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I suppose it was only a matter of time before someone rolled out a male-centric parody of your favorite television program of all time, HBO’s Girls. I would have called it Boys, but no matter–24-year-old Manhattanite Anthony DiMieri premiered Bros this week, a show about four former frat-boys and their zany antics on that weird island west of Brooklyn. The show’s […]
Because why not squeeze a little good old-fashioned shredding into even the day’s most mundane activities, David Neevel developed a way to use his guitar to write out an email. Using a Roland snyth guitar pickup, Neevel sends MIDI data into an optoisolator circuit, an Arduino, a relay board, and finally into the “brains” of […]
Ross, Williamsburg. (Photo: ANIMALNewYork) […]
A team of MTA workers rolls back the tape on the newly-opened (old) South Ferry station. Look how clean! (Photo: MTAPhotos/Flickr) […]
Hey, girl. ANIMAL’s co-pigeoneer and Vine ally Allison Bagg (sup, Vine?) has made you something real special. Shh! Shh… Don’t say anything. This is what the loop was made for. Introducing: The Ryan Cat. […]
Nothing tops off a wild night on the town like a nice, long, public pee. But as many intrepid squat-poppers have learned the hard way, public urination can also be a total buzz kill if a police officer catches you mid-release. Worry no more: Courtesy of Gothamist, here is an interactive map that shows where […]
To create these vaguely unsettling images, sculptor Nathan Sawaya and photographer Dean West augment staged but otherwise realistic scenes with an extra shot of artifice in the form of hyperrealistic LEGO sculptures. In the image above, it’s the cute little dog and the mannequin in the window. Each photo presents an archetypically American scene–the trenchcoated […]
“There’s some trademark violation going on, obviously. Whatever.” F.A.T. artist Aram Bartholl’s talking about Evan Roth’s project Ideas Worth Spreading. Pop on a headset, pop in your own Powerpoint or just stand next to the giant red “TED” and it’s your TED Talk. Sup? It’s an all F.A.T. international reunion at the Eyebeam Art+Technology Center’s Lindsay Howard-curated […]
Like most tenants in New York City, there’s lots of shit I’m willing to put up. Faulty door buzzers, loud steam pipes, and even the lack of a bonafide super fails to rouse me at this point. However, this recently posted notice about our very unfriendly mailboxes is enough to infuriate even the most laid […]
Japan’s legendary photographer Daido Moriyama is having his “largest and most comprehensive exhibition” in the US at Steven Kasher. An installation for “DAIDO MORIYAMA: Now and Now” was specifically designed by the photographer himself. The show spans throughout the influential artist’s career, from his iconic 1970’s classics to newer works, like his recent series of silkscreen-on-canvas prints. […]
