Category: Features
ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished artwork or project. For this edition, Meryl Bennett shows us how she made her “Melting Statues” out of old trophies and candle wax. When it comes to my creative process I tend not to plan all that much. […]
Quaalude (“kway-lewd”) or methaqualone (“meth-uh-kway-loan”), is something most people are only familiar with from movies and the news. It’s back in the spotlight because Bill Cosby, as part of an on-going rape scandal, admitted in a deposition to date raping a woman with them. The drug is an infamous downer, a powerful one, a highly […]
Apoc, Soho. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Hunter, Tribeca. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
ANIMAL showcases a different street artist regularly in our feature, Scratching the Surface. This week, we profile Rob Plater aka TMO. Name/Alias: Rob Plater or TMO. Decade you were born in: I was born in 1988. City you currently live: Queens, New York. Drugs or natural highs? For a while, one of my biggest highs […]
Thiago, Williamsburg. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
“Listen In” is a feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length 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. With the release of her fourth album, Illusion of You, New York-based artist and musician […]
Paul, East Village. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
“Listen In” is a feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length 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. British/Californian outfit The Acid makes gloomy, minimal synth-pop. Their track “Ghost” from last year’s album […]
2C-E or “Europa” is a synthetic psychedelic phenethylamine hallucinogen. It’s a powerful drug that’s like setting off mental fireworks, bringing a bounty of colors, sounds, sights, and thoughts that you wouldn’t have had otherwise. It’s a vacation from the vacation of the ordinary. The colorless oil is not for the faint of heart. It’s strong […]
