Year: 2013
The South Korean government recently announced that they will be conducting a world-wide public image survey to statistically establish how close they’re getting to their state goal of creating “an attractive Korea trusted by the world.” Thanks to K-Pop — a flashy, thumpy, largely homogeneous, government-endorsed, shiny neon sugar-sweet ambassador agent — the “hallyu” culture/Korean Wave has been spreading […]
Recently, the city released a massive bundle of data about every lot of property in the five boroughs. Naturally, an intrepid data visualizer has already implemented it into a series of beautiful, informative interactive maps. Andrew Hill created the PLUTO Data Tour, which uses the data to look at things like the tallest walk-up in […]
As the Nazis spread war and mayhem throughout Europe, who was in charge of preserving countless amount of artworks and cultural relics at risk of destruction? That’s right. Nobody. During Hitler’s ascent to power, the fuehrer and his army began stealing and subsequently hoarding many of the priceless fine art treasures Europe is so prevalently known for. In […]
A little something to get you out of bed this morning: Bowery Boogie points to this found/archival footage shot from the window of a moving car rolling around the East Village and Lower East Side in the late 1980s, “beginning with a left-turn from East Houston north onto Avenue D.” It is grimy. […]
Emeril, Hell’s Kitchen. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Here’a s section of the massive piece MOMO painted in DUMBO. (Photo: nyclovesnyc) […]
Donnell Barden,42, is a resident of Flatbush and presumably, a heartless asshole. He was arrested this week for allegedly setting his pit bull loose on other dogs at Prospect Park. In at least one instance, witnesses said even he got in on the violence himself and stabbed a pooch with an ice pick. ANIMAL spoke […]
This should be fun: Pixelate, an art-piece-cum-arcade game that’s billed as a “showdown to see who can eat the most food in the correct order” by its creators. Not virtual food, though–real food like bananas, kiwis and strawberries, really ingested by the players. How does it work? Foods have particular electrical resistances, so using a specially designed fork […]
Have you been waiting for the new Spike Jonze film Her too? Exciting news: The film will premiere at this year’s 51st New York Film Festival (Sep 27 – Oct 13) at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, at the closing night gala. In the not so distant future, Theodore (Phoenix), a lonely writer purchases a newly developed operating […]
UPDATE: ANIMAL talked to Boob Jam creator Jenn Frank about the Boob Jam project, errors in her BBC profile, why video games are fun and the “male gaze” argument is boring. Read it here. Earlier this year, Vanillaware released a gamed called “Dragon’s Crown” featuring a sorceress character with credibility-straining breasts. Kotaku suggested that the game was […]
