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Conversations Blood, Christ, and shock value: the gospel according to Ron Athey ...talk about your latest production, Acephalous Monster. It’s quite an impressive cut up of various appropriated texts. Ron—I always go back to the writings of... by Clara Malley Above the Fold An ode to gay t-shirts, from The Oscar Wilde Temple to The Wizard of Oz ...most-seen film of all time. It belongs to everyone. Yet it’s so deeply connected to queer culture and history, in surprising and complex ways. For... by Emily Manning Above the Fold Ming Smith’s otherworldly photographs of very earthly injustices ...your work I notice experiments in form, whether they be double exposures or different kinds of overlays or compositions. How do these formal experiments change... by David Aaron Brake Above the Fold Quil Lemons and MaryV Benoit on posting their most vulnerable moments online ...Quil—I also really commend you for being so comfortable with nudity. You made me more comfortable with nudity. MaryV—All my life I was taught, “Your... by Allie Monck Above the Fold ‘Sakura Lust’ celebrates the ephemeral beauty of Japanese love hotels ...modern life perfectly and I think that’s something we can all learn from.” Sakura Lust is available online through Kawako Press. Find Casper Kent at... by Clara Malley Above the Fold Dennis Osadebe thinks the term “African art” is lazy ...latest project “Stand For Something,” Osadebe collaborated with Unique Board, a New York-based creative platform, to reimagine his signature masks in 3D as sculpture. The... by Amira Rasool Above the Fold 11 photographers present their most powerful image ...giving amateurs and professionals the opportunity to submit one or two of their best images—no entrance fee, no theme, no age restrictions. “It brings the... by Clara Malley Conversations Samin Nosrat and José Andrés get to the root of the food industry’s malnourishment ...force it. For example, the C.E.O. in my company is a very smart and prepared person—the best person for the job. She happens to be... by Clara Malley Above the Fold As funding scandals shake the art world, two museums seek new alternatives ...institutions around the world are beginning to take note and turn their backs on sullied sponsorships and tarnished donations. Only last week, leading contemporary art... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold 4 rising musicians leading today’s psychedelic renaissance ...pondering big questions and trying to paint a full picture making sense of it all. A lot of young adults (my former self included) are... by Kaylee Warren Conversations Photographer Mitch Epstein on the incisive eye of his mentor Garry Winogrand ...never spoke about making his own color pictures. Garry made a sharp cut between the period when he was doing commissioned commercial work in the... by Clara Malley Above the Fold Artist Wim Botha exposes the bad faith of Encyclopedia Britannica ...more than is generally acknowledged. We are a condensed version, almost a test-tube version. For me, it’s what things used to mean and what they... by Monique Long Above the Fold Ozwald Boateng, Savile Row prodigy, expands his vision in Harlem ...point. Social media has made it such that we can all be vocal from our bedroom.” Boateng summed up the message of his latest collection,... by Ann Binlot Above the Fold Inside Selah Marley’s plant-filled dream world ...of executing the thing I see. A lot of times I come up with things then I completely drop them because I see it as... by David Aaron Brake Above the Fold Document celebrates S/S 2019 at PUBLIC ...Taub/BFA.com. Left: Kiki Willems and Sora Choi. Photographed by Kelly Taub/BFA.com. Right: Grace Hartzel. Photographed by Griffin Lipson. Left: Helena Christensen and Bob Colacello. Right:... by Hannah Ongley Above the Fold Ratio et Motus: meet the creative family behind NYC’s coolest bag brand ...his first steps into the hectic and uncertain design industry in New York City. Angela Wang came from Wuhan, a commercial center divided by the... by Lulu Yao Gioiello Above the Fold Gabriel Held’s 12 favorite Camp moments in TV and film ...(like lists of ‘The 10 Best Bad Movies I have Seen’) is probably the greatest popularizer of Camp taste today, because most people still go... by Shawn Lakin Conversations DJs Stud1nt and NK Badtz Maru on NYC nightlife, from Bossa to beach raves ...out too hard last year. The best shows are anything that my friends are playing. That’s when you get so hype and all your friends... by Hannah Ongley Above the Fold Pheeyownah’s ‘SILVER’ is an empowering R&B poetry collection ...beautifully enveloping debut album out tomorrow on Labrador Records. Exploring themes of self-empowerment, love, insecurity, and freedom of expression, the healing nature of the album... by Kaylee Warren Above the Fold 15 minutes with Pedro Almodóvar, film legend turned fine artist ...that the light hit the composition of vases, colorful backgrounds, and flowers just right. Document sat down with the iconic filmmaker and artist—whose latest film... by Ann Binlot Above the Fold Bob Colacello captured the private hours of the 70s most public figures ...in a book OUT in 2007. Looking through the collection of 170 prints and photographs is like being taken by Colacello to all the best... by Daisy Prince Above the Fold Secret Magazine celebrates our generation’s boundless curiosity ...interested in writing about up-and-coming bands, or up-and-coming artists in that way. The way I think about subculture now, is tied to what I was... by Shawn Lakin Above the Fold The future of lingerie: 8 brands defining ‘sexy’ today ...wardrobe. A big part of how we define sustainability is tied to labor—who is doing the work and where—which our customer may not know about... by Sam Weir Conversations From the Archive: John Waters and Edmund White decode death, sexting, and the flaws of Dalí ...also a regular college commencement speaker.) It is from this vantage point, reached through a gleeful compulsion to transgress, expose, shock, and repulse, that Waters... by Maraya Fisher Above the Fold The Making of Hiroshi Fujiwara: 6 subcultures that shaped the ‘Godfather of Streetwear’ ...rightly labeled the Godfather of Streetwear. In recent years Fujiwara’s work has undergone a global resurgence in popularity, thanks to a timely slew of captivating... by David Aaron Brake At Large ‘The Village Voice’ nurtured New York’s preeminent thinkers—here are their untold stories ...critic. Editor Bill Bastone left the paper after starting the muckraking website Smoking Gun. Political author Michael Tomasky went on to write for New York,... by Bob Morris Above the Fold Sean Penn and Salman Rushdie turn private memories into surreal films for Staerk&Christensen ...timeless peep-toe heels and subtly oversized eyewear, is a Pawn Shop filled with curated vintage and curiosities.) The duo’s latest project is an ongoing short... by Hannah Ongley Above the Fold Rave Zine: new photography with eternal DIY spirit ...visual language was perfect for what we’re trying to create at Rave. We always want to give our contributors complete freedom in what they wish... by Alice Lefons Conversations Matthew Williams and Sita Abellán on creating with emotion in a tech-fueled culture ...is having customers get used to completing that loop. It involves communication, awareness about what’s possible, and just people opening their minds to a new... by Maraya Fisher Above the Fold Announcing Document Journal S/S 2019 ...are taking a proactive stance against the effects of climate change. Introduced by Nathaniel Rich, Ellis’s latest vérité installment takes us up to the Canadian... by Nick Vogelson Conversations Dior’s Kim Jones and Apple’s Jony Ive predict what our future will look like ...You give them a sketch and an idea, and in three days they will come back with, say, ten different versions of it, and ways... by David Aaron Brake Conversations Designer Hiroshi Fujiwara and artist Takashi Murakami on humility and the art of collaboration ...largely thanks to roots planted by Hiroshi Fujiwara. In the early 1980s, luxury labels like Comme des Garçons and Yohji Yamamoto dominated the Japanese fashion... by David Aaron Brake Above the Fold 4 creatives on being painted by Chloe Wise ...mission; asking questions about group dynamics, communion, the self, performed inclusivity, and this ultimate question about belonging. Given Chloe’s interest in contemporaneity and the politics... by Ann Binlot Above the Fold Anna Delvey’s ‘delusions of grandeur’ and the gaslighting of an entire generation When Anna Delvey—the fake heiress accused of swindling hotels, banks, designers, private jet companies, and friends out of some $275,000—began her trial last month, her... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Lizzie Fitch and Ryan Trecartin’s B-horror version of America’s rural fantasy ...chairs to watch one of Trecartin’s films, complete with his signature kooky characters and hyperfast voices. Titled Plot Front, the hour-and-forty-five-minute video features a protagonist... by Ann Binlot Conversations Finding inspiration with Mugler’s Casey Cadwallader ...convention. There’s all the ski companies and all the snowboarding companies and all the biking companies and the mountain climbing companies and it’s huge. And... by Ann Binlot Above the Fold Corey Wash’s art is an etiquette class for abject millennials ...by appearing on the runway pregnant and wearing lingerie, proving sexuality and maternity aren’t mutually exclusive. But for Wash, it was nothing out of her... by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Digital defenders: meet the queer activists fighting surveillance and censorship online ...documented and freely available online. Bo—What are the potential dangers for the LGBT community online? Sasha—One area of struggle is hetero and cis-normative technology. For... by Bo Hanna Above the Fold The women of the Bauhaus who rethought the world—and were forgotten ...to Berlin, where she assisted Gropius in his studio before becoming the head of metal design at Ruppel in Gotha. Her distinct designs are considered... by Ann Binlot Above the Fold 6 stories of compassion and contradiction on America’s southern border In 2017, writer Genevieve Allison and photographer Elliot Ross set out on a 10,000 mile journey, covering the 2,000 mile stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border... by Clara Malley Above the Fold 5 Agnès Varda films that taught us how to be vulnerable ...political (as well as profoundly generative), and consequently, Varda’s vulnerability was perhaps her greatest asset. With groundbreaking narrative features La Pointe Courte and Cléo de... by Tia Glista Conversations Harvard’s Sarah Lewis wants us to create images as mirrors rather than windows ...‘The question is, how come we can’t be as black as we are and still be universal? How come we have to refuse who we... by Dan Gilmore Conversations For Juilliard president Damian Woetzel, there is more than one definition of artistic success ...in Juilliard as a community where each of us “belongs,” and that education cannot be its best without being fully inclusive.’ You’ve made diversity and... by Dan Gilmore Conversations Noname speaks with Lakeith Stanfield about staying independent ...I was like, ‘God, come get me.’ It was crazy. And then I did it one more time, when I played Snoop Dogg in Straight... by Maraya Fisher Conversations For journalist Irin Carmon, the only way to survive is to stay nimble ...angry and more complicit as college went on. There was so much reward with going along. For example, there were so few places to socialize.... by Dan Gilmore Conversations Stella Donnelly is telling the world off, and having fun doing it ...damage on Australia’s Indigenous community that stems from celebrations during Australia Day, as well as the ever present White Pride movement. And yet, despite having... by Phil Backes Above the Fold Helen Schulman explores age-old questions in the age of information ...today. But a great novel on technology reminds us of the age-old questions that have plagued humankind since the first one of us picked up... by Hayley Phelan Above the Fold The 14th Sharjah Biennial tells the stories ignored by popular culture ...of the layered experiences that combine politics, community, and one’s own individual story. The 14th Sharjah Biennial provokes while highlighting the way culture has reshaped... by Ann Binlot Conversations Academic and author Marion Nestle believes that food can catalyze political movements ...up the Coca-Cola chain of command and forwarded to a consultant on Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign who had financial ties to the company, which... by Dan Gilmore Conversations Immigration activist Jose Antonio Vargas wants us to acknowledge our common humanity ...being undocumented and being gay. In your book, you talk about coming out twice: first as a gay man and then as an undocumented immigrant.... by Dan Gilmore
Conversations Blood, Christ, and shock value: the gospel according to Ron Athey ...talk about your latest production, Acephalous Monster. It’s quite an impressive cut up of various appropriated texts. Ron—I always go back to the writings of... by Clara Malley
Above the Fold An ode to gay t-shirts, from The Oscar Wilde Temple to The Wizard of Oz ...most-seen film of all time. It belongs to everyone. Yet it’s so deeply connected to queer culture and history, in surprising and complex ways. For... by Emily Manning
Above the Fold Ming Smith’s otherworldly photographs of very earthly injustices ...your work I notice experiments in form, whether they be double exposures or different kinds of overlays or compositions. How do these formal experiments change... by David Aaron Brake
Above the Fold Quil Lemons and MaryV Benoit on posting their most vulnerable moments online ...Quil—I also really commend you for being so comfortable with nudity. You made me more comfortable with nudity. MaryV—All my life I was taught, “Your... by Allie Monck
Above the Fold ‘Sakura Lust’ celebrates the ephemeral beauty of Japanese love hotels ...modern life perfectly and I think that’s something we can all learn from.” Sakura Lust is available online through Kawako Press. Find Casper Kent at... by Clara Malley
Above the Fold Dennis Osadebe thinks the term “African art” is lazy ...latest project “Stand For Something,” Osadebe collaborated with Unique Board, a New York-based creative platform, to reimagine his signature masks in 3D as sculpture. The... by Amira Rasool
Above the Fold 11 photographers present their most powerful image ...giving amateurs and professionals the opportunity to submit one or two of their best images—no entrance fee, no theme, no age restrictions. “It brings the... by Clara Malley
Conversations Samin Nosrat and José Andrés get to the root of the food industry’s malnourishment ...force it. For example, the C.E.O. in my company is a very smart and prepared person—the best person for the job. She happens to be... by Clara Malley
Above the Fold As funding scandals shake the art world, two museums seek new alternatives ...institutions around the world are beginning to take note and turn their backs on sullied sponsorships and tarnished donations. Only last week, leading contemporary art... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold 4 rising musicians leading today’s psychedelic renaissance ...pondering big questions and trying to paint a full picture making sense of it all. A lot of young adults (my former self included) are... by Kaylee Warren
Conversations Photographer Mitch Epstein on the incisive eye of his mentor Garry Winogrand ...never spoke about making his own color pictures. Garry made a sharp cut between the period when he was doing commissioned commercial work in the... by Clara Malley
Above the Fold Artist Wim Botha exposes the bad faith of Encyclopedia Britannica ...more than is generally acknowledged. We are a condensed version, almost a test-tube version. For me, it’s what things used to mean and what they... by Monique Long
Above the Fold Ozwald Boateng, Savile Row prodigy, expands his vision in Harlem ...point. Social media has made it such that we can all be vocal from our bedroom.” Boateng summed up the message of his latest collection,... by Ann Binlot
Above the Fold Inside Selah Marley’s plant-filled dream world ...of executing the thing I see. A lot of times I come up with things then I completely drop them because I see it as... by David Aaron Brake
Above the Fold Document celebrates S/S 2019 at PUBLIC ...Taub/BFA.com. Left: Kiki Willems and Sora Choi. Photographed by Kelly Taub/BFA.com. Right: Grace Hartzel. Photographed by Griffin Lipson. Left: Helena Christensen and Bob Colacello. Right:... by Hannah Ongley
Above the Fold Ratio et Motus: meet the creative family behind NYC’s coolest bag brand ...his first steps into the hectic and uncertain design industry in New York City. Angela Wang came from Wuhan, a commercial center divided by the... by Lulu Yao Gioiello
Above the Fold Gabriel Held’s 12 favorite Camp moments in TV and film ...(like lists of ‘The 10 Best Bad Movies I have Seen’) is probably the greatest popularizer of Camp taste today, because most people still go... by Shawn Lakin
Conversations DJs Stud1nt and NK Badtz Maru on NYC nightlife, from Bossa to beach raves ...out too hard last year. The best shows are anything that my friends are playing. That’s when you get so hype and all your friends... by Hannah Ongley
Above the Fold Pheeyownah’s ‘SILVER’ is an empowering R&B poetry collection ...beautifully enveloping debut album out tomorrow on Labrador Records. Exploring themes of self-empowerment, love, insecurity, and freedom of expression, the healing nature of the album... by Kaylee Warren
Above the Fold 15 minutes with Pedro Almodóvar, film legend turned fine artist ...that the light hit the composition of vases, colorful backgrounds, and flowers just right. Document sat down with the iconic filmmaker and artist—whose latest film... by Ann Binlot
Above the Fold Bob Colacello captured the private hours of the 70s most public figures ...in a book OUT in 2007. Looking through the collection of 170 prints and photographs is like being taken by Colacello to all the best... by Daisy Prince
Above the Fold Secret Magazine celebrates our generation’s boundless curiosity ...interested in writing about up-and-coming bands, or up-and-coming artists in that way. The way I think about subculture now, is tied to what I was... by Shawn Lakin
Above the Fold The future of lingerie: 8 brands defining ‘sexy’ today ...wardrobe. A big part of how we define sustainability is tied to labor—who is doing the work and where—which our customer may not know about... by Sam Weir
Conversations From the Archive: John Waters and Edmund White decode death, sexting, and the flaws of Dalí ...also a regular college commencement speaker.) It is from this vantage point, reached through a gleeful compulsion to transgress, expose, shock, and repulse, that Waters... by Maraya Fisher
Above the Fold The Making of Hiroshi Fujiwara: 6 subcultures that shaped the ‘Godfather of Streetwear’ ...rightly labeled the Godfather of Streetwear. In recent years Fujiwara’s work has undergone a global resurgence in popularity, thanks to a timely slew of captivating... by David Aaron Brake
At Large ‘The Village Voice’ nurtured New York’s preeminent thinkers—here are their untold stories ...critic. Editor Bill Bastone left the paper after starting the muckraking website Smoking Gun. Political author Michael Tomasky went on to write for New York,... by Bob Morris
Above the Fold Sean Penn and Salman Rushdie turn private memories into surreal films for Staerk&Christensen ...timeless peep-toe heels and subtly oversized eyewear, is a Pawn Shop filled with curated vintage and curiosities.) The duo’s latest project is an ongoing short... by Hannah Ongley
Above the Fold Rave Zine: new photography with eternal DIY spirit ...visual language was perfect for what we’re trying to create at Rave. We always want to give our contributors complete freedom in what they wish... by Alice Lefons
Conversations Matthew Williams and Sita Abellán on creating with emotion in a tech-fueled culture ...is having customers get used to completing that loop. It involves communication, awareness about what’s possible, and just people opening their minds to a new... by Maraya Fisher
Above the Fold Announcing Document Journal S/S 2019 ...are taking a proactive stance against the effects of climate change. Introduced by Nathaniel Rich, Ellis’s latest vérité installment takes us up to the Canadian... by Nick Vogelson
Conversations Dior’s Kim Jones and Apple’s Jony Ive predict what our future will look like ...You give them a sketch and an idea, and in three days they will come back with, say, ten different versions of it, and ways... by David Aaron Brake
Conversations Designer Hiroshi Fujiwara and artist Takashi Murakami on humility and the art of collaboration ...largely thanks to roots planted by Hiroshi Fujiwara. In the early 1980s, luxury labels like Comme des Garçons and Yohji Yamamoto dominated the Japanese fashion... by David Aaron Brake
Above the Fold 4 creatives on being painted by Chloe Wise ...mission; asking questions about group dynamics, communion, the self, performed inclusivity, and this ultimate question about belonging. Given Chloe’s interest in contemporaneity and the politics... by Ann Binlot
Above the Fold Anna Delvey’s ‘delusions of grandeur’ and the gaslighting of an entire generation When Anna Delvey—the fake heiress accused of swindling hotels, banks, designers, private jet companies, and friends out of some $275,000—began her trial last month, her... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Lizzie Fitch and Ryan Trecartin’s B-horror version of America’s rural fantasy ...chairs to watch one of Trecartin’s films, complete with his signature kooky characters and hyperfast voices. Titled Plot Front, the hour-and-forty-five-minute video features a protagonist... by Ann Binlot
Conversations Finding inspiration with Mugler’s Casey Cadwallader ...convention. There’s all the ski companies and all the snowboarding companies and all the biking companies and the mountain climbing companies and it’s huge. And... by Ann Binlot
Above the Fold Corey Wash’s art is an etiquette class for abject millennials ...by appearing on the runway pregnant and wearing lingerie, proving sexuality and maternity aren’t mutually exclusive. But for Wash, it was nothing out of her... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Digital defenders: meet the queer activists fighting surveillance and censorship online ...documented and freely available online. Bo—What are the potential dangers for the LGBT community online? Sasha—One area of struggle is hetero and cis-normative technology. For... by Bo Hanna
Above the Fold The women of the Bauhaus who rethought the world—and were forgotten ...to Berlin, where she assisted Gropius in his studio before becoming the head of metal design at Ruppel in Gotha. Her distinct designs are considered... by Ann Binlot
Above the Fold 6 stories of compassion and contradiction on America’s southern border In 2017, writer Genevieve Allison and photographer Elliot Ross set out on a 10,000 mile journey, covering the 2,000 mile stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border... by Clara Malley
Above the Fold 5 Agnès Varda films that taught us how to be vulnerable ...political (as well as profoundly generative), and consequently, Varda’s vulnerability was perhaps her greatest asset. With groundbreaking narrative features La Pointe Courte and Cléo de... by Tia Glista
Conversations Harvard’s Sarah Lewis wants us to create images as mirrors rather than windows ...‘The question is, how come we can’t be as black as we are and still be universal? How come we have to refuse who we... by Dan Gilmore
Conversations For Juilliard president Damian Woetzel, there is more than one definition of artistic success ...in Juilliard as a community where each of us “belongs,” and that education cannot be its best without being fully inclusive.’ You’ve made diversity and... by Dan Gilmore
Conversations Noname speaks with Lakeith Stanfield about staying independent ...I was like, ‘God, come get me.’ It was crazy. And then I did it one more time, when I played Snoop Dogg in Straight... by Maraya Fisher
Conversations For journalist Irin Carmon, the only way to survive is to stay nimble ...angry and more complicit as college went on. There was so much reward with going along. For example, there were so few places to socialize.... by Dan Gilmore
Conversations Stella Donnelly is telling the world off, and having fun doing it ...damage on Australia’s Indigenous community that stems from celebrations during Australia Day, as well as the ever present White Pride movement. And yet, despite having... by Phil Backes
Above the Fold Helen Schulman explores age-old questions in the age of information ...today. But a great novel on technology reminds us of the age-old questions that have plagued humankind since the first one of us picked up... by Hayley Phelan
Above the Fold The 14th Sharjah Biennial tells the stories ignored by popular culture ...of the layered experiences that combine politics, community, and one’s own individual story. The 14th Sharjah Biennial provokes while highlighting the way culture has reshaped... by Ann Binlot
Conversations Academic and author Marion Nestle believes that food can catalyze political movements ...up the Coca-Cola chain of command and forwarded to a consultant on Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign who had financial ties to the company, which... by Dan Gilmore
Conversations Immigration activist Jose Antonio Vargas wants us to acknowledge our common humanity ...being undocumented and being gay. In your book, you talk about coming out twice: first as a gay man and then as an undocumented immigrant.... by Dan Gilmore