Month: February 2013
New York-based graphic designer Zhang Qingyun has created a curious and brilliant case study of YOU ON THE INTERNET. For his piece at the “Processed” exhibition at Center 548 in Chelsea, he set up two displays: (1) 50 captions culled from personal Facebook messages, gchats and tweets and (2) correlating Google Image results. Then he let the […]
After decades of putting work on the streets (for free), Bronx-born graffiti bomber COPE2 continues his pursuit of a more legal career by selling his art (for money). This past weekend, a new exhibit of his work opened at Gallery 69 in Tribeca. The solo show, entitled “Hypnotic,” is comprised of painted canvases, with all […]
Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja and documentary filmmaker Adam Curtis are collaborating on six performances in September, blending the music of the English group with film that weaves “arresting stories of politics and power over the past 30 years.” It’s sure to be one of most sensory-overloading experiences of the 2013 Park Avenue Armory season. […]
Once upon a time in the long long ago, record sales and terrestrial radio play were the only things that mattered for charting the performance of a particular single–if a song sold well and got radio play (and the two usually go hand-in-hand), it charted. If it didn’t, it didn’t. Then came the internet, and […]
Hey, sexy internet. Thank you for all your amazing submissions to the… We here at ANIMAL’s #VeryShortFilmFest have had a great time exploring Vine as a social and artistic platform, without asking their permission. We liked those arty and/or XXX-ish 6-minute videos you made. Our awesome judges — Stoya, Casey Neistat, Clayton Cubitt, Nate “Igor” Smith and Zoetica Ebb — […]
Start-up TaxiTreats has a nifty scheme: by this summer, select NYC taxis will be equipped with “Vengo” — the vending machine that sells everything from gum to lotions to… condoms. The proposed machines will accept credit cards and will operate via touch screen. Er, don’t worry, Vengo will also offer hand sanitizer. While the company has yet […]
The Harlem Shake is all but dead (hopefully), and people might be voraciously searching for the new horse to beat past death. Gallon smashing–in which one carelessly tosses two gallons of liquid in the air near unsuspecting supermarket patrons as he pretends he slipped– is not it. As hilarious as this is, please don’t make […]
See how long you can go on watching this supercut before the titular phrase goes from sounding like a normal colloquialism to some kind of meaningless tonal utterance. I lasted about 30 seconds. Just watch it! It’s a n– nevermind. […]
Students at the University of Surrey in the UK taking a Practical and Biomedical Bacteriology course imprinted their smartphone screens onto petri dishes with grow media to see what kind of bacteria was lurking. Three days later, they found #art. The colorized result are not just alluring abstract designs, there are narrative and performative elements […]
Annette Jung of Berlin-based Talking Animals recently made this 30-second animation of Michael Jackson dancing, using only LEGOs. Complete with the Billie Jean outfit and those token weird breathing sounds of his, “Lego Dance” has all kinds of nostalgic appeal. …Familiar? […]
