It what has to be one of the strangest actions to date, a splinter group fed up with the Occupy Wall Street movement, tried to “occupy” Artists Space, a non-profit entity in Soho that has been showcasing evocative work since 1972. However, about 28 hours after they officially announced that the space had been “occupied” by way of a Tumblr, Twitter, and YouTube video, they were evicted from the loft-like location at 38 Greene Street. Read more »
Here’s some raw video I shot on Tuesday night with a shit-camera, minutes before writer Naomi Wolf was arrested during an Occupy Wall Street protest against Governor Cuomo. Read more »
The light and forms in this particular Bushwick establishment are predisposed for cinematic photographs. (Photo: Chris Arnade/Flickr)
I had the opportunity to speak with Detective Rick Lee while demonstrators amassed in front of the Manhattan DA’s office on Tuesday afternoon. He’s the preppy-dressed cop who has been widely photographed during the Occupy Wall Street protests and given a catchy title that almost guaranteed meme-ification, as the word “hipster” proceeding any noun is wont to do. Read more »
New York City parents are very upset about this new Tokidoki Barbie. The pink-haired plastic harlot has a chest plastered with flowers, a geisha on her arm, a dragon on her back and a tiger on her neck and clearly, she’s “teaching kids to want tattoos before they are old enough to dress like that!” Read more »
Despite his assurances on the campaign trail and a really hopeful memo in 2009 from the Department of Justice, President Obama has all but abandoned his promise of not harassing states that have passed medical weed laws and now federal prosecutors are employing a new tactic to try and foce dispensaries out of business. Read more »
Following Takashi Murkami’s crazy cute float at last year’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in Midtown, the organizers have invited the beloved weirdo Cal Arts alum Tim Burton to do something weird. Meet B. Boy, a Frankenstein monster-ish, jagged-teethed outcast humanoid! Read more »
Zuccotti Park is privately owned, but as part of a long standing agreement with the city, must remain open to the public 24 hours a day, and so far, that has created a gray area preventing an outright eviction of the Occupy Wall Street protesters. Read more »
What seems like a night of sexually-charged teen mischief – slightly reminiscent of the pool scene in Kids – quickly turns into an anime nightmare in this bugged out music video for DyE’s newest single, Fantasy. Read more »
Kathe Kollwitz of the Guerrilla Girls tell ANIMAL: “We support all the Occupy groups and that includes Occupy Museums! We wish we could have been there yesterday.” While the Guerrilla Girls were busy with activist workshops in Chicago this week, we spotted this protestor at Zuccotti Park referencing the collective. Read more »
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