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When it comes to Mexico’s drug cartel crisis, we rarely hear any news that’s short of devastating. Canadian photojournalist Brett Gundlock, however, tells the incredible story of one small village’s victory against the cartels through his series La Puebla seen on Wired. After successfully driving away a cartel-backed group of loggers who’d completely destroyed their surrounding forest, […]
At some point during his Google Maps-scouring endeavors, German artist Daniel Schwarz noticed a strange phenomenon: the apparent coexistence of two contrasting seasons in the same place. Juxtapose is a collection of these glitched-out images, mostly of remote locations, taken directly from Google Maps. Although the satellite images give users a godlike power in jumping from […]
Brooklyn Bridge is the Times Square of bridges. Here are a few artifacts that Joe America has left behind in the from of citizen graffiti, as well as local writers. Nothing particularly fancy. Check back every Friday for a new photo essay. See the photos in the gallery above. (Photos: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Inspired by the Renaissance-era Christian art adorning the walls of London’s National Gallery, resident artist Michael Landy puts a grotesque, contemporary spin on the lives (and deaths) of Saints. Seven interactive large-scale kinetic sculptures make up Saints Alive — on view through November. Constructed from fragments of National Gallery paintings and mechanical junk parts scavenged at flea markets, the towering sculptures tell […]
Vast, lonely, and completely unwelcoming to human life, Antarctica feels like a foreign planet. Yet, its menacing natural beauty are what make it so alluring. It’s quite the conundrum. Luckily, we’ve got the stunning photos of Hamburg’s Lars Focke to give us a glimpse into the Antarctic void — minus the risk of freezing to death or […]
New York-based artist Leslie Thornton‘s new video installation Luna is more than just an immersive, three-channeled, kaleidoscopic spectacle. It’s a new form of digital storytelling, spanning the history of Coney Island from 1900 to some time in the not-too-distant future. In lieu of actors and dialogue, Luna stars the iconic Parachute Jump, whose gradual metamorphosis is witnessed through […]
New York-based, internationally-sprawling Aboveground Animation collective is showing new work at MOCA at the end of the month, presented by MOCAtv. Casey Jane Ellison’s crew consistently produces solid, varied work that pushes media boundaries and fucks your brain into a different dimension. The latest commissioned works from Kathleen Daniel, Barry Doupe, Erin Dunn, Lauren Gregory, Jacolby Satterwhite and […]
Avoiding much of art fair season havoc, some of us may found ourselves at Chelsea Waterside Park when for a few hours on May 10th, the park featured a collection of curious, unique 3D-printed objects, each designed by a group of artists. Concurrently, the objects were offered for sale via the Shapeways website, a service that allows customers to upload […]
The East River Ferry isn’t only for tourists. It’s actually a convenient and scenic way for New Yorkers to avoid the subways and see the city from the water. All aboard! Check back every Friday for a new photo essay. See the photos in the gallery above. (Photos: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
This Friday, some of today’s most exciting photography and video art will be in NYC for the International Center of Photography‘s 2013 Triennial, A Different Kind of Order. The show will focus on works “created in our current moment of widespread economic, social, and political instability” and include 28 international artists who “employ photography, film, video, and interactive […]
