Category: Features
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 […]
Leopold, High Line. (Photo: Steven Severinghaus) […]
ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished artwork or project. This week, artist Morehshin Allahyari discusses her web-based project Like Pearls. You can see more of her work here and read an interview with the artist here. October 6, 2013 Looking through my spam folder, I […]
Alfred, Union Square. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Leonardo, Downtown Brooklyn. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Harlem’s own ASAP Ferg, the official Hood Pope, has dropped a new mixtape and is going on tour. Ferg will be representing the Harlem yin to YG’s Compton-born yang in an East/West super-show beginning on December 31st at Madison Square Garden. You can stream the new mix below or download it for permanent listening right here. […]
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 Porpentine about With Those We Love Alive, a text-based browser game about love, power and an alien empress. With Those We Love Alive opens on […]
Aristotle, Times Square. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]