Category: Takeover
ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished piece. This week, Greg Leuch talks about WhatColor.IsTheInter.net, presented with support from Eyebeam Art+Technology Center. It sounds cliché, but WhatColor.IsTheInter.net began in the shower sometime in mid-November 2012. I forget exactly what triggered the thought process, but I remember pondering how would […]
The Winter Olympics are in full swing in Sochi. ANIMAL is relaunching MedalCount.com, the micro-site that tracks the news that really matter — who is winning? But this year, we’re using our high-profile piece of internet real estate to aggregate and disseminate news that really really matters — all the stories that cover the enforcement of Putin’s discriminatory “anti-gay […]
No longer must every article about the National Security Agency be accompanied by the same, state-supplied image. The artist Trevor Paglen, commissioned by Creative Time Reports in partnership with The Intercept, rented a helicopter and took rare, hi-res aerial photos of the offices of the NSA, the National Reconnaissance Office, which operates American spy satellites, and the […]
Harry, Hell’s Kitchen. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
As you may have heard, actor Philip Seymour Hoffman is dead. Although the autopsy results are still inconclusive, it’s very likely that he died of a drug overdose. Since the first day that news broke of his untimely demise, fans have been flocking to his West Village apartment complex. I stopped by there this afternoon […]
Have you met the mascots for the 2014 Winter Games? Introducing the Hare, the Leopard, and the Polar Bear. The latter two characters are male and based on this photo of the stuffed animals posted to the official Flickr account of the Sochi Olympics, they’re also very friendly. And potentially in violation of Russia’s strict, […]
Here’s some art, film, music and other stuff happening in NYC so you can Have a Good Weekend. Drop your suggestions in the comments or to tips@animalnewyork.com. FRIDAY 31°F NIGHT 20°F Speedy Ortiz, Krill, and Infinity Girl are playing Brooklyn Night Bazaar to celebrate the release of Speedy’s great new EP Real Hair. (6pm, free, Brooklyn) Celebrate William S. Burroughs’ […]
This afternoon, artist Maya Hayuk finished painting her drippy, eye-popping mural for the Bowery Wall that she started on Sunday. While applying a protective clear coat over the work, she shrugged off the light vandalism it underwent earlier this week. “It’s as much of a destination for me to have arrived on this wall as […]
It’s the first day of the Winter Olympics in Sochi and the first protestors have already been arrested in St. Petersburg. LGBTI group leader Anastasia Smirnova held the banner “Discrimination is incompatible with the Olympic Movement. Principle 6. Olympic Charter,” calling out Russia’s anti-gay legislation as incompatible with ethical principles outlined by the International Olympic Committee. Four people have been […]
Vladimir, Times Square. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
