Category: Takeover
In a vacant New York City water tower, four experience designers created a modern speakeasy called the Night Heron. It was only open for an eight week run, each night risking arrest — the owner of the building never knew of the bar’s presence. Guests were led on a trespass journey through a series of vacant […]
Back in the day, when graffiti writers painted subway cars, it was the elevated lines — as you can imagine — that gave them the most exposure. Trains became rolling canvasses that would traverse New York City, from end to end, bearing the namesakes of these outlaw artists. To celebrate the pioneers from this iconic […]
“Listen In” is a weekly feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length YouTube playlist of songs they’re currently digging. Today’s “Listen In” comes from Philly post-punk band Psychic Teens, who assembled a fitting soundtrack for what’s forecast to be a cloudy memorial day weekend, featuring downcast, fitful cuts from Sonic Youth, R.E.M., […]
Brooklyn Bridge is the Times Square of bridges. Here are a few artifacts that Joe America has left behind in the from of citizen graffiti, as well as local writers. Nothing particularly fancy. Check back every Friday for a new photo essay. See the photos in the gallery above. (Photos: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Josh, Williamsburg. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Here’s that “Good Ol’ Rudeboys” mixtape we were talking about. As you’ll hear, ANIMAL took a rock-n-roll mix and gave it a dancehall-reggae treatment. (Shout out to Love & Logic who helped make the mix.) To celebrate this auditory achievement, we’re throwing a listening party along with hosts KNIFEHEAD and CASCOS at Ore Bar in […]
I was never a Daft Punk fan until Random Access Memories, and it had to do with a shallow perception of the band as gimmick musicians: robot masks, huge waiting periods between albums (the better to push the product), a unified aesthetic that didn’t ring genuine, but as carefully branded as a corporate logo. And […]
Do you have a dumbphone, but still want to access internet things? Welcome to The Dumb Store. A project by Allison Burtch and Ramsey Nasser, just premiered week at the ITP graduate program showcase in Tisch. “We think that information should be available to everyone, irrespective of the hardware or software they have,” Burtch tells ANIMAL. The Dumb Store is truly a platform for everyone: […]
Travis, Bushwick. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Some of you might be asking, B-Phizzle, how the hell did you graduate university when you’re so busy putting bath salts down your tear ducts or blacking out for days at a time on homemade 1000 proof liquor? No one wants to hear “study and hard work.” This is New York. We don’t have time […]
