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Inside Babycastles’ New Experimental Video Game Art Show

One of my first experiences upon moving to New York was as a volunteer at the 42nd St. Showpaper Gallery. A few blocks from Grand Central Station and across from a ritzy hotel, it was a strange location for a venue that showcased experimental music and video games. It felt like I’d found my secret […]

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Have A Good Weekend: Swans Live, Tons of Art and Underground Film Fest

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 37°F LOW 30°F   In theaters: Paul Thomas Anderson revives the 70’s in our highly recommended pick Inherent Vice, Ridley Scott gets biblical on your ass with […]

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Have A Good Weekend: Ed Wood, Junglepussy And A Holy Mountain Party

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 77° LOW 62° Sustain-Release electronic music festival in the Catskills, with Ital, Blondes, Aurora Halal, Huerco S. and more. (6pm, $115, Catskills) The 5th Annual CCNY Self-Published Zine and […]

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Have A Good Weekend: Evian Christ, John Waters Fest, Ways Of Something

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 84° LOW 73° Saul Williams at Le Poisson Rouge. (6pm, $20, Manhattan) diNMachine / rawmean / G.S. Sultan / sri experimental music and video games at Babycastles. (7pm, $7 suggested donation, […]

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Have A Good Weekend: Dope Body, Edward Marshall Shenk, Monday Off

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 79° LOW 66° Opening in theaters: The Strange Color of Your Tears (at IFC) and Yasuhiro Yoshiura’s anime Patema Inverted, “a perspective-twisting sci-fi adventure about two kids separated by opposite gravities” (at IFC). […]

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Have A Good Weekend: Kink, Dan Deacon, Kin-Dza-Dza!

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 74° LOW 65° In theaters: Kink, a documentary about BDSM fetish franchise Kink.com (with producer James Franco and director Christina Voros in person at IFC), and See You Next Tuesday at […]

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Have A Good Weekend: Deep Sound Art, Sweet Finances, Inland Empire

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 85° LOW 67° Opening this weekend: Boyhood, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Portal’s Living Spaces showcase at Silent Barn with Julie Byrne, Foxes in Fiction, Small Wonder  and others. (7pm, […]

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A Brief Guide To
Super Mario Mod-Based Art

At the recent E3 Conference, Nintendo announced Mario Maker. The new interactive element for WiiU will allow players to customize their own 2D Super Mario courses from scratch, “legitimizing” a practice already developed by hardcore modders and artists alike. Why did Nintendo suddenly decide to allow gamers this interactive experience? Journalist and game critic Leigh Alexander suggests that […]

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