Filmmaker Jonas Mekas Skypes with Hans Ulrich Obrist about the rise of the .net generation
Rightly known as the godfather of American avant-garde cinema, Jonas Mekas has inspired the careers of artists and directors from Andy Warhol to Martin Scorsese....
From the Archive: Willem Dafoe takes you inside his fanaticism
For our tenth anniversary edition, we revisit a selection of stories from Document’s archive—celebrating a decade of championing the independent creative spirit, and honoring the...
Frédéric Sanchez and Laurie Anderson discuss the relationship between image and sound
During his formative years, Frédéric Sanchez became drawn to the experimental sounds of John Cage and Brian Eno. Meanwhile Laurie Anderson began playing with people’s...
Illustrator Eri Wakiyama and jewelry designer Yoon Skype about how creativity can’t be taught
Tim Burton better watch out—there’s a new illustrator on the rise. Just as she finished studying fashion design at Parsons School of Design, Eri Wakiyama...
Curator Alissa Bennett details the dark side to Lena Dunham
We were both undergraduates in college when Alissa Bennett and I met, but were under profoundly different circumstances. I was an 18-year-old virgin living at...
Maria Grazia Chiuri on her feminist vision for Dior
Beautiful irony has never looked better than a woman bringing Christian Dior into its 70th year. Following seven decades of male designers, Maria Grazia Chiuri...
Teen eco-activist Xiuhtezcatl Roske-Martinez and Rosario Dawson sound the environmental alarm
At the young age of 13 Xiuhtezcatl (Shu-Tez-Caht) Roske-Martinez received the 2013 United States Community Service Award from President Barack Obama. Two years later, he...
Muse Amanda Lear defends being alone to artist Francesco Vezzoli
There’s a fascinating duality to Amanda Lear, the artist, model, performer, and gay icon, who’s seemingly done it all, in addition to playing creative muse...
Artist Robert Longo pits excess against morality with designer Rick Owens
In the late 70s, Robert Longo lived in New York City in a loft with fellow artist Cindy Sherman. Too broke for SoHo, the couple...
Musician Sevdaliza Escapes Expectations with Curator Beatrix Ruf
“There’s a woman, she’s every fantasy, and no reality in one,” sings Sevda Alizadeh, better known as Sevdaliza, in “Amandine Insensible.” The song is about...
Entre chien et loup by Christophe Chemin
Long before we ever talked about the possibility of a collaboration, Christophe and I started a beautiful and unexpected friendship based on sharing not only...
Pat Cleveland and Donna Jordan relive Kenzo’s glory days
The year was 1977. The locale was none other than Studio 54, the legendary late-night New York spot, where stars from all walks of art...
Eileen Myles and Dennis Cooper on staying sane, sending snail mail and the old New York City
The poet Eileen Myles ran as an “openly-female” write-in candidate in the U.S. presidential election against George H. W. Bush in 1992. At a time...
A.P.C.’s Jean Touitou rejects the runway with musician Lou Doillon
In 1987, the Tunis-born, Paris-based Jean Touitou founded A.P.C. Understated, calm, and representative of a new minimalism in the midst of the very brash, very...
Casey Spooner and Michael Stipe penetrate queerdom
When Warren Fischer and Casey Spooner formed the electroclash duo Fischerspooner in 1998, they set out to open minds and expose the masses to worlds...
Tartan, Geneva, New York by Lyle Ashton Harris
Since the late 80s, New York-based artist Lyle Ashton Harris has used a range of mediums, including photography, video, installation, and performance, to explore ideas...
From the Archive: An Article on Race Fatigue by Kara Walker
For our tenth anniversary edition, we revisit a selection of stories from Document’s archive—celebrating ten years of championing the independent creative spirit, and honoring the...
“Not Yours”: A New Film by Document and Diane Russo
In a new and politically-charged short film for Document, filmmaker Diane Russo pays homage to the vital history of democracy’s one true lifeblood: a revolutionary...
Transient Hedonism at Blind Man’s Ball
A woman wearing a black jumpsuit, slit open to her waist, surveyed the entrance of the Alder Manor, where thousands of costumed partygoers were being...
Fashion Superstars in the Eyes of Drew Jarrett
Drew Jarrett has teamed up once again with IDEA to publish his latest book 1994, a collection of unpublished candid photos of his life working...
Volez, Voguez, Voyagez Has Landed in New York
For the New York edition of the exhibition Volez, Voguez, Voyagez, curator Olivier Saillard finds the line between an exhaustive history of Louis Vuitton and...
Where Gratitude Becomes Virtue
Photographer Fernando Uceda and stylist Xander Ang capture idyllic dreamscapes in London’s Hackney Marshes in this Document exclusive editorial....
Maria Cornejo’s Family Affair
Almost two decades since Maria Cornejo established Zero + Maria Cornejo, her eponymous brand has managed to maintain its sense of elegance and family. With...
The Principles of Permanence
Document’s Alice Lefons and photographer Rahel Weiss twist classic lines into radical displacement in this Fall/Winter 2017 editorial....
Corresponding with Carolee Schneemann
Carolee Schneemann has incorporated personal correspondence into her published writing since at least 1965, when she quoted a letter to the French artist and poet...
If science fiction reflects our innermost fears, how do we see ourselves today?
We are fascinated with the end of the world, and have long used science fiction to reflect our cultural fears. The meteor hits, the epidemic...
Letter from the Editor
When the world is in such uncertain times, the search for a sustainable way of living becomes more fervent. For the second issue celebrating our...
Shelf Life by Claes Oldenburg
The term “shelf life” was coined in the 20s to refer to how long a product could remain on a shelf while retaining its freshness....
Capitalism in the Kardashian Era
What’s the currency of fame? Branding? Sexuality? The body? Youth? Photographer and documentarian Lauren Greenfield has been examining the “influence of affluence” for 25 years....
Andre Walker’s Collection 30 Years in the Making
At once a perennially emerging designer and a legend amongst fashion insiders, Andre Walker is one of the industry’s most elusive figures. At a time...
Prada Channels the Wonder Women Illustrators of the 1940s
The collections of Miuccia Prada are always strong proponents of feminist ideals. Projecting intelligence and independence as the true sources of beauty, Prada’s visions offer...
Once bulldozed by stereotypes, crossplay is cosplay’s gender revolution
Uniformly dominated by men, geek fandom is undergoing a rapid evolution in the ways that gender can be expressed. The vanguards of this change? Not...
Understanding anarchy from ancient Athens to the dark web
Modern society is currently experiencing a breakdown in its seemingly stable structures as hierarchies are flipped and new centers of power and authority develop. On...
Will virtual reality have an empathy breakthrough?
You’re walking through the Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo, brushing aside long grass, letting the sweat drip from your forehead and...
Louis Vuitton’s creative director Nicolas Ghesquière looks to the past to see the future
The power of image, from an in-person first impression to an Instagram post shared with millions of followers, has now been commercialized and politicized, for...
Embodying Rick Owens
It’s hard to believe that Rick and I have worked together for so long… It’s been a decade! I can’t think of anyone that I...
Toasting the New Edition of Document
One week before its official release on October 6, Document Journal held an exlusive preview of its Fall/Winter 2017 issue, the second edition celebrating the...
A Week of Icons: Backstage Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2018
Document witnesses Milan iconography and immaculate construction with photographer Luigi Lista. MSGM An Ode to color. Massimo Georgetti created an effortless rainbow as their Spring/Summer...
MoMA’s Paola Antonelli exposes the complexities of getting dressed with art director Peter Saville
Tenured at the Museum of Modern Art in New York for over two decades, curator, writer, editor, and lecturer Paola Antonelli has long since made...
Fashion designer Joseph Altuzarra sublimates his sexual desires
Born and raised in Paris, Joseph Altuzarra relocated to the U.S. when he was 18 to further his fashion education. He worked for Marc Jacobs,...
Spring/Summer 2018 Through the Lens of Designer Erdem Moralıoğlu
Designer Erdem Moralıoğlu takes Document behind the scenes of his royalty-inspired and jazz-infused Spring/Summer 2018 collection with this exclusive photo diary, giving an intimate look...
Archetypes Redefined: Backstage London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2018
Photographer David Richardson goes backstage at London Fashion Week to view the disruption of established norms for Document. Burberry Heritage was a running theme this...
Distortion of the Everyday at Faustine Steinmetz
Simple in its foundation, yet utterly complex in its execution; Faustine Steinmetz focused her Spring/Summer 2018 collection on the destruction of a daily uniform. Document...
Spiders
Maxime Imbert and Cristina Firpo use suburban London as a backdrop to capture the idyllic side of adolescence in this end of summer editorial for...
Offline in Cuba
With restriction to the internet, and heavy government censorship, Cuba looked to the underground for their media fix. Started around 2008, “El Paquete Semanal” has...
20 Years of Jeremy Scott
In celebrating the 20th year of his brand, a standing ovation greeted Jeremy Scott as he walked out on the runway during the finale of...
A Return To Form: Backstage New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2018
Document teams up with photographer Mich Cardin to go backstage at a New York Fashion Week headlined by departures and returns. Helmut Lang The most...
Pierre Bergé Has Died At 86
Pierre Bergé, the former life and business partner of Yves Saint Laurent, passed away today at the age of 86. A patron of the arts,...
Falls the Shadow: Maria Grazia Chiuri Designs for Works & Process
The visceral with the ethereal. Lights track and flourish over their dancing leads as Works & Process premieres “Falls the Shadow,” a series of four...
