Category: Takeover
“There’s some trademark violation going on, obviously. Whatever.” F.A.T. artist Aram Bartholl’s talking about Evan Roth’s project Ideas Worth Spreading. Pop on a headset, pop in your own Powerpoint or just stand next to the giant red “TED” and it’s your TED Talk. Sup? It’s an all F.A.T. international reunion at the Eyebeam Art+Technology Center’s Lindsay Howard-curated […]
Each week in Sample Wars, we’ll pit two songs which sample the same source material head-to-head against each other, to determine which one rocked the sample better. To mark this week’s release of Wolf, Tyler, the Creator’s third album, we’re reaching back to the rapper’s debut. Bastard‘s “Odd Toddlers” draws extensively from “Huit Octobre 1971” by the French fusion […]
“Ken” is on “a quest to transform the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn into a Super Mario World map.” He’s been mapping the L and M trains. He planted a pizza for our beloved Roberta’s. He pixelled in Maria Hernandez Park and The Loom. And now littering the streets with cans of PBR for some reason (Why?) […]
Ben, Hell’s Kitchen. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Did you just see that amazing new Liars video for “The Exact Color of Doubt” directed by Markus Wambsganss off their WIXIW album? It’s so good. “It fits the album,” our resident music expert Andy Cush says. “It’s about extracting the humanity out of digital sounds.” Liars. That’s a big deal. It’s nice to see these […]
The finest food and drink in New York has to end up somewhere, but even the fanciest of restaurants seem shy about sharing their bathrooms. This series documents those rarely discussed amenities. PEELS 325 Bowery, East Village, Manhattan ST. ANSELM 355 Metropolitan Ave, Williamsburg, Brooklyn IL BUCO 47 Bond St, NoHo, Manhattan DANJI 346 W 52nd St, […]
Aren’t Kenny Scharf’s off-street on-canvas doughnut paintings beautiful? Don’t you just want to put them all up in your mouth? Aright then. ARTINFO reports that Doughnut Plan‘s Chelsea location is serving up specially made doughnuts for Scharf’s opening at the Paul Kasmin Gallery tomorrow night. Gallery director Bethanie Brady says: The Doughnut Plant is creating their organic […]
Jayson, Tompkins Square Park. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
ANIMAL has been hot for Lepos: The Primary Invasion clips since the start, so we talked to the man behind these vintage video game x graffiti mash-ups after he dropped this 6th reel featuring CES and REVOK in the LES. Lepos‘ ten-year writing run ended in 2003, but he still has love for graffiti. So, what does CES think […]
For the last installment in his drone art series, Rajeev Basu gives us SLAPADRONE, a series of whimsical bumper stickers to stick on the back of the old family UAV. The series–which includes Drones of New York and the customizable Mr. Drones projects as well) lampoons and raises awareness that commercial drone use becomes legal in the U.S. in 2015. Basu calls SLAPADRONE the “darkest” […]
