Charting the past, present, and future of emotionally-intelligent chatbots, from ELIZA to GPT-3
Consumer trust in technology is declining, even as machine learning programs grow more sophisticated. Are AI chatbots the exception?
Viktor & Rolf’s haute couture collection revels in play and resists practicality
Document offers a look backstage at the Spring 2023 presentation—corsets, bows, crinolines, and all
Model Diaries: Paris Men’s Fashion Week, through the lens of Yura Nakano
A day-in-the-life of the breakout star, between parties, castings, and the Kenzo runway
The winding path to Mac DeMarco’s ‘Five Easy Hot Dogs’
The multi-instrumentalist’s latest album is lyric-free, improvised along American highways in the spirit of plein-air painting
Daniel Arsham’s ‘Objects IV Life Chapter .003’ embraces decay to create living garments
Following his Paris Fashion Week debut, the designer joins Document to expound upon the evolution of his practice, and embracing material corruption
‘Recycling Beauty’ bestows new layers of meaning upon objects of the past
Fondazione Prada’s ongoing exhibition presents over 60 Greek and Roman art objects, transformed or altered throughout history
Word on the Street: Document solicits the public’s opinion on KidSuper’s Louis Vuitton debut
“For me, Louis Vuitton is a tradition. A tradition that evolves with time, evolves with people, evolves with style.”
DIOR haute couture honors Joséphine Baker’s radical mark on style
The house’s Spring/Summer 2023 collection looks to 1920s Paris, channeling the sensibilities of its founder’s best customer
The C.I.A. play with the parables of punk
With ‘Surgery Channel,’ the LA-based band dissects both society and the self, offering a rhythm that feels danceable and dissonant at once
Word on the Street: Document surveys the crowd outside Givenchy’s Fall 2023 menswear show
“It’s audacity. It’s passion. It’s breaking out of the norm.”
Hed Mayner views clothes as a second skin
Ahead of his Fall/Winter 2023 presentation, the designer filled Document in on his influences—from Charlie Chaplin, to boys’ tuxedos, to ’50s Polish outerwear
KidSuper is flouting fashion’s rulebook
Between his Fall/Winter 2023 shows, Colm Dillane joined Document to talk comedy in fashion and his Louis Vuitton debut
Model Diaries: Inside Paris Men’s Fashion Week with Adamu Bulus
The fresh face takes Document behind the scenes at Louis Vuitton, divulging this season’s best looks and best catering
Backstage at Hermès’s Winter 2023 menswear show, where metamorphosis is subtle and steady
Véronique Nichanian playfully iterated on the house’s classics, while imbuing her latest collection with an air of sensuality
Loewe embraces radical reduction for its latest menswear collection
Craftsmanship proved central to the presentation, with pared-back garments built from classic materials to spotlight sculptural silhouettes
In Dior’s latest menswear collection, the old world meets the new
Artistic director Kim Jones pays tribute to his predecessors for Fall/Winter 2023, imagining timelessness in the neoteric
Issey Miyake’s latest mens collection augments its pleated language
For Fall/Winter 2023, the Japanese house renders grace through simple geometry, featuring triangle pressing, bold prints, oversized silhouettes
Saint Laurent’s Winter 2023 menswear show broadened the scope of modern elegance
Anthony Vaccarello’s latest collection was informed by the house’s womenswear DNA, lending new context to classic codes of dress
Grand River’s “Kura” is an all-consuming embrace
Ahead of the release of ‘All Above,’ Aimée Portioli expounds upon the evolution of her practice and the art of translating emotion through sound
For Hannah Traore, success is a communal experience
The 27-year-old Malian-Canadian is among New York’s youngest curators—and her namesake gallery is dedicated to bringing marginalized artists to the fore
‘Spirit of Kibera’ illuminates Nairobi’s dynamic dance culture
Premiering with Document, Romy Maxime’s film celebrates the Kenyan community’s affinity for movement, and its influence on Africa’s broader artistic landscape
Good artists borrow, great artists steal, and AI art generators get sued
The company behind popular art tool Stable Diffusion is facing accusations of copyright infringement from all sides, raising questions about the future of AI art
Nation of Language is the synth-pop time machine you didn’t know you needed
Ian Devaney and Aidan Noell share a behind-the-scenes look at their latest tour, and an homage to their musical influences
“It’s perverse”: Pre-show musings with Charles Jeffrey Loverboy
In a video for Document, the designer unpacks the warped archetypes at the center of ‘Engine Room’
Livestream the Louis Vuitton Fall/Winter 2023 menswear show here
Watch the stream live this Thursday, January 19 at 2:30 p.m. CET / 8:30 a.m. EST
Inside Marni and Carhartt WIP’s Campari-flush evening
At Men’s Fashion Week, the unlikely pairing united workwear with florals, and New York with Milan
Overheard at JW Anderson’s Milan Fashion Week afterparty
Between nostalgia, subversion, tomatoes, and gin, Document divulges what friends of the designer were hungry for
Livestream the Givenchy Fall/Winter 2023 menswear show here
Watch the stream live this Wednesday, January 18 at 2:30 p.m. CET / 8:30 a.m. EST
Baye & Asa’s ‘HotHouse’ interrogates the myths wedged deep into the national consciousness
In their latest performance piece, the dancers employ a simple set for narrative flexibility, communicating a range of characters and places through their movement
Daytripping: The irreplaceable soundtrack to MDMA
In her bi-weekly column for Document, McKenzie Wark writes of the gap between the body and the body’s image of itself
“The Train You Always Hear But Never See” is a sonic interpretation of memory
Premiering with Document, VORA and Umbra Abra’s latest track is the reflective center of collaborative electronic album, ‘Portals’
Livestream the Zegna Fall/Winter 2023 menswear show here
Watch the stream live this Monday, January 16 at 3 p.m. CET / 9 a.m. EST
‘Louvre Looks’ renders contemporary portraits of the eminent institution
Twenty creatives across disciplines pay tribute to the museum through short-from videos, recognizing the Louvre as an evolving site of modern art
For cyborg Neil Harbisson, technology is the medium, not the message
From shark fins to seismic senses, members of the biohacking community are changing their brains and bodies to foster a deeper connection with nature
The Aging Actress Renaissance is upon us
This year’s Golden Globes reflect an audience ready for stories about complicated women—beyond their twenties
Aubero is a wardrobe built for self-mythologizing
Julian Louie’s debut menswear line breathes new life into threadbare vintage and antique garments, deconstructing and reworking them by hand
Shawna Ferreira traverses the Portuguese coastline, capturing quotidian magic
Premiering with Document, the filmmaker’s ‘FREE WILL VICE VERSA’ meditates on ritual, mystery, and personal meaning-making
Artificial intelligence is gunning to join your court defense
Between two of the most distrusted classes of modern society—lawyers and robots—who do we have less faith in?
On the internet, no one knows you’re alive
Online communities have a notorious death-faking problem, from cult fanfiction deserters to unraveling indie yarn retailers
Shoplifters or Security Guards: What’s the bigger financial burden?
Walgreens’s CFO admitted to inflating the scope of its theft problem, underscoring questions around the validity of retail’s moral panic
Indie romance author Susan Meachen faked her own death, committing social suicide in the process
The writer’s falsified death opened her up to receive the social judgment she already perceived in life
In ‘Reproduction,’ Barry McGee finds sympathy for the junked
The street artist’s previously-unseen photographic practice comes to light in a new book from Aperture
Books Unbanned underscores the library’s legacy as the last institutional bastion of freedom of information
Brooklyn Public Library's program, which features reading material deemed "inappropriate" for youth, combats conservative fear of discourse around protest, bodily autonomy, and reparations
Louis Vuitton and Yayoi Kusama meditate on infinity
A decade following their first collaboration, a new collection plays on the signature motifs of the legendary Japanese artist
The internet is in its lying era
TikTok’s Celebrity Death trend left the internet divided, signaling the latest generational disconnect on what society finds funny
The most absurd inventions from the world’s biggest tech show
From virtual reality scents to self-driving strollers, Document compiled a list of the most aggravating, unnecessary, and obscene products in attendance at CES this year
Christeene and Narcissister are exploring life’s profane pleasures
The transgressive artists join Document to discuss modern dating, sex magic, and Christeene’s latest album ‘MIDNITE FUKK TRAIN’
Daytripping: A night at the club, and tears before bedtime
In McKenzie Wark’s bi-weekly column for Document, two trans girls commune above the noise
Michaela Stark transforms the corset from an emblem of conformity into a tool of liberation
With transgressive body-morphing designs, the Australian artist celebrates the features shapewear often serves to hide—satirizing oppressive patriarchal standards in the process
