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July 10, 2013 AJ Daulerio

Richard, Murray Hill. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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July 9, 2013 Marina Galperina

Flash rainstorms over Brooklyn give these NEKST graffiti tributes a biblical aesthetic. (Photo: Marina Galperina/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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Marina Galperina

Did you hear that artist KAWS “reinvented” the iconic MTV VMA “Moonman” trophy? Look how reinvented it is! It reminds us a bit of some of his earlier work. It also reminds of his Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade float. If you’re not one of the lucky award show attendees at the Brooklyn’s Barclays Center and miss what a 60-foot […]

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Andy Cush

“Listen In” is a weekly feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length YouTube playlist of songs they’re currently digging. That handsome fella to the left is Houston rapper Fat Tony, circa senior year of high school. And though his “Listen In” playlist reaches quite a bit farther back than his own mid-2000s […]

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Marina Galperina

Lionel, Hell’s Kitchen. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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July 8, 2013 Marie Calloway

Miranda July’s 20-Monday-long We Think Alone project continues with another private email blast from Lena Dunham, Kirsten Dunst, writers, artists and her other friends. Last week’s topic was money. Today’s topic is advice and it seems rather… gendered. Sheila Heti and Lena Dunham both give their friends advice about relationships that seem to not be going well.  Heti’s friend seems to […]

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Andy Cush

Ikea’s MALM series of bed frames features sturdy wood construction, a variety of appealing finishes, and a sleek, modern look that’s sure to get your inner Bauhausian hot and ready to go. It’s the perfect vehicle for sweet, sweet Swedish sex, or, if you’re going to be honest with yourself about it, a Redtube-fueled masturbation […]

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Marina Galperina

ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished piece. This week, net artist Emilie Gervais traces the creation of her “Gendered HTML Collection” w-h-a-t-e-v-e-r.net, even though most of her production is deleted after its “processed” or “mutated into something else.”  My sketchbook is my internet connection =^.^= Most of my notes […]

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Marina Galperina

“She trusted me completely,” French digital artist Systaime (Michaël Borras) tells ANIMAL. Every day for days, actress/singer/director Asia Argento shot videos with her cellphone in Rome and sent them to Systaime in Limoges, France. “She has given me no instructions.” The video for “Sexodrome” off Nuun Records’ Total Entropy is a mash-up of Asia’s video selfies, YouTube clips, datamoshed […]

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Marina Galperina

Allen, Felix and Steven, Lower East Side. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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