Category: Takeover
“Only the stitches hurt, because I looked at them,” artist Anthony Antonellis says, trying not to itch the incision site between the thumb and index finger. He says it didn’t hurt when the Brooklyn body modification specialist cut open the skin with a 0.75 inch blade or when he stuck the long, blade-less installer inside, pushing and […]
“Listen In” is a weekly feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length YouTube playlist of songs they’re currently digging. This week’s playlist comes from the synth punks Holograms, who curated a list heavy on Swedish compatriots like Makthaverskan, Skriet, and Idde Schultz, peppered with a generous helping of American chillwave via Memory […]
In his new book, NaS Lost: A Tribute to The Little Homey, veteran rap blogger Byron Crawford takes aim at everyone, whether it’s comparing Chief Keef to “sellout-era Liz Phair,” devoting an entire chapter to the cultural critic dream hampton, or expounding on the merits of Gin Blossoms’ New Miserable Experience. Through everything (and I really mean everything– […]
The federal ruling that deemed the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk tactics unconstitutional was a landmark decision, but the battle is far from over. Mayor Bloomberg, who recently said “I think we disproportionately stop whites too much and minorities too little,” already said he’s going to appeal the decision. In the meantime, to keep the pressure on, ANIMAL teamed […]
Ignacio, Times Square. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
What do we do here? Lots of stuff. Recently, ANIMAL trolled Supreme, got love from Rachel Maddow, ruled the Vine game and reported from the front lines of #OccupyGezi. We interviewed artists, made mixtapes, documented graffiti in the UK and Egypt, looked into this Abramović thing, made a “Merry Indie Xmas” and shot the official “Rent Is Too Damn High” music video. We’re about dogs, bikes, street artists, hackers, troublemakers and “rap quotes.” When historic […]
ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished piece. This week, artist Tristan Perich shows us the beginnings and production of Microtonal Wall, a piece currently on view at the MoMA “Soundings.” Made up of 1,500 tiny speakers, Microtonal Wall emits a texture of sound that changes as you walk along […]
Of all of the images to emerge from the chaos currently raging in Egypt, among the gripping is the one you see above, of a military armored truck toppling off of Cairo’s 6th of October bridge last Wednesday. According to photographer Aly Hazzaa, who took the photo, the Central Security Forces truck fell when its driver […]
In Moscow, eight members of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster were detained for holding an illegal rally. While the world the internet is familiar with the Pastafarian movement as a parody religion against the literal interpretation of scripture — magical Jesus, Flying Spaghetti Monster, etc. — in Russia, shit gets realer. The Church of FSP […]
Abraham, Hell’s Kitchen. (Photo: Allison Bagg/ANIMALNewYork) […]
