Document Journal Fall/Winter 2024–25: A New Perspective

The largest edition ever with 700+ pages of new ideas.

The late critic John Berger wrote, “If we can see the present clearly enough, we shall ask the right questions of the past.” In this issue, we investigate not only our present moment but also the threads that led us here.

We explore the history of the legendary philosophy and fiction press Semiotext(e) with its editors Chris Kraus and Hedi El Kholti; we uncover centuries of healing practices in Big Sur; we report from the Middle East on big data’s entanglement with war; and we visit collectives queering dystopia.

With Cate Blanchett, Jake Gyllenhaal, Venus Williams, Chloë Sevigny, Mickalene Thomas, Alfonso Cuarón, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Nadège Vanhée, Eileen Myles, Thom Browne, Lena Waithe, The Estate of Mike Kelley, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Ambera Wellmann, Lara Stone, Imaan Hammam, Amelia Gray, Colin Dodgson, Joshua Woods, Alice Goddard, Michael Bailey-Gates, Paul Sinclaire, Oliver Hadlee Pearch, Jawara, Casper Sejersen, Beat Bolliger, Thurstan Redding, Emilie Kareh, Luca Khouri, Isabelle Sayer, Larissa Hofmann, Emma Wyman, Ben Toms, Philip-Daniel Ducasse, Edward Bowleg III, Giovanni Corabi, Nadav Kander, Grace Ahlbom, Holli Smith, Hari Nef, Ethan James Green, Martine Gutierrez, The Last Dinner Party, Nikolai von Bismarck, Delphine Danhier, Whitney Mallett, Geoffrey Mak, Journey Streams, and the artists who make New York nightlife.