The Archive of Becoming by Jeremy Grier

October 1, 2023

photography - Jeremy Grier
styling - Julie Ragola
model - Quillian de Boeck @ Unit
hair - Nikki Providence
makeup - Yasmin Istanbouli @ The Wall Group
location - Thomas Mann House

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ART / FASHION/ CULTURE / MUSIC / FILM

Daily Journal

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Great book intros remain indelible. Luke Goebel’s incendiary new novel begins with a great description of the Santa Ana winds that one year ago today fueled two of the largest fires in Los Angeles history. Since then, the grift, the corruption, the fraud, the cover up to steal land and obscure blame has been the modus operandi for a city that operates in the shadowy caddy corners of morality. Kill Dick follows in the great tradition of sunshine noir—murder, ambition, intrigue, but with a distinctly contemporary flavor in our era of opioids and attentional economies. And Goebel’s pretty little rich girls are almost too real. The book comes out April 2026 on @redhenpress #lukegoebel #fire #losangeles #santaana

For Autre’s FW25 Work In Progress issue, we partnered with @laeyeworks to produce a series of wide-ranging interviews with @caltechedu scientists working at the frontiers of contemporary space exploration. From the moons of Jupiter and the icy Kuiper Belt to the event horizons of distant black holes and colliding galaxies light-years away, space is the place where our understanding of the universe—and ourselves—collides in spectacular wonder. Mike E. Brown is Richard and Barbara Rosenberg Professor of Planetary Astronomy at Caltech. He has discovered dozens of dwarf planets (and demoted Pluto from planet to dwarf planet), and is currently hot on the trail of Planet Nine—a hypothesized body that is possibly the fifth largest planet of our solar system. Cameron Hummels is a research scientist and Director of Astrophysics at Caltech. He is an expert in galaxies and the processes that dictate their formation and evolution over cosmic time including star formation, supernova, and black holes. Katherine de Kleer is Assistant Professor of Planetary Science and Astronomy at Caltech. She is interested in dynamic planetary processes and how they relate to the surface environments, atmosphere, and thermochemical histories of planets and satellites. All scientists wear l.a.Eyeworks Interviews by @summer.bowie Photographs by @damienmaloney #spaceistheplace #blackhole #space #galaxy #kuiperbelt #telescope #caltech #laeyeworks

𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕙𝕠𝕤𝕥𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕦𝕟𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕖𝕟𝕥. To better understand petro-imperialist ambitions in Venezuela—and the environmental devastation they leave behind—we revisit our interview with human rights lawyer Steven Donziger from our FW24 Citizen issue (🔗 in bio). Donziger’s lawsuit, filed on behalf of Amazonian Indigenous communities, targeted Chevron (formerly Texaco) for dumping more than 16 million gallons of toxic wastewater into the Ecuadorian rainforest—an environmental catastrophe thirty times larger than the Exxon Valdez spill. The contamination poisoned rivers, farmland, and drinking water, triggering a brutal wave of cancers, miscarriages, and birth defects across the region. The case ultimately resulted in the largest damages judgment ever awarded in an environmental lawsuit. Venezuela’s entanglement with foreign oil interests has long been shaped by resistance as much as extraction. In the 1970s, following decades of domination by U.S. and European oil companies, the Venezuelan state moved to reclaim sovereignty over its natural resources, nationalizing its oil industry in 1976 and forming Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA). The move was intended to curb foreign exploitation and redirect oil wealth toward national development—an assertion of independence that directly challenged U.S. petro-capital interests. Nearly fifty years later, that struggle persists in a different form. Today, Chevron is the only U.S. oil company operating in Venezuela under a special U.S. government license, granted amid sanctions and geopolitical negotiations. Its presence underscores the cyclical nature of petro-imperialism: even after nationalization, foreign oil power continues to re-enter through exceptions, loopholes, and crises—often with environmental and human costs that echo the past. Photographs by Lou Dematteis/Redux #venezuela #maduro #oil #crude #donziger

“If you can make a critic cry, you’re doing well.” Nan Goldin in conversation with editor-in-chief Oliver Kupper for Autre FW20. On January 13 at @gagosian London, all 126 slides of Goldin’s iconic masterpiece The Ballad Of Sexual Dependency will be on view. Photograph of @nangoldinstudio by @patmartin__ outside @markmahoney_ssc old Shamrock Social Club location on the Sunset Strip Artwork: Skeletons coupling, NYC 1983 #nangoldin #theballadofsexualdependency #slide

Sustainability has become a corporate trope, a well-worn mindset, a broken promise. In Autre’s FW25 Work In Progress issue, fashion editor @camilleangepailler has organized a critical round table discussion on the state of sustainable fashion with three independent designers: @loudebetoly @kostasmurkudisarchive and @juliekegels Photographer Timothy Schaumburg @timothyschaumburg Fashion Editor Camille Ange Pailler @camilleangpailler Production Gabrielle Cox @gabs__production Casting Olga Sikorska @olgy_call_me Model Lotte @lemanagement Hair Kosuke Ikeuchi kosuke_ikeuchi @shotview_managementMakeup Lee Hyangsoon @leehyangsoon__ Photo Assistant Kristina Weinhold @kristinaweinhold Stylist Assistant Nadine Sahm @nads.studio Retouch Color Workz @colorworkz Special thanks to @yellownosestudio #greenswashing #sustainability #fashion #sustainablefashion

New acquisitions. Just before Christmas, we received what looked like an impeccably official package from @sothebys. Maybe an invite. Holiday surprise deliveries from luxury brands aren’t unusual. On closer inspection, it was an editioned artwork by our favorite LA vandal, Zachary Fernandez (@jesushands - best known for turning the Hollywood sign into Hollyweed in 2017). The timing feels prescient. As much of the art world falters, Sotheby’s sales continue to rise, quietly consolidating power. The auction paddle becomes a symbol of control and spectacle—consensual, calibrated, and a little sadomasochistic. #sothebys #auctionhouse #paddle #art

New Year’s resolution: be more radical, take more risks. AUTRE is a 100% independent media platform. To support our mission, we urge you to consider purchasing a two year subscription (4 issues delivered directly to your doorstep - as a bonus you will receive our entire archive of 21 issues sent to your inbox after checkout. Hit the link in bio. Photo @bjork at the @chateaumarmont by Spike Jonze #bjork #autre #newyearsresolution #print #support

More of this energy in 2026; a perverts guide to f*cking the system before it f*cks you. @nadya and Slavoj Žižek #2026energy #pussyriot #slavojžižek

Los Angeles 🌴Berlin 🌭Paris 🪩London 🫖New York 🗽 Miami 🌊—in 2025 we partied around the world with friends and collaborators. From @sharonstone teaching our dinner guests how to pose at the @wehoedition to @kidcudi and @crystalwaters meeting in Miami. Thanks to everyone who attended, all the sponsors, all the hosts cohosts, the cultural engineers, performers, DJs , venues, security, servers, cleaning staff, bar backs, chefs and more. #party #worldwide #paris #london #losangeles #berlin #newyork

“Some of the best art I saw in 2025” — Oliver Kupper (editor-in-chief) 1. Soundwalk Collective and Patti Smith CORRESPONDENCES at @kurimanzutto NYC 2. @_alfonsogonzalezjr THIS WAS HERE @jeffreydeitchgallery NYC 3. @dougaitkenworkshop PSYCHO DEBRIS FIELD @regenprojects LA 4. @jonrafman PROOF OF CONCEPT @spruethmagers LA 5. Bruce Nauman PASADENA YEARS @mariangoodmangallery LA 6. P. Staff EARTHSHAKER @delvazprojects LA 7. Anne Imhof DOOM: HOUSE OF HOPE @parkavearmory 8. Jack Pierson CAPITALIST DECADENCE @lisson_gallery 9. Paul McCarthy ADAM & EVE COOKING SHOW @am_cinematheque 10. Vaginal Davis FABELHAFTES PRODUKT @gropiusbau Berlin 11. Wolfgang Tillmans NOTHING COULD HAVE PREPARED US @centrepompidou Paris 12. Rick Owens TEMPLE OF LOVE @palaisgallieramuseedelamode Paris 13.Eliza Douglas GUGGENHEIM @overduinandco LA 14. @elmgreenanddragsetstudio THE ALICE IN WONDERLAND SYNDROME @pacegallery LA 15. @ryanjgander IVE FALLEN FOUL OF MY DESIRE @camdenarts176 London 16. @devilintraining_ IT’S IMPORTANT TO HAVE UR FANGS OUT AT THE END OF THE WORLD @mendeswooddm Paris 17. @puppiespuppiesjade DEAD LIBERTY @balicehertling Paris 18 @meriembennani SOLE CRUSHING @lafayetteanticipations Paris 19. R. Crumb TALES OF PARANOIA @davidzwirner LA 20. Alex Da Corte PARADE @matthewmarksgallery NYC #2025wrapped #2025 #yearinreview #art

Throw back to @miakhalifa and @sicknethi in Paris back in June. Endlessly grateful to both for being a part of our SS25 Desire Issue and spending two days signing copies at @doverstreetmarketparis and @hotelsamourparis 📸 @thecobrasnake #miakhalifa #nicksethi

@munky_korn for AUTRE FW25 Work In Progress. Photographer: Lolita Eno (@lolita111000) Styling: Peri Rosenzweig (@perirosenzweig) Art Direction: Malena de la Torre Suárez (@m_ts Styling Assistant: Courtney Trop (@alwaysjudging) Grooming: Carolina Ballesteros (@carolinaballesteros_) at Opus Beauty (@opusbeauty), using Danessa Myricks Hair: Remy Moore (@remymoore) using Bumble ano Bumble (@bumbleandbumble) Thickening for The Only Agency (@theonly.agency) Production: Mateen Mortazavi (@mateenmortazavi) of Dirty Pretty Productions (@dirtyprettyproductions) Locations: Lorenzo Diego (iamlorenzodiego) + Lumina Spaces (@lumina_spaces) #jamesmunkyshaffer #chrishunt #corn #venera

Merry Xmas 🎄from us at AUTRE magazine. A gentle reminder that everything can go away in an instant. It’s been almost a year since fires wiped out parts of Los Angeles. Here is artist Paul McCarthy’s Santa with Butt Plug Bronze recovered the ashes of the Eaton Fire, featured on the cover of our SS25 Desire Issue. 📸 @joshuawhitephotography #merryxmas #paulmccarthy #christmas #santa

Super ⭐️ of 2025 @vaginaldavis_official two museum solos at @gropiusbau and @momaps1 and the cover of Autre’s DESIRE issue in between, photographed by @dielamb and a fun, hot, unforgettable night in Berlin #vaginaldavis

@maya_hawke in @prada for Autre FW25 “Work In Progress” by @boe_marion “My advice [to my dad] was to let go [of the character] completely. Imagine you’ll never do it again. Because by the time you’ll do another season, you will be different. The characters can change too. On @strangerthingstv , every season, I let go of whatever Robin from that season was and built a totally new one.” @maya_hawke in convo with @lilyrabe on the evolving nature of character building. Photographer Boe Marion @boe_marion Lead Stylist Cece Liu @cc_looo Consulting Stylist Jamie Mizrahi@sweetbabyjamie Hair Peter Butler @peterbutlerhair Makeup Benjamin Puckey @benjaminpuckey Director of Photography Basil Fauchier @basilfauchier First Assistant Camera Arjun Bajaj @arjunbajaja Gaffer Mario Riquelme @mario_nomas Photo Assistant Martin Axell @martinaxell Production Family Projects @family.projects Production Assistant Myles Gouveia @mylesgouveia #mayahawke #strangerthings #prada