Month: August 2014
On the day the National Guard arrived in Ferguson, police cracked down on anyone in the street. Cops arrested citizens and journalists, and commanded that anyone on the street keep walking, so people wouldn’t congregate. The curfew was gone, but by nightfall, the teargas returned and Ferguson was being forced back into the shadows. There […]
“Voguing and Ballroom is such an underground culture… so let’s actually take it underground! From director and choreographer Kemar Jewel, here’s “Voguing Train.” Watch these young performers duckwalk, dip and spin all over the Philadelphia subway system. And please, watch the closing doors. […]
Occupy Wall Street organizer and activist Aaron Black tells ANIMAL that he scrambled to find cover during last night’s intense standoff between state/county police and protesters near the QuickTrip in Ferguson. This was what the scene looked like a little after 11PM. (Video: Aaron Black) […]
“Listen In” is a weekly feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length YouTube playlist of songs they’re currently digging. Click the big play button above to hear the whole playlist or scroll down to see and hear individual tracks. This week, electronic musician, artist, designer and founder of witch house, Travis Egedy aka Pictureplane […]
Combining biology and wearable tech, scientist John Rogers and marine biologist Roger Hanlon have created a small prototype of electronic camouflage that imitates the skin of an octopus — a cephalopod that can change its color to match its surroundings. “Real cephalopods are capable of levels of active camouflage orders of magnitude more sophisticated than our system,” Rogers told Popular […]
“Let’s face it. What I’m doing isn’t really vandalism,” Jay Shells tells ANIMAL after a weekend of putting his site-specific Rap Quotes around Philadelphia. “But the questionably legal act of installing signs became trickiest around City Hall and the Liberty Bell where an abundance of bored security guards are waiting to flex on a smart ass like me.” But he got it done. […]
The Museum of the City of New York’s current exhibit “City As Canvas” features photography of graffiti from the 70′s and 80′s and the work of artists such AS Keith Haring and Lee Quiñones. The show has been up since February, but Police Commissioner Bill Bratton is still angry about it, the Wall Street Journal reports. “I […]
An order issued by NYPD administrators earlier this month instructed cops to stop using personal cell phones when on duty. The order told officers “that any video or audio created by any device, including a personal device becomes a record for legal purposes and is therefore subject to applicable evidentiary laws.” The notice was sent out one day […]
The number of violations of the “pooper scooper” law — which carries a $250 fine for those who don’t clean up after their dogs — are the highest in the Bronx and Queens, DNAinfo reports. Bronx residents were cited for breaking the law 252 times in the last two years, which Queens followed with 68 and […]
Isaac, Hell’s Kitchen. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
