Category: Takeover
Artist Rafaël Rozendaal just launched a new art site, FillThisUp.com. To use, click, point around and fill screen with cheery gradient geometrical bits. Rozendaal explains: My abstract works are an ongoing research… the viewer’s relationship to the artwork… the viewer’s relationship to the screen… the limits of the browser… computational abstraction… dynamic compositions on an unpredictable canvas… Some […]
Cameron, Hell’s Kitchen. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
How much did it snow across the five boroughs last night and this morning? ANIMAL created this infographic, which shows the average and maximum recorded snowfall in each. The Bronx tops the list with 11.6 inches of average snowfall and a 9.4-inch average, and Manhattan comes in last, with a 7.8-inch max and 7.1-inch average. […]
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 15°F NIGHT 3°F Nap — the loudest band to ever play in Pete’s Candy Store, according the soundman of Pete’s Candy Store — is playing at Pete’s Candy Store. […]
Snowstorms are important weather happenings for many graffiti artists. With the NYPD busy doing mundane tasks which require them to sit in heated patrol cars and occasionally flash on their lights and sirens, there’s not a lot of enforcement going on. This gives vandals plenty of opportunities to take advantage of otherwise hard-to-hit spots. Or […]
Do not call this winter storm “Hercules.” It’s not the thing’s name–winter storms don’t have names–and besides, it’s a silly thing to call what was ultimately pretty minor event anyway. In a stroke of evil genius, The Weather Channel began giving its own names to winter storms in 2012. Gawker explained why this is bad last year, […]
It’s 2014 and mocking Jeff Koons is just not fun anymore. Jeff Koons’ stupid balloon dogs, Damien Hirst’s stupid dots, Marina Abramović’s stupid eye contact — for those of us tap-dancing on the cracking crust between “art” and “mainstream culture” coverage, simplifying our half-felt blow-offs into blog posts is not worth perpetuating Koonsbramohirst’s omnipresence, not worth the minor news they […]
All last night and throughout this morning, it snowed in New York City. As a result, snow accumulated. Some of that snow covered the streets. Some of it fell into subway stations. Some of it even amassed on top of a cab. This is what happens when it snows. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
The salt pellets routinely used for melting snow on New York sidewalks and roads look really picturesque in macro. Before the storm hit last night, I documented the various crystals in action using the DSLR I hacked with the Pentax 25mm 1.4 TV lens that’s usually found in 1″ CCTV security cameras. See also: street food and garbage in macro. Stay […]
New York City got hit with a lot of snow last night. And while it will surely inconvenience us–and provide Bill de Blasio with the first big challenge of his brand new mayoralty–it will be nothing like the quaint, Dickensian chaos New Yorkers faced a century and a half ago, before the days of SUVs […]
