenda: “We must also acknowledge that art is owned” ...fact, collects a sum of more than 20m rupees (about $300,000; £222,000) in fines every month from people who have not complied.‘Bangalore’s annual rainfall alone... by Caroline Christie Conversations Teen eco-activist Xiuhtezcatl Roske-Martinez and Rosario Dawson sound the environmental alarm ...from across the U.S. in a lawsuit against the federal government. A landmark action, the case, “Juliana et al. v. United States et al.,” argued... by Joshua Glass Above the Fold The Document Agenda: “The power and importance of human touch” ...smaller kitchen appliances—toasters, citrus juicers, coffee machines, kettles, blenders, stand mixers, and slow juicer. Called ‘Sicily is my love’, the range is decorated with reflective... by Caroline Christie At Large Listening to the ‘music of the future’ in the future ...Teibel’s product is perhaps largely retrospective. Left: Album artwork for “Environments” disc 6. Right: Album artwork for “Environments” disc 11. ©Synotic Images. Some notion of... by Thea Ballard Above the Fold The Document Agenda: “Looking into a portable funhouse mirror” ...greater motivation to take action.” ©Jacopo on Flickr. Licensed under CC BY 2.0. The Future Drones are becoming the latest tool in the... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Tina Tyrell on her photo ‘Time Will Have Its Fancy’ “A magazine called Bon commissioned this photograph for their poetry issue. I mentioned I was a fan of [W.H.] Auden, so they used his poem... by Vetle Egeland Above the Fold The Document Agenda: “A library of the 20th century” ...and other forms of distress.” ©Archives New Zealand on Flickr. Licensed under CC BY 2.0. The Future Finally, a 4G network comes to... by Caroline Christie Conversations Muse Amanda Lear defends being alone to artist Francesco Vezzoli ...that because it was bloody awful! Francesco Vezzoli—[Laughing.] You didn’t like “Stryx”? Amanda—Well, no, I did, but that show was 30 years ago! We were... by Joshua Glass Above the Fold Erika Cavallini always has a very special good luck charm on hand for her shows ...have a different ‘team t-shirt’ also. Last season was ‘Cavallini Team’. It keeps the team spirit going which is very important. It’s quite lighthearted. It... by Divya Bala At Large Taking back New York City’s nightlife ...musicians, performers, DJ’s, dance club owners, activists, lawyers and dance lovers who had been united in one common goal: decriminalizing dance in New York City.... by Daisy Prince Above the Fold The Document Agenda: “Some things have not changed” ...or even 1971, when the original musical was written, some things have not changed.” ESO/WFI (Optical); MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A.Weiss et al. (Submillimetre); NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Kraft et al. (X-ray)... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Surveying a ‘reactionary moment’ with Document’s first guest curator Francesco Vezzoli ...this “reactionary moment.” Questions of family, and the differences in generational mores, flash brightly in the artist’s mind. “Perhaps, there is more freedom, right now,... by Document Journal Above the Fold Overheard at the new Barkley L. Hendricks show, Them Changes ...by Hendricks in the mid-70s opened at Jack Shainman Gallery in New York City. Them Changes marks a departure from Hendricks’ best-known style, opting, instead,... by Joshua Seidner Above the Fold The Document Agenda: “We thought there was one last wild species” ...Words The definitive oral history of Mr. Chows by Mr. Chow, himself. During the 1970s, Mr. Chow’s was the only place for the creative classes—Basquiat,... by Caroline Christie Conversations Silvia Venturini Fendi and Delfina Delettrez hear each other clearly across the generational gap ...don’t believe there could ever be too much freedom. Delfina—I personally believe in absolute freedom. There isn’t a more electric word than ‘freedom.’ But, of... by Divya Bala Above the Fold The Document Agenda: “Solid light works” ...and other forms of communicating. In an interview on Mozilla’s Medium page, the creators explain why it’s vital to keep citizens and first-responders online during... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold The Document Agenda: “I think everybody should like everybody” ...Warhol: Yeah. Swenson: Yeah? Sexually and in every other way? Warhol: Yeah. Words Are ebooks “stupid?” The head of one of the world’s largest... by Caroline Christie At Large Destination POV ...later, I found them, silhouetted against the pink walls, locked in quiet repose, looking cool, essentially, against what could be called the world’s coolest wall.... by Michael McGregor Above the Fold The Document Agenda: “How many times can you continue knocking on a closed door?” ...in our minds. “The death rate was 3 times higher in Grey’s Anatomy than in real life (22% compared with 7%), and most (71%) of... by Caroline Christie
At Large In ‘Blue Self-Portrait’ Noémi Lefebvre created a space to breathe ...book can accomplish? Noémi—I don’t have a lot of ambition. Document—But it’s a very ambitious book. It’s short, but absolutely brimming with ideas. Noémi—I don’t... by Cody Delistraty
Above the Fold The costs of trying to touch the sky ...planning controls don’t cover skyscrapers. As the piece pointed out “A five-story building has the same strength requirements as a 50-story building.” The reporters went... by Caroline Christie
At Large Automated for the people ...double-C. At Prada, the men’s show was held for the first time at the company’s warehouse, transformed by OMA into an “oneiric and surreal archive”... by Mindy Meissen
At Large Lucie and Luke Meier are in pursuit of minimalism’s soul ...skirt, and black platforms, all from her extensive Comme des Garçons wardrobe. “I never counted,” she says, shrugging, when asked how many pieces she owns.... by Anders Christian Madsen
Above the Fold Amy Arbus on her photo ‘Julio Q’ ...me!” Or sometimes they’d say, “Oh no, I’m not wearing my favorite outfit, can we do it another time when I have my better outfit... by Vetle Egeland
Conversations Novelists Édouard Louis and Zadie Smith on writing in a distracting political present ...I’m trying to change somebody’s mind. It’s what Morrison says. It’s a distraction. I don’t want to be bothered by anybody’s mind. I want to... by Nathan Taylor Pemberton
Above the Fold Making sense of YouTube’s creepy relationship with kids ...songs. It’s blind-slightingly obvious that millions of children regularly use it. A recent study by a peer-reviewed medical journal even examined the impact of two-year-olds... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold The UK and Russia are throwing unprecedented amounts of literary shade at each other ...is: ‘sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast,’ so I think that’s the quote that suits my Russian colleague best.” Pierce... by Caroline Christie
At Large The existential paranoia fueling Elon Musk’s fear of AI ...coming. This is “Roko’s Basilisk,” or Pascal’s wager for the gentrifying pseudo-philosophers in tech. The author and game developer Amy Dentata writes, “Rococo’s Basilisk suggests... by Katherine Cross
Above the Fold How Grindr and Facebook are networking shame ...story: “We never sold, nor will we ever sell, personal user information—especially information regarding HIV status or last test date—to third parties or advertisers,” they... by Caroline Christie
At Large Aggregators of anxiety ...2013’s Still Life (Betamale), with its mesh of furries, hentai, and filthy keyboards exemplary of contemporary kitsch, colored with bathos and the sinister synth drones... by Barrett White
At Large Amen Dunes makes peace with freedom ...ten percent creativity.” McMahon clarifies: “Our intentions were impure.” In 2006, following INOUK’s implosion, McMahon released a hastily-recorded album of acoustic ballads under his own... by Nathan Taylor Pemberton
Above the Fold The Oxford English Dictionary essentially created a new word for gender nonconformity ...of new entries. And yesterday, marked a first, when the dictionary announced that the word “trans*” was to be included in their latest quarterly update.... by Caroline Christie
Conversations Composers Steve Reich and Nico Muhly on the music’s ecstatic expressions ...study African drumming, and composed, continuously, radically inventive minimal pieces, including “Drumming” (1971) and “Music for 18 Musicians” (1974—1976). Equally notable are Reich’s sociopolitical sensitivities:... by Ashley Simpson
Above the Fold The delirious diary: Art Basel in Hong Kong ...of afterparties. Marc Spiegler, Art Basel’s global director, predicted that Fondation Beyeler’s Seth Troxler at Cassio and LACMA would have the best parties, and he... by Ann Binlot
At Large The end of fur as we know it? ...trying to get meetings with these companies,” Smith told me. “Now, they’re calling me to go fur-free. Brands and designers have no choice but to... by Divya Bala
Documented Rineke Dijkstra and capturing the awkward blooms of youth ...this motion in an adolescent’s life spent on the beach, wasting the day away in a self-possessed aura. Left: Odessa, Ukraine, August 7, 1997. Right:... by Phil Backes
Above the Fold North Korea is waging a war against its most precious pastime: karaoke Despite North Korea’s recent diplomatic breakthroughs, after Kim Jong-un’s recent sit down with China’s President Xi Jingping and his expected in the near future to... by Caroline Christie
Conversations Curator Alissa Bennett details the dark side to Lena Dunham ...seat. It’s artful, wise, perverse, and joyful. Hallelujah. Lena Dunham—Has anyone ever called your interest in crime exploitative or pornographic? Alissa Bennett—I have definitely been... by Lena Dunham
Above the Fold Why are the attacks on the march for our lives so laughable? ...They’ve written opinion pieces for national newspapers, and utilized voter registration volunteers at rallies. At the march, one of the organizers, 18-year-old David Hogg encouraged... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold A New York City bill aims to protect a worker’s right to ‘disconnect’ ...a prisoner-like attachment to their jobs. It’s a relationship Hamon likened to a pet-master dynamic where the phone serves as a “kind of electronic leash,”... by Caroline Christie
Conversations Designer Kris Van Assche and musician Yoann Lemoine reflect on the last decade in fashion and look to the future ...taste. It was one of the first times I really went there. It’s never cynical, it’s really just to position things.” Yoann—Especially the recent collections.... by Divya Bala
At Large Amongst the artworks counted as the newest detainees of the war on terror ...razors) even bore the “Approved by U.S. Forces” stamp that evinced the work’s stringent vetting process. Left: “Untitled (Shore with Two Figures),” 2016, work on... by Rahel Aima
Above the Fold Why does Facebook keep trying to censor artwork with nudity in France of all places? ...French tricolour. According to Agence France-Presse, Facebook hastily sought to undo their censorship. “The work ‘Liberty Leading the People’ rightly has its place on Facebook,”... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold The Document Agenda: “The inner architectural voice of the city” ...reported. Statistics can only reveal a small part of the picture, but hopefully we’re moving toward a world where women—and men—feel safe about coming forward,”... by Caroline Christie
At Large The tales of Duncan Hannah’s weird and raw New York City ...[bassist of the Talking Heads] one night. She said, “Oh, what a grind.” I say “What do you mean? Where have you been?” Tina says,... by Kelly Harris
Conversations Maria Grazia Chiuri on her feminist vision for Dior ...Should All Be Feminists” t-shirt! Maria Grazia—Everything, she wants… Rachele—But how old is she? Maria Grazia—Seventy-eight years old. Rachele—She’s crazy. Maria Grazia—Absolutely. Sometimes I’ll call... by Anders Christian Madsen
Above the Fold The Document Agenda: “Learning tools for young surgeons” ...the world, that they’ve partnered with Wikipedia, to “Met-ify the Wiki,” as Loic Tallon, the museum’s chief digital officer, puts it. “It is beyond our... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold In pursuit of contemporary content at The Armory Show ...were set loose on the floors. “You don’t need your flash in here,” said one art-goer. “Don’t get too close,” warned another in mid-pose in... by Joshua Seidner
Above the Fold The Document Agenda: “To dabble in the occult of orange” —— The World Welcome to Wakaliwood: the heart of the Ugandan film industry. With a population of 2,000, Wakaliwood is an unlikely place to... by Caroline Christie
Conversations Danish design duo Camilla Staerk and Helena Christensen define Scandinavian style ...melancholy a bit. [Laughs] Danes just love all that dark shit, as long as it’s hygge. Camilla—What do you like most about our film making... by Shawn Lakin
Above the Fold The Document Agenda: “We must also acknowledge that art is owned” ...fact, collects a sum of more than 20m rupees (about $300,000; £222,000) in fines every month from people who have not complied.‘Bangalore’s annual rainfall alone... by Caroline Christie
Conversations Teen eco-activist Xiuhtezcatl Roske-Martinez and Rosario Dawson sound the environmental alarm ...from across the U.S. in a lawsuit against the federal government. A landmark action, the case, “Juliana et al. v. United States et al.,” argued... by Joshua Glass
Above the Fold The Document Agenda: “The power and importance of human touch” ...smaller kitchen appliances—toasters, citrus juicers, coffee machines, kettles, blenders, stand mixers, and slow juicer. Called ‘Sicily is my love’, the range is decorated with reflective... by Caroline Christie
At Large Listening to the ‘music of the future’ in the future ...Teibel’s product is perhaps largely retrospective. Left: Album artwork for “Environments” disc 6. Right: Album artwork for “Environments” disc 11. ©Synotic Images. Some notion of... by Thea Ballard
Above the Fold The Document Agenda: “Looking into a portable funhouse mirror” ...greater motivation to take action.” ©Jacopo on Flickr. Licensed under CC BY 2.0. The Future Drones are becoming the latest tool in the... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Tina Tyrell on her photo ‘Time Will Have Its Fancy’ “A magazine called Bon commissioned this photograph for their poetry issue. I mentioned I was a fan of [W.H.] Auden, so they used his poem... by Vetle Egeland
Above the Fold The Document Agenda: “A library of the 20th century” ...and other forms of distress.” ©Archives New Zealand on Flickr. Licensed under CC BY 2.0. The Future Finally, a 4G network comes to... by Caroline Christie
Conversations Muse Amanda Lear defends being alone to artist Francesco Vezzoli ...that because it was bloody awful! Francesco Vezzoli—[Laughing.] You didn’t like “Stryx”? Amanda—Well, no, I did, but that show was 30 years ago! We were... by Joshua Glass
Above the Fold Erika Cavallini always has a very special good luck charm on hand for her shows ...have a different ‘team t-shirt’ also. Last season was ‘Cavallini Team’. It keeps the team spirit going which is very important. It’s quite lighthearted. It... by Divya Bala
At Large Taking back New York City’s nightlife ...musicians, performers, DJ’s, dance club owners, activists, lawyers and dance lovers who had been united in one common goal: decriminalizing dance in New York City.... by Daisy Prince
Above the Fold The Document Agenda: “Some things have not changed” ...or even 1971, when the original musical was written, some things have not changed.” ESO/WFI (Optical); MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A.Weiss et al. (Submillimetre); NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Kraft et al. (X-ray)... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Surveying a ‘reactionary moment’ with Document’s first guest curator Francesco Vezzoli ...this “reactionary moment.” Questions of family, and the differences in generational mores, flash brightly in the artist’s mind. “Perhaps, there is more freedom, right now,... by Document Journal
Above the Fold Overheard at the new Barkley L. Hendricks show, Them Changes ...by Hendricks in the mid-70s opened at Jack Shainman Gallery in New York City. Them Changes marks a departure from Hendricks’ best-known style, opting, instead,... by Joshua Seidner
Above the Fold The Document Agenda: “We thought there was one last wild species” ...Words The definitive oral history of Mr. Chows by Mr. Chow, himself. During the 1970s, Mr. Chow’s was the only place for the creative classes—Basquiat,... by Caroline Christie
Conversations Silvia Venturini Fendi and Delfina Delettrez hear each other clearly across the generational gap ...don’t believe there could ever be too much freedom. Delfina—I personally believe in absolute freedom. There isn’t a more electric word than ‘freedom.’ But, of... by Divya Bala
Above the Fold The Document Agenda: “Solid light works” ...and other forms of communicating. In an interview on Mozilla’s Medium page, the creators explain why it’s vital to keep citizens and first-responders online during... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold The Document Agenda: “I think everybody should like everybody” ...Warhol: Yeah. Swenson: Yeah? Sexually and in every other way? Warhol: Yeah. Words Are ebooks “stupid?” The head of one of the world’s largest... by Caroline Christie
At Large Destination POV ...later, I found them, silhouetted against the pink walls, locked in quiet repose, looking cool, essentially, against what could be called the world’s coolest wall.... by Michael McGregor
Above the Fold The Document Agenda: “How many times can you continue knocking on a closed door?” ...in our minds. “The death rate was 3 times higher in Grey’s Anatomy than in real life (22% compared with 7%), and most (71%) of... by Caroline Christie