Artist Mel Bochner obscures words to reveal their dangerous potential
"All abuses of power begin with the abuse of language.” On a limited edition cover for Document's Spring/Summer 2020 issue, Bochner responds to the pandemic...
Disgust’s hardcore playlist traverses nihilism and ecstasy
From experimental techno to terrorcore, the Berlin-based collective picks 21 tracks that test the limits of club music
Virgil Abloh considers the meaning of fashion in a time of crisis
On a special edition artist cover for Document Issue 16, Abloh explores the shifting meaning of luxury
4 Moncler Simone Rocha takes flight
Chiquita Limer and Jordan Bailey bring Rocha's otherworldly designs to life.
Focus beats, dance theater, very good films: Polina Zakh’s online culture guide
The creative mastermind—and VP of Sila Sveta—shows us how she keeps her curiosity satiated during quarantine.
Virtual punk fests, fantasy wrestling: GMO Gallery’s guide to self-isolating online
10 things to do that aren't mindlessly scrolling through Twitter, selected by the founders of our new favorite virtual gallery
‘Techno has always been about imagination’—Carl Craig still forges sounds from a future world
At Dia:Beacon, the Detroit techno pioneer explores the collective euphoria of the dance floor, and the loneliness of the comedown
5 things to do on the internet this week, from DJ streams to voguing lessons
Document's URL guide to staying cultured from your couch
Colette founder Sarah Andelman finds sanctuary in tie-dye, nature-filled Woodstock
As part of Birkenstock’s 1774 collaboration series, Document Journal meets 10 creatives making the Hudson Valley a kingdom of their own. Here, the Parisian tastemaker...
Terry and Tricia Jones, the iconoclastic duo behind ‘i-D’ magazine, find salvation in Upstate New York
As part of Birkenstock’s 1774 collaboration series, Document Journal meets 10 creatives making the Hudson Valley a kingdom of their own. 40 years after its...
Moncler Genius 2020: a spectacular vision of the future
Tapping fashion's most innovative minds, the groundbreaking collaborative project imagines all possible worlds.
Goths, flower children, genderless punks: Moncler Genius is fashion’s new first family
Inside Moncler Genius’s fantastical celebration of outerwear and community spirit, with JW Anderson, Richard Quinn, Simone Rocha, Craig Green, 1017 ALYX 9SM, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Moncler...
Rick Owens collaborated with Moncler on… a tour bus
The designer brings a taste of Alienstock 2020 to Milan Fashion Week.
Before DNA kits and deepfakes, Nancy Burson used morphed images to reveal fundamental truths
Burson’s photographs of missing children and powerful dictators helped us see things we otherwise couldn’t imagine. 50 years later, her work is still unsettling.
Techno legends Richie Hawtin, Amelie Lens, Pan-Pot and more on 25 years of Time Warp
Germany's legendary techno fest Time Warp returns to New York City this weekend for two life-altering nights of raving.
Meet Amelie Lens, the Belgian DJ putting her fans before everything—including a sane sleep schedule
The artist spoke to Document about how she balances 8-hour sets, co-owning a label, and raving with her grandma ahead of the New York Time...
In Iceland, strangely utopian techno-punk for a world on the brink of disaster
In a country of only 350,000 people, creativity is an increasingly vital export—no greenwashing required. Document went to Reykjavik ahead of Iceland Airwaves to discover...
Simon Burstall captured the weird magic of Sydney’s ’90s rave scene
The photographer's new book '’93: Punching the Light' is a visual love letter to the DIY underground movement.
30 minutes with The Black Madonna, a DJ restoring dance music’s Holy Spirit
Talking liberation theology, dick pics, and being a 'bad Catholic' with Marea Stamper, A.K.A. The Black Madonna.
This radical psychology album is the sleeper hit of 2019
Noam Chomsky and Nadya Tolokonnikova hop on Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian's 'I Am (Not) a Monster,' an album—and documentary—inspired by the teachings of Hannah Arendt.
The Sugarcubes’ Sigtryggur Baldursson talks to Robert Smith-favorite Kælan Mikla about Iceland’s anti-genre ethos
Darkwave, shitpunk, and trap-soul: Ahead of Iceland Airwaves 2019, a cross-generational survey of Reykjavik's DIY music melting pot.
WTF is Fushion? Inside Norway’s anti-elitist fashion week
A glimpse into Scandinavian fashion's subversive future in Oslo, where street-level concerts, and even a ‘sustainable art rave’ mark the cultural shift away from the...
Running towards enlightenment: District Vision values curiosity over cultism
The athletic brand finds a guiding light in Esalen Institute, the birthplace of ʼ60s counterculture and the Human Potential Movement, seeking an investigative and holistic...
Marie Tomanova captures the haunting discomfort of being lost in her own homeland
The photographer's new exhibition, 'Like a Dream,' reveals her first trip back to the Czech Republic in eight years.
Making a murderer iconic? A Charles Manson exhibit reveals the human psyche’s darkest corners
’Once Upon a Time in ’69’ is a fascinating and unsettling commentary on our cultural obsession with violence.
Hideki Seo unpacks his fantastical cartoon fashion drawings
The artist and fashion designer, currently featured besides Alexander McQueen in 'A Queen Within: Adorned Archetypes', on creating joy in the face of tragedy
The 2020 frontrunner is now New Zealand’s prime minister
Jacinda Ardern, despite not being in the race, has earned coveted endorsements from both Marianne Williamson and Pete Buttigieg.
Yeule’s summer playlist is a holographic hot cheeto
Astro-glide into the weekend with yeule's latest release, "Pretty Bones," and her mix of aquatic, spacey electronica.
Arthur C. Clarke’s 1986 ‘Playboy’ interview is a sci-fi prophecy for the counterculture
Read the futurist mastermind's revelations on UFOs, Reagan's ‘Space Force,’ and smooching Allen Ginsberg.
Documenting the rites and rituals of India’s sacred water source
Amidst political turmoil over water rights, pollution, and scarcity, photographer Marc Hibbert captures small moments of ecstasy and serenity at the Ganges.
Robert Giard photographed over 600 LGBTQ writers—5 of them share their stories
'Particular Voices' saw Giard capture America's queer literary giants alongside emerging talents, treating each with a profound sense of urgency.
‘Plantasia’ reissued: how music for plants became the cult album of a century
Mort Garson's wonderfully strange album of Moog compositions gets its first official rerelease since 1976.
Tiff Massey and Laura Raicovich on why the art world needs a new model
The Detroit artist and the curator discuss sanctuaries, hair salons, and the art world's conservative underbelly.
John Waters shares very John Waters advice for the 2020 presidential candidates
At Marfa Ballroom's 2019 spring celebration at the Times Square Edition hotel, the Pope of Trash revealed why the White House needs a brutalist makeover.
Kris Van Assche is luxury menswear’s hopeful romantic
The designer discusses the freedom and terror of being Berluti’s new man.
Louie Banks photographs Jazzelle as a highway motel fever dream
The London photographer and Detroit-born model create surreal suburban looks for Document Online.
Document celebrates S/S 2019 at PUBLIC
Document hosted an intimate dinner and party to celebrate Issue No. 14 with special guest Liz Johnson Artur and the Brooklyn Museum at PUBLIC with...
DJs Stud1nt and NK Badtz Maru on NYC nightlife, from Bossa to beach raves
Rising NYC techno magicians Izzy Barreiro and Nicole Kim discuss their dream venues, graveyard raves, and the false promise of club utopias.
Edd Horder captures the elaborate uniforms of British social clubs
From choir girls to polo players, Edd Horder photographs a rarely seen side of British society for London Unstyled.
Sean Penn and Salman Rushdie turn private memories into surreal films for Staerk&Christensen
Danish design duo Helena Christensen and Camilla Staerk collaborate with artists who inspire them for ‘In My Dream Last Night…,’ a short film and sound...
Mumbai, Unstyled: everyday fashion in India’s City of Dreams
Photographer Martin Mae captures families, fashion models, and rickshaw drivers in the beautifully cacophonous city.
The surreal domestic lives of humans and their hyper-real dolls
Fondazione Prada’s new exhibition, ‘Surrogati. Un amore ideale’ (Surrogate. A Love Ideal) explores the emotional bonds between humans and their inanimate companions.
Moncler in motion: watch 9 Genius collaborations come to life
Watch as Moncler premiers its latest Genius collaborations at Milan Fashion Week.
Inside Moncler’s expansive creative playground with Alyx, Craig Green, and Hiroshi Fujiwara
The French-Italian luxury sportswear brand recruits streetwear legends and couture royalty for its most ambitious, inclusive season yet.
Roksanda Ilinčić’s makes extravagant, minimalist magic
Peter Lowe goes backstage at Roskanda Fall 2019
The 16 dance tracks Maya Jane Coles can’t stop listening to
Ahead of her headline set for He.She.They in New York this weekend, the UK-based producer curates an exclusive playlist of her favorite emerging artists, spanning...
Sander Lak takes us behind the magic of Sies Marjan
An exclusive visual diary by the designer detailing the Sies Marjan Fall 2019 collection.
Helmut Lang brings supremely cool tailoring to the streetwear generation
Backstage at Helmut Lang's Fall 2019 collection, the first under new creative director Mark Howard Thomas.
Did MTV’s ‘Choose or Lose’ predict the state of American politics?
The 90s youth network can't be blamed for sending Bill Clinton to the White House—but it might provide some helpful lessons for Howard Schultz.
