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May 18, 2015 Prachi Gupta

Too often with videos documenting police brutality, we see one of two things: Either a crowd of bystanders looks on helplessly as officers abuse their power, or the crowd gets involved, and then there are mass arrests. In this video shot by Copwatch Patrol Unit member Michael Barber, however, neither of those outcomes happened — […]

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Bucky Turco

Alan, 190 Bowery. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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May 15, 2015 Liam Mathews

NYU undergrad Chris Cole’s final project for one of his classes was a short film about a college student obsessed with the rapper Drake. The film shares its title with Drake’s most recent release, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, but where Drake’s use of the title is inscrutable, Cole’s is clear: If you’re […]

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Bucky Turco

Marion, Williamsburg. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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May 14, 2015 Michael Rougeau

ANIMAL’s feature Game Plan asks 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 Lucie Viatgé, Tom Victor and Titouan Millet of the Klondike Collective about Naut, a trippy game made in two days. These days, it’s not unusual […]

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Bucky Turco

Griffin, Bed Stuy. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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May 13, 2015 Bucky Turco

Falco, Jamaica. (Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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May 12, 2015 Prachi Gupta

“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. Over two decades after the last Storm Rave, Frankie Bones, progenitor of the […]

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Aymann Ismail

ANIMAL showcases a different street artist regularly in our feature, Scratching the Surface. This week, we profile Buff Monster. Name/Alias: Buff Monster. Decade you were born in: The end of the ’70s. City you currently live: Brooklyn. Drugs or natural highs? Never done drugs. Never even smoked a cigarette. How did you get your name? […]

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Bucky Turco

Bruce, Astor Place. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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