Category: Takeover
On Friday, millions of Hindus across the world observed Holi, the Indian festival of spring. It’s the sort of party that even the non-religious can appreciate; the focus is on fun, and when done right, people flock to the streets to dump water on each other, throw colorful powder and get high. Holi is one […]
Last month, Caters News Agency published an account about a “drunk” gorilla who punched a photographer, accompanied by some remarkable photos. The story was picked up verbatim by several media outlets and went viral. Here’s how the news agency framed the encounter: “Completely drunk from eating bamboo stems, which ferment in gorillas’ stomachs causing them […]
Ten years ago at a sports bar in the East Village, Rachel Aimee, Rebecca Lynn and Raven Strega threw a party to raise funds for their brand new magazine, $pread. Despite none of them having any prior experience in publishing they launched $pread’s first issue on March 15, 2005. The magazine contained a feature on […]
ANIMAL’s feature Game Plan asks game developers to share a bit about their process and some working images from the creation of a recent game. This week, we spoke with Jesse Ringrose and Jason Ennis of Vancouver studio RAC7 about Dark Echo, a game that’s as minimalistic as possible. Kids growing up together talk a […]
Mateo, B9 Bus in Brooklyn. (Photo: Robert S) […]
What’s left of Roseland Ballroom from a drone’s-eye-view. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork via #ANIMALThree) […]
The Armory Show is underway over the Hudson River at Piers 92 and 94, and because we’re on day two of the annual art orgy, there’s probably already been a small nation’s GDP-amount of money spent on contemporary and modern works from all over the world. Art critic Jerry Saltz was in the house, natch. […]
As noted by Curbed, famed music venue Roseland Ballroom is currently suffering a slow and painful death before it reincarnates into a bunch of condos. ANIMAL took a drone to site of urban gloom and doom to witness the erie beauty of exposed beams firsthand. The skeletal structure looks like an iced-over, abandoned Noah’s Ark. […]
In late January, Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti posted a photo to Twitter of what appeared to be one of French street artist Invader’s signature mosaic tiles floating over an instrument panel. The caption read, “Look what I found! Hey there, who are you? #space2iss #SpaceInvader.” That same day, Invader essentially confirmed on his Instagram that […]
AS IF, New York City. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
