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January 19, 2015 Rhett Jones

ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished artwork or project. This week, James Harvey talks about his special brand of work in graphic novels. I’ve been working with collage a lot lately in the preparation of my drawings. Here’s what I’ve been doing: I make a […]

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Bucky Turco

Theresa, Soho. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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January 16, 2015 Prachi Gupta

Pratt Institute visiting assistant professor Ben Wellington, who runs the influential quantitative analysis blog I Quant NY, has published a TEDxNewYork talk in which he talks about the untapped wonders of New York City’s open data. With the fervor of a preacher, Wellington calls upon New Yorkers to rise up and demand legislation that will […]

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Bucky Turco

Aidan, Central Park. (Photo: Andrew Holmes) […]

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January 15, 2015 Backdoor Pharmacist

DiPT or N,N-diisopropyltryptamine is a very unusual tryptamine psychedelic hallucinogen. Despite its relation to DMT and LSD, which produce visual effects as well as auditory effects, DiPT causes primarily auditory effects. Instead of seeing the walls warp and patterns fractalize, it morphs sounds, like music, voices. If you’re the psychedeli-curious type who wants to experience […]

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Bucky Turco

Madison, Bushwick. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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January 14, 2015 Rhett Jones

“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’s playlist comes to you from Italo and The Passions, a band […]

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Bucky Turco

Giacomo, Jamaica Station. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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January 13, 2015 Aymann Ismail

ANIMAL showcases a different street artist regularly in our feature, Scratching the Surface. This week, we profile Roycer, a native New Yorker whose signature “monsters” pepper the cityscape. In addition to promoting himself on the streets, Roycer is a curator and has organized exhibits featuring graffiti and street artists. Name/Alias: Royce Bannon, Roycer, Choice Royce. […]

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Bucky Turco

Sinclair, Soho. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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