Category: Features
Here’s a page from William S. Burroughs scrapbook — the 20th century artists’ proto-Tumblr, a diary-like collection of notes, quotes, news clippings, snapshots and other ephemera that eventually forms the inspiration for definitive work. A collaboration with Brion Gysin, Burroughs’ book features early iterations of the “cut-up technique,” later popularized in sections of his loopy […]
ANIMAL’s original series I Should Have Shot That! asks photographers about that one shot that got away. This week, Brendan McInerney talks about a moment in Moldovian hospice care he just couldn’t shoot. I’m in a town called Taraclia in Moldova of the former USSR. I’m currently an English teacher. It’s alright. It pays the bills. I live in […]
ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original idea sketch next to a finished piece. This week, Elizabeth Valleau shows us the inspirations for her stereoscopic 3D portraits created for a private booth. The piece itself is a series of stereoscopic 3D portraits of these archetype explorations. The subjects hold very still and engage with the […]
ANIMAL’s original series I Should Have Shot That! asks photographers about that one shot that got away. This week, Ian Cox recalls a perfect moment with FUTURA during the illegal, subterranean Underbelly Project in Paris. I was invited to document the second Underbelly Project, after New York. It’s an illegal project. It’s not sanctioned, so it’s all […]
ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original idea sketch next to a finished piece. This week, Eva and Franco Mattes tell us about their piece Catt (2010) and trolling Maurizio Cattelan. Known for their provocative projects that involve and expose its willing and unwilling participants, Eva and Franco Mattes have stolen many little bits […]
ANIMAL’s original series I Should Have Shot That! asks photographers about that one shot that got away. This week, we talk to actor, stuntman and photographer Dean Neistat about his days of as an Air Force aircraft commander. After Hurricane Sandy, a lot of people are very surprised by some of my photographs, my brother’s photographs, my brother’s videos, […]
ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original idea sketch next to a finished piece. This week, net artist Anthony Antonellis talks about the creation of his 3d Porn HD with Retina Display. You too can be in porn… without being in porn! This is very NSFW. Obviously. You can see Anthony’s work right now at the […]
ANIMAL’s original series I Should Have Shot That! asks photographers about that one shot that got away. This week, freelance photographer @weeddude talks about a train robbery in Thailand. I am a documenter. I go to the areas that most people would not go, or hot spots like Pakistan and Afghanistan, mostly for my own venture, my own […]
ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original idea sketch next to a finished piece. This week, NYC graffiti-bombing legend COPE2 shows us what a quick sketch of his wall piece looks like. I did this sketch pretty quick once I knew I was putting a wall together with several graffiti artists. If I’m just […]
ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original idea sketch next to a finished piece. This week, artist Evan Roth shares a computer sketch of the renowned project EyeWriter which allowed graffiti writer TEMPTONE — almost completely paralyzed by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis — to create graffiti using only his tracked eye movement and project it on buildings miles away. […]
