Document Journal

‘Surviving the Dream’ with FIDLAR — Above the Fold
‘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 up
by Zoey Greenwald

Brioni’s La Donna explores new ground — Above the Fold
Brioni’s La Donna explores new ground

The Italian heritage house mixes embellishment and craftsmanship in its Spring / Summer collection
by Colin Boyle

Darryl Bell brought his Midwestern barbecue heritage to Robert Glasper’s The Black Radio Experience music festival — Above the Fold
Darryl Bell brought his Midwestern barbecue heritage to Robert Glasper’s The Black Radio Experience music festival

At an on-site lunch event, the chef gave a glimpse into the menu at Stateline Road Smokehouse, his new restaurant blending fine dining perspective with Kansas City cooking
by Maya Kotomori

Mark Armijo McKnight’s ‘Decreation’ undoes the self — Above the Fold
Mark Armijo McKnight’s ‘Decreation’ undoes the self

The artist’s solo exhibition at The Whitney invokes existential landscapes as sites for unbecoming
by Drew Sawyer

The Shoptimist Speaks: Mati Hays of House of Iconica — Above the Fold
The Shoptimist Speaks: Mati Hays of House of Iconica

In the second installment of columnist Maya Kotomori’s interview mini-series, the Brooklyn-based designer talks personal style, fetish, and the poetics of taste in fashion
by Maya Kotomori

R. Jamin’s ‘Temperance’ is a study in the spirituality behind science

Art

R. Jamin’s ‘Temperance’ is a study in the spirituality behind science

Document sits down with the artist to talk about the natural disasters, divination, and doves behind her first solo show, on view at David Peter...

Experimental pop duo NEW YORK’s ‘rapstar*’ maintains an artful anonymity

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

Maya Man and Sotce usher in a new generation of internet artists

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

August Thompson’s ‘Anyone’s Ghost’ thrums with tenderness and tension

Literature

August Thompson’s ‘Anyone’s Ghost’ thrums with tenderness and tension

The writer’s debut novel interrogates grief and masculinity through a gut-wrenching tale of an all-consuming love

Whole Festival 2024 through the eyes and lens of Spyros Rennt

Music

Whole Festival 2024 through the eyes and lens of Spyros Rennt

The photographer documents everything from dance floor makeouts to Monday-morning euphoria during the three-day fête

Inside Pete Rock’s musical dictionary

Music

Inside Pete Rock’s musical dictionary

Ahead of his performance at The Black Radio Experience music festival, the legendary DJ and producer sits down with Document to discuss his love for...

Poet Precious Okoyomon and artist Olivia McKayla Ross are using time as a creative medium

Film

Poet Precious Okoyomon and artist Olivia McKayla Ross are using time as a creative medium

The pair sit down with Document to discuss the memory work in Okoyomon’s new poetry collection, ‘But Did You Die?’

Fine Print: ‘The weirder and freakier the better’

Literature

Fine Print: ‘The weirder and freakier the better’

Columnist Drew Zeiba sits down with ‘Language Arts’ co-editors Layla Halabian and Sophia June to talk about books, bags, and branding

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Searching for tenderness with Kelela

Music

Searching for tenderness with Kelela

Inside the artist’s main characters for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue—those who pre-game in Santee Alley, dance behind the DJ booth, and taking up space

by Shaadi Devereaux

The many lives of Mia Khalifa

The many lives of Mia Khalifa

For Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue, the activist, model, and jewelry designer opens up about the twists and turns of her career and the political power...

by Camille Sojit Pejcha

Decoding the ‘it’ factor with Abbey Lee

Decoding the ‘it’ factor with Abbey Lee

In an exclusive digital interview for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue, the cover star details how she found acting and a new sense of creative fulfillment

by Maya Kotomori

Bill T. Jones and Hank Willis Thomas reanimate creative freedom

Bill T. Jones and Hank Willis Thomas reanimate creative freedom

The choreographer and conceptualist challenge the categories and moralities of the artist for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024

by Maya Kotomori

The gospel of Schiaparelli according to Creative Director Daniel Roseberry and his mom, Fran

The gospel of Schiaparelli according to Creative Director Daniel Roseberry and his mom, Fran

Fashion Critic-at-Large Katharine K. Zarrella gets to the heart of sartorial scripture with the mother and son for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue

by Katharine K. Zarrella

Jacques Vallée and Jeffrey J. Kripal challenge the limits of knowledge

Jacques Vallée and Jeffrey J. Kripal challenge the limits of knowledge

The scientist and scholar discuss UFO sightings, AI utopias, and top-secret projects for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue

by Drew Zeiba

Clarissa Dalrymple and David Velasco imagine an art world built on human connection

Clarissa Dalrymple and David Velasco imagine an art world built on human connection

In conversation for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue, the curator and critic recount the friendships, politics, and small graces of New York City’s cultural legacies

by David Velasco

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Fashion Portfolios

What is Sport? — Fashion Portfolio
What is Sport?

Photographer Max Farago and fashion editor Delphine Danhier collaborate on this fashion portfolio starring Devon Lee Carlson for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue
by Document Journal

The Structural Analysis of Narrative

The Structural Analysis of Narrative

Photographer Joshua Woods and fashion editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson collaborate on this fashion portfolio for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue

by Document Journal

Poétique du Récit

Fashion Portfolio

Poétique du Récit

Photographer Sam Penn and fashion editor Alex Assil collaborate on

by Document Journal

Photographer Adam James Richardson and stylist Wayne Thomas-Rhoden construct balance in interstitial space

Fashion Portfolio

Photographer Adam James Richardson and stylist Wayne Thomas-Rhoden construct balance in interstitial space

Light filters through corrugated panes and plinths skew off-kilter in

by Document Journal

The Rustle of Language

Fashion Portfolio

The Rustle of Language

Photographer Giovanni Corabi and Document's Style Director Ronald Burton III

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Hallucinating sense in the era of infinity-content

Hallucinating sense in the era of infinity-content

This essay for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue traverses arthouse cinema, Shein, and streaming to explore how the ‘technical image’ is changing the nature of meaning-making

by Caroline Busta

Lilly Wachowski’s manifesto on New Mythologies

Art

Lilly Wachowski’s manifesto on New Mythologies

In this exclusive essay for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue, the painter and filmmaker takes a look at the challenges on our horizon, and finds the...

by Lilly Wachowski

Rituals and origin stories across Japan’s southern islands

Rituals and origin stories across Japan’s southern islands

Land art, mythic stones, Shikoku pilgrims, and contemporary architecture as seen by photographer Laurence Ellis for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue

by Mary Bond

New Red Order blends satire and sincerity to deconstruct empire

New Red Order blends satire and sincerity to deconstruct empire

For Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue, the public secret society and art collective mobilizes a campaign for returning land to Indigenous Americans

by Drew Zeiba

Techno-futurists are selling an interplanetary paradise for the posthuman generation—they just forgot about the rest of us

Culture

Techno-futurists are selling an interplanetary paradise for the posthuman generation—they just forgot about the rest of us

Inside the cult of TESCREALism and the dangerous fantasies of Silicon Valley’s self-appointed demigods, for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue

by Camille Sojit Pejcha

An exoplanetary archaeology of the Prada archive

Fashion

An exoplanetary archaeology of the Prada archive

For its Spring/Summer 2024 issue, Document shares a series of fashion artifacts recovered from the interstellar future

by Katharine K. Zarrella

Futuristic aspirations and climate limitations collide on the elevations of the Bolivian Altiplano

Futuristic aspirations and climate limitations collide on the elevations of the Bolivian Altiplano

In the South American highlands, prehistoric landscapes of salt flats and plant life are confronting the environmental challenges of drought and lithium mining

by Liliana Colanzi

Best Of

Cillian Murphy and Geoff Dyer evaluate the cross-medium art of observation

Conversations

Cillian Murphy and Geoff Dyer evaluate the cross-medium art of observation

Years ago, the actor requested the cinematic rights to the writer’s ‘Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi’—here, they revisit the proposal

by Megan Hullander

Noname speaks with Lakeith Stanfield about staying independent

Conversations

Noname speaks with Lakeith Stanfield about staying independent

Noname's new track, ‘Song 32,’ is just for her fans. In Document's Spring/Summer 2019 issue, she and Lakeith Stanfield talk dodging and chasing the spotlight.

by Maraya Fisher

Sita Abellan talks to electroclash legend Kittin about defying haters and making history

Conversations

Sita Abellan talks to electroclash legend Kittin about defying haters and making history

The self-described technoprincess talks to Caroline Hervé (Miss Kittin) about proving yourself in an image-obsessed world.

by Hannah Ongley

Photographing the everyday lives of Havana’s future boxing champions

Above the Fold

Photographing the everyday lives of Havana’s future boxing champions

With his new photo journal ‘Boxing in Havana,’ Dominick Sheldon celebrates Cuba's rich sporting history.

by Hannah Ongley

Close Journal’s new issue will make you want to call your mom

Above the Fold

Close Journal’s new issue will make you want to call your mom

The bi-coastal magazine explores the myriad meanings of "family" through fashion, art, photography, and design.

by Ann Binlot

At Hedi Slimane’s triumphant Celine men’s debut

Above the Fold

At Hedi Slimane’s triumphant Celine men’s debut

The designer’s Fall/Winter 2019 menswear collection for Celine arrived with rock star swagger, an electrifying soundtrack, and some seriously covetable outerwear.

by Hannah Ongley

Aries, David Sims, and Jeremy Deller create a streetwear tribute to Stonehenge

Above the Fold

Aries, David Sims, and Jeremy Deller create a streetwear tribute to Stonehenge

Aries designer Sofia Prantera talks to Document about shooting a fashion campaign at the world's most famous Neolithic monument.

by Hannah Ongley