Month: June 2014
Byron, Williamsburg. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Graffiti artists SKI, 2ESAE, Boxer Juntaro, and Col Wallnuts collaborated to paint this mural of Biggie, complete with signature Coogi sweater, in Bed Stuy. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Compiled by the New York Daily News, here’s an interactive map of the various crimes committed on the subway, based on NYPD data recorded between July 2008 and June 2013, obtained via a Freedom of Information Law request. According to the stats, the annual number of crimes decreased 12% from 2009 to 2012. It’s a nice looking map […]
Koki Loaiza’s insane ollie over the train tracks at the 145th Street station in Harlem was made famous by Allen Ying‘s photo, but there’s more to that iconic capture. Check out the full, freshly-released short video directed by Colin Read (aka MandibleClaw) from the Tengu: God of Mischief box set. See the skaters wreak havoc in the subway system, complete with riding off escalator […]
A small German company Blitzortung has created a real time map of lightning strikes over much of the world, all for free. Their spread out detectors help them determine the location of a lightning strike in seconds. The Vane explains: Let’s say there’s a thunderstorm over Dallas and a brilliant bolt of lightning strikes the center of […]
Jeff Koons’ Split-Rocker was recently installed at Rockefeller Plaza, in conjunction with his retrospective opening this Friday at the Whitney Museum. Equipped with its own irrigation system, the 150-ton, 37-foot-high stainless steel, soil and geotextile fabric sculpture features over 50,000 plants. We were told to come back by the second week of July when its marigolds, petunias, geraniums, begonias and impatiens are “really in […]
Amnesty International has launched their “Panic Button” app, designed to allow activists to quickly alert many people when they are in danger. The app has been in development for over a year, Wired reports. It has recently been launched in Brazil, Sudan and the Philippines. By quickly tapping your power button or the number “1” […]
CloudChamber is an online project which takes submitted Soundcloud links and plays them into the Reverberation Chamber at the National Physical Laboratory in London. The sound of your mp3 reverberating against the walls of this chamber is recorded, processed, and re-uploaded to Soundcloud so you can compare it to the original. CloudChamber describes the mechanics […]
ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished artwork or project. This week, Los Angeles-based artist Sterling Crispin talks about Charon — a technically complex year-long project creating a gorgeous sculpture derived from a flight path of a drone. In short, Charon is an interactive installation and sculpture created […]
Cuphead — a new game developed by Studio MDHR, announced at the recent E3 conference — exists totally in an hand-drawn style reminiscent of 1930’s cartoons. Authenticity is provided by “taking the time to use actual cells and is inking by hand,” Daily Dot writes. The game allows you to play as Cuphead or Mugman, while you battle […]
