Month: February 2014
Ubu Web, the massive, Kenneth Goldsmith-helmed database of avant-garde art, can be difficult to dive into. That’s why Marie von Heyl and Joao Flux created Ubu Roulette, a site that randomly selects one of the many video artworks hosted on Ubu and plays it back for you. “Organize your own Ubu Roulette party…random art is a […]
Recently, President Obama said something that we all knew was true despite decades of government propaganda and politicians claiming otherwise: namely that alcohol, a legal substance that’s widely available, is more dangerous than weed. Getting the Office of National Drug Control Policy to admit the same was a much harder prospect. (ANIMAL cut a 15 […]
Here’s a sexy little luge video from The Canadian Institute of Diversity and Inclusion in response to Russia’s insane “anti-gay propaganda” laws which persecute LGBT nationwide, deny their right to exist and inspire violent homophobic attacks. “The games have always been a little gay… let’s fight to keep it that way,” the TV ad reads. Yes. […]
In advance of their appearance at tonight’s Amnesty International concert at the Barclays Center, Nadya Tolokonnikova and Masha Alyokhina of Pussy Riot appeared on The Colbert Report last night to discuss Vladimir Putin, Russia’s “gay propaganda” laws, their release from prison, and the upcoming Sochi Olympics. They are excellent interviewees. Watch both segments below. […]
The brilliant acoustic guitarist Kaki King is taking to Kickstarter to fund her next project, an audiovisual performance that will turn her guitar into a canvas for vibrant projections. A technique called projection mapping — which displays images on a particularly shaped surface, and only that surface — turns King’s guitar into a luminous, reactive […]
In 1978, when graffiti was still developing and demonized as a blight on the city, artist Martin Wong was already a fan. He’d just moved to New York and was working Pearl Paint supply store, befriending the teenage writers who were equipping their arsenal at the store. He started collecting their black books and later, […]
It turns out that Mamrou Samuragochi, a deaf composer who’s most famous for his work scoring video games like Resident Evil and Onimusha, um, wasn’t actually composing his music. From Japan Times: “I’ve been told that there are certain circumstances that make it hard for the person (who composed the works) to come out in public, and Samuragochi has come […]
Yesterday, Flea admitted what even the most casual observer of the Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show already knew — that he and his band were “playing” instruments that weren’t plugged in — but that didn’t stop Axl Rose from weighing in with his theory about what really went down that fateful Sunday night. In a guest post […]
On Sunday, artist Maya Hayuk told ANIMAL that it will take her several days to paint the Bowery Wall, depending on the weather. She said she wasn’t all that worried if it gets defaced. Last night, her still unfinished mural was tagged by RODA, which is a departure from tradition, as graffiti writers usually wait […]
Why? Good question, my friend. I do not know why this Bitcoin soap exists, only that it does, because this is the world in which we live. Bitcoin soap, of course, is only purchasable with Bitcoin, as are Doge Soap, Anarchy Soap, and Pi Soap, all by the same San Francisco-based manufacturer. The soap is […]
