Category: Features
ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished artwork or project. This week, multi-disciplinary artist Rachel Mason discusses the making of her film work “The Lives Of Hamilton Fish.” Mason’s practice over the years has included sculpture, video and music. This particular piece brings all of her practice together […]
Omar, East Village. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Earlier today, the NYPD arrested CUNY professor Eric Linsker on a litany of charges for allegedly assaulting two NYPD cops and generally causing havoc during a rogue protest on the Brooklyn Bridge after the Millions March ended. Listen to NYPD cops blatantly lie about an arrest of a woman in her own house in front […]
Hershey, Noho. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Lorena, Bushwick. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
After Death Grips announced its break up back in July, everyone did post-mortem think pieces, praising the bands anarchistic ways or condemning perceived publicity stunts. So it’s easy to forget the chaotic noise-rap outfit still has a new album coming out. The music video for Inanimate Sensation dropped today and it’s just as fucked up and […]
“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 weeks playlist comes to you from chilled-out catalogue of Hospitality. They’ve put together a […]
For one group of New York students, a peaceful show of solidarity with Eric Garner turned into an important act of civil disobedience after the Department of Education banned a march planned on Tuesday. DNAinfo reports that students and faculty at the East Side Community High School had organized a march during school hours, to […]
Aesop, Williamsburg. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
ANIMAL showcases a different street artist regularly in our feature, Scratching the Surface. This week, we profile ChrisRWK. Hailing from Staten Island, Chris started doing graffiti at a young age and then developed his skills into a more evolved, fine art style and created a whole cast of signature, white-eyed characters. He later founded RWK […]
