Category: Takeover
Stewart, Hell’s Kitchen. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Germany-based conceptual artist Kim Asendorf makes undulating, hypnotic, complex gifs. Then why did he send this gif into deep space? Why is this seemingly uneventful gif’s signal being beamed into deep space right now via the Lone Signal METI (Messaging Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) experiment, on its 17.6 year journey towards the potentially habitable solar system Gliese 526? Why? Because, as Asendorf tells […]
While it’s not news that Facebook cannot seem to handle even the slightest bit of tasteful nudity — THANKS, FACEBOOK! — the ever ubiquitous terms of service agreements and certain sacrifices in privacy we must make in order to use social networks are nevertheless a frustrating detail to put up with, especially for an artist. Earlier this afternoon […]
“Listen In” is a weekly feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length YouTube playlist of songs they’re currently digging. Gaslamp Killer’s association with the L.A.-based Brainfeeder collective often gets him painted as an instrumental hip-hop or bass music producer, and while those characterizations hold some truth, his roots are just as deep […]
ANIMAL loves bikes. ANIMAL loves film. New York’s edition of Bicycle Film Festival 2013 kicks off June 26th, so get excited. Since 2001, BFF has grown into a huge celebration of all styles of bikes and cycling, with sold-out film screenings and events around the world. Ah, it’s going be fun: Bikes Rock, Joy Ride Art […]
Tony, Coleman Skate Park. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
“I hate going to countries where I’ve just got to walk with a Mac, because it seems like I’m not doing nothing,” says acclaimed reggae selector Trevor Sax of the legendary Saxon Studio International sound system to ANIMAL. “I like to play the vinyls.” Thanks to an endorsement from some very solid people on the […]
ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished piece. This week, Brooklyn painter Tatiana Berg’s painting inspired by Mad Men’s Megan Draper. I’m not an artist that believes in working with a plan: Paint doesn’t lie, and I don’t work from totally pre-planned sketches because you’d be able to […]
Transgressive art-stalwart Orlan is suing Lady Gaga and Universal in Paris. According to Le Quotidien de l’Art via ARTinfo, Orlan wants $31.7 million or 7.5% of “Born This Way” album and video profits, citing three specific art works which the artist aggressively homaged including Femme Avec Tête (“Women With Head”), 1996. Since it’s a decapitated head on a table and those […]
Yeezus, Bushwick. (Photo: ANIMALNewYork) […]
