Month: January 2014
Ten years later, some justice for the hundreds and hundreds of people who were unlawfully arrested during protests of the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York. In a settlement announced yesterday, the city will pay out $18 million to some 1,800 protesters, journalists, and bystanders. “No lawful protester should ever be treated like a criminal […]
YouTuber Flula Borg made this video of himself beatboxing, filmed in super duper slow motion. It is awesome. And lips are, like, weird, man. Flula says his look like “the vagina of a brontosaurus” in the video. I’m inclined to agree. […]
The city released renderings of the new Rockaways boardwalk this week, and they look pretty much as you’d expect. Gone is the mostly wooden construction that was demolished in Hurricane Sandy, replaced with a sleek concrete walkway. Truth told, it looks more like a sidewalk than a boardwalk, but should hold up better against future […]
ANIMAL’s feature Game Plan asks video game developers to share a bit about their process and some working images from the creation of a recent game. This week, we spoke with Christopher Johnson about Moirai, a game that lets players unknowingly judge one another for making a difficult decision. Christopher Johnson saw a play that […]
Swiss artist Zimoun’s latest installation in the UK consists of 96 prepared dc-motors rattling wooden balls inside 96 cardboard boxes. Video above. Zimoun according to bitforms gallery: Using simple and functional components, Zimoun builds architecturally-minded platforms of sound. Exploring mechanical rhythm and flow in prepared systems, his installations incorporate commonplace industrial objects. In an obsessive display of […]
Modern Pinball NYC, a recently opened “interactive pinball showroom” on 3rd Avenue near 26th Street, is a cornucopia of paddles, flashing lights, and multiballs. All of the machines are for sale — they run from about $5,000 to $15,000-plus for a nice vintage piece — though you’d never know it at first glance. The atmosphere […]
Gian Franco Morini, director of the Tom’s Restaurant documentary we wrote about in October, sent us this footage Jerry Seinfeld, Larry David, and Jason Alexander outside the Morningside Heights eatery they made famous this week. Morini seems to believe they were shooting a Super Bowl commercial. Nothing much happens — which seems fitting — but […]
Mayor Bill de Blasio campaigned on on a concept “vision zero” — the idea that traffic deaths are preventable, and can and should be eliminated entirely in New York — and yesterday, he unveiled some of the steps his administration will take to try to make it a reality. The NYPD’s Highway Division will grow […]
Theodore and Samantha, Hell’s Kitchen. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
It was foggy in New York City this morning and yesterday afternoon as well, practically disappearing this boat on the Hudson River. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
