Category: Takeover
Hacker/artists Paolo Cirio and Alessandro Ludovico take the private information you post online and free the virtual you from the “you” you. Face to Facebook, showing in New York for the first time this month, is a multimedia installation of 1,000,000 appropriated, or “stolen,” Facebook profile pictures matched up simply by facial expression on a custom […]
Cab Roulette is a recurring series in which comedian Dan Speiser interviews cab drivers about their experiences on the job. Victor is a former illegal immigrant from China who teaches Dan some basic Mandarin and tells him not to go to school. Episode 1: Abdulai Episode 2: Tony Episode 3: Adama Episode 4: Santos Episode […]
Maryanne, Tudor City. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Being shot into outer space seems to be the new fad for 2013. Coco Brown, a porn star, announced her intent to voyage into outer space in 2014 as part of a private Dutch expedition. A couple days later, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of Iran, claimed that he will volunteer as the first person sent into […]
ANIMAL recently headed to Le Poisson Rouge to take in Red Bull’s Thre3style DJ competition, and chatted with first-place DJ Zeke and emcee DStroy about hip-hop culture, the makings of a good set, and the best DJs in the city. “A lot of people get trapped in a box,” said Zeke, who’s worked with Kendrick […]
ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original idea sketch next to a finished piece. This week, Elizabeth Valleau shows us the inspirations for her stereoscopic 3D portraits created for a private booth. The piece itself is a series of stereoscopic 3D portraits of these archetype explorations. The subjects hold very still and engage with the […]
In preparation for September 30th, 2015, when the commercial use of drones is scheduled to go nationwide, artist Rajeev Basu collaborated with some of the world’s most famous designers to bring you Drones of New York. They’re watching you and they’re perty. Like this one with Kyle Platts, spotted over 72nd street: The John Lennon Memorial drone that “permanently circles the block where […]
In Style Wars, the quintessential documentary about the early beginnings of graffiti and the City of New York’s attempts at battling its proliferation, there’s a particularly entertaining scene featuring an entire subway car that was painted with the words: “Dump Koch.” According to notorious bomber COPE2, that train was painted by SPIN TFS “on the […]
The latest project from New York-based Libyan photographer Jehad Nga is a huge step away in style from his well-recognized crisis and conflict photojournalism. The Green Book‘s title refers to a 24-chapter quasi-philosophical propaganda tome of the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The book was issued to all Libyans during his reign as “required reading… an inane […]
There are some very old, very beautiful buildings in Manhattan. Over time, brand name businesses have moved in. The contrast is visually jarring. Sometimes, it’s even funny. Here are a few of our favorites. Check back every Friday for a new photo essay. See the photos in the gallery above. (Photos: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
