Month: August 2013
Strange New Feelings is a forthcoming new documentary about skater/artist/entrepreneur Ed Templeton, who, among many other things, founded and runs Toy Machine. According to director Kevin Barnett, the film “examines the life of artist and skateboard legend Ed Templeton as he navigates a blossoming art career and a transition from professional skateboarding.” “Kevin Barnett my long […]
As proven by this compilation of Miley Cyrus twerking on famous paintings from Buzzfeed, the VMAs aren’t actually for popular music or news coverage, but for the after-show fall-out and memes. PS. Art art art. […]
When we spoke to veteran hip-hop blogger Byron Crawford last week, one of the things we touched upon was his love for NYC rappers Action Bronson and Meyhem Lauren. Now, here’s a video featuring that indomitable duo along with virtuosic producer Harry Fraud and Brooklyn hardhead Ag Da Coroner. As marionettes. It’s great. […]
This week brings the momentous news that Whole Foods will follow the trail blazed by Urban Outfitters and begin selling vinyl records alongside their quinoa, herbal teas, and organic, locally-made hand soaps. The grocery chain’s press release lists the solid if snoozeworthy list of artists they’ll carry– “including Frank Sinatra, the Rolling Stones, Daft Punk […]
A group of four individuals, each armed with a variety of different skill sets within computer science, math, art and design, are collectively seeking to reinvent the way that programming is taught. Their School for Poetic Computation is structured differently than many other recently opened private coding schools. Rather than focusing solely teaching a skill, the school takes openminded […]
ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished piece. This week, Danish artist Jacob Kirkegaard — one of the artists exhibiting at MoMA current “Soundings” show — shares the inspirations and audio from his sound art piece Labyrinthitis, sent to us just before his recent performance of the piece at Eyebeam. I […]
From artists Elizabeth Veldon and Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt comes For Chelsea Manning, a tribute in drone to the recently-convicted Army leaker. “Chelsea Manning is a queer hero,” reads the description of the album by Veldon’s record label, Queering the Black Circle. “She is a role model for socially and politically engaged queer people.” The two-track album […]
According to New York City’s hometown papers–both the serious one and the two tabloids–the only way forward is to maintain the status quo: elect Christine Quinn on the Democratic side and some guy you never heard of on the Republican side. New York Times: We had already made up our own minds in favor of […]
Dena Mekawi isn’t going to wear a hijab at the 4th annual Miss Arab USA pageant, but some of the other contestants will. Women of Saudi Arabian, Iraqi, Syrian, Palestinian and Algerian roots, competing for the title on August 31 in Scottsdale, Arizona wear whatever attire they choose to represent their cultural heritage. There is also no swimsuit […]
For these beautiful, dreamlike portraits, artist Nick Criscuolo takes inkjet printouts of existing images, then modifies them to his liking. Water “melts” the ink, new pigments are added, and scratches contrast the bleeding, amorphous pools of color with sharply-defined lines. The highly physical process combined with the emphasis on widely available consumer technology makes for painting that […]
