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ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original idea sketch next to a finished piece. This week, we talk to Yoshi Sodeoka about his gorgeous, psychedelic video project Sibyl. Since 2010, I’ve been working on this prog-rock inspired psychedelic video project called “Sibyl” with my friend Daron Murphy. I’ve been collecting a lot of freaky prog-rock […]
British artist Jessica Harrison created the fleshy sculpture series “Handheld” by extracting the skin off of her own arms and legs and molding them into these wonderfully unsettling mini-furniture pieces. Just kidding. The artist made casts of her hands to create synthetic skin material, but the resemblance is uncanny, no? Moving beyond a bi-directional model, Harrison proposes a […]
An anonymous group of thieves in Germany have stolen approximately 5.5 tons of Nutella from a parking lot in the small town of Bad Hersfeld. That’s about $20,710 worth of gooey chocolate-hazelnut substance! Perhaps you are asking the same question I am: What could someone possibly do with that much Nutella? […]
Putin is in Amsterdam on business and Amsterdam’s like BOOOOO. And so, a perfect protest has been executed by Amnesty International via these official looking signs posted around the city as “billboards” and “police tape.” This action reminds us of artist Jay Shells’ etiquette signs. That’s awesome. Our favorite is “Punk Bands Strictly Prohibited: Do not frighten president Putin. Keep […]
Prompted by an anecdote about a group of priests who regularly watch torrented films together, the good people at TorrentFreak decided to do a little digging to find the Vatican’s preferences in piracy. What they found was not altogether unsurprising. Coupled with a distaste for Hollywood films and popular music, holy city denizens have a […]
The latest in the seemingly endless barrage of Times Square mascots (and Sesame Street characters) behaving badly came this weekend, as a Cookie Monster named Osvaldo Quiroz-Lopez allegedly punched a two-year-old in the face. The exchange came to blows came after the tot posed for a picture with Quiroz-Lopez and his mother refused to cough up […]
The first campaign ad of the 2013 NYC mayoral race aims not to back any particular candidate, but to take support away from the frontrunner. Airing today on NY1, MSNBC, and Cablevision, the spot takes aim at Christine Quinn, calling her out on decisions that ostensibly contradict her progressive pedigree on issues such as term […]
Tito, Tompkins Square Park. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
You’re up early-ish. Here’s your reward. Prolific French artist and video designer Michaël Borras aka Systaime just made this datamosh and 8-bit cover of our favorite “net-artist” Rihanna’s “Stay” featuring Mikky Ekko. (Datamosh is cool, datamosh is grea-a-at.) Seriously hypnotizing, thanks for making this. Why did he make this? For the fun. 😉 Here’s Systaime’s Rhianna with just datamosh: Here’s […]
This Muslim cab driver uses the sidewalk as his prayer room to meet his daily Salah obligation. (Photo: Marina Galperina) […]
