New York-based photographer Tod Seelie is back from… Where’ve you been, Tod? “In Portland, Oregon on a raft, in LA shooting bands, and then hiding out on a farm in Nebraska.” Welcome back. We’re excited, because his first photography book Bright Nights: Photographs of Another New York published by PRESTEL comes out later this month, and he’s having a solo show at […]
Since 1999, Tod Seelie a.k.a. Sucka Pants has been shooting iconic New York — not your shiny postcard tourist New York, not your banal work-a-day New York. Seelie shoots sweaty basement DIY shows, firey tall-bike jousting Bike Kill, Swoon’s Swimming Cities trash-art-rafts on the Hudson River, lawless block parties, artists, train-hoppers, anti-heroes — our heroes. He’s kayaked to abandoned hospitals on […]
Here are some art, film, music and other things happening in NYC so you can Have a Good Weekend. Drop your suggestions in the comments or to tips@animalnewyork.com. FRIDAY 34°F LOW 18°F In Theaters: That dude from Thor stars in cyber-thriller Blackhat and Kevin Hart stars in silly comedy The Wedding Ringer. Guiseppe Andrews movies at Spectacle (7:30pm […]
ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished artwork or project. This week, Oakland-based artist Monica Canilao talks about her installation TOMB inspired by death, change and rebirth, created for the Resonance Show at The Headscapes warehouse in Long Island City. I came to New York for a month to build […]
On May 15th at a warehouse in Downtown Los Angeles, Superchief Gallery is having a grand opening of their new location. They’re still staying in the Lower East Side and throwing pop up art shows and BBQs in Brooklyn all summer. But they’ve driven a truck load of art across the country, so LA gets to […]
Tonight (May 2nd) and tomorrow (May 3rd), you ought*** to come to our FREE all ages shows at the Brooklyn Night Bazaar, presented with our friends at Glad Tidings. There will be food. There will be backlight minigolf. There will music and good cheer. You will feel awesome. MAY 2 (TONIGHT! 7pm-1am) 8:30 – BUENO | 9:30 – THE LOVE SUPREME |10:30 […]
Over the weekend, we checked out the Lost Lectures (with Hyperallergic), the latest from a series of innovative talks in secret locations. This time, it took place at the Knockdown Center in the Maspeth/Ridgewood industrial sector of Queens and featured appearances from Blood Orange, Amanda Lepore, Barbara Nitke and others. Barbara Nitke, who spent twelve years shooting porn stills on movie […]
Exciting news! In the words of our friends at Glad Tidings, “SOMEONE LET US AT THE BROOKLYN NIGHT BAZAAR!” ANIMAL New York has teamed up with Glad Tidings From New York to present two nights — Friday May 2nd and Saturday May 3rd — of awesome music. It’s free. It’s all ages. There’s skee-ball, apparently. What more do you […]
It’s difficult to encompass the real SXSW, but if you were in Austin to watch Lady Gaga getting vomited on at a Doritos-sponsored concert, you probably missed it. See some actual highlights from photographer Tod Seelie in the gallery above. The viking ship created by Dennis McNett for Juxtapoz at the Yellowjacket Social Club. Big […]
We don’t have much to go in trying to interpret what the hell is going on in these photos of Skull x Skull that Tod Seelie shot for us. The event is put on by Skidmarxxx every Sunday of SXSW. It starts in the afternoon and goes until the cops shut it down, every time. Geographically, it’s within the city limits of […]
