Month: September 2014
ANIMAL will be bringing you continuing coverage from The New York Film Festival, which runs at Sep 26 – Oct 12 at Film Society of Lincoln Center. Two Shots Fired plays Monday, September 29th at 8:45pm and Tuesday, September 30th at 3:00pm. Two Shots Fired opens on our protagonist, 16-year-old Mariano, raving in a club, strobe lights flashing, 4/4 […]
Newly released U.S. census data shows a massive increase in bike riding commuters in New York over the past few years, with twice as many people biking to work in 2013 than in 2009. The use of public transportation also rose by 3%, while driving to work alone dropped by 9%. New York still has […]
According to the newest “Billionaire Census” from Wealth-X and UBS, there are 7% more millionaires in the world than last year. Most of them reside in New York, home to the biggest wealth gap in the country. There are 103 billionaires in the city, followed by 85 in Moscow and 82 in Hong Kong. A typical billionaire is […]
The image you see above is a print depicting a soldier getting tied up and disarmed by a race of tiny, round-headed creatures decked out in primary colors. Inspired by the 18th century classic novel Gulliver’s Travels, the art first existed as a sizable mural in Brooklyn (at Waterbury & Meserole Streets). It was painted […]
Earlier this week, the NYPD conducted what CBS characterized as an “impromptu meeting” with Times Square mascots in an effort to improve relations after a string of well publicized arrests. But according to the doomsdayers at the New York Post, it didn’t go as well as planned. Only nine characters showed up — CBS reported […]
Aby, Hell’s Kitchen. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Graffiti writer KNOWS stacking Krabby Patties with this box truck in Hell’s Kitchen. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Take one part NYPD, mix it with one part L train, and this is the outcome: @NYPDLTrain. It’s the latest Twitter account the NYPD has created ever since the nation’s largest police force learned about social media. Cute. […]
Two students from the Oslo School of Architecture and Design set out to create a visual representation of social media streams that would change the ephemeral medium into something more solid. Syver Lauritzsen and Eirik Haugen Murvold’s “Monolitt,” is an obelisk that dispenses colored paint in accordance with mood data from social media. The installation relies […]
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 Jane Friedhoff about Slam City Oracles, a colorful game with a strong message. Being a woman is hard, but “being a woman in game […]
