Dokument: A magazine
Dokument (“Document”) was a magazine with one central idea: Any material made or changed with the magazine in mind were disqualified from appearing in it. It consisted of nothing but unaltered, uncommented 1:1 black and white reproductions of found “documents” – complaints, postcards, invitations, instruction manuals, fan letters, flyers, travel documents, contracts, notes, diplomas, and more. The idea, of course, is simple: The most mundane and ephemeral allow strange and fascinating glimpses into other people’s lives. These fragments are also honest, unaltered, unedited, without comment or speculation.
Dokument #1 was published 1996. But an idea like this probably cannot have one single genesis. Recommend: The Smoking Gun (since 1997) and Found Magazine (since 2000) who are both great at what they do.
Published by Toxic Slime International, 1996 – 2000. Edited by Andreas Kjærgaard (#3 with guest editors Joachim von Westen, Morten Berg, and Thomas Fleron). Each copy hand bound in (reused) cardboard, making each copy unique and a document in itself. Availability: All issues sold out.
Awards: Årets Kulturtidsskrift (Danish Cultural Periodical of The Year), 2000.
