Category: Takeover
Screw missed connections, creepy single guy, and every other modern-day way people try to find love matches in this city. This older gentleman is kicking it OG style, posting a lovely ad on a telephone poll in the most analog way possible. A reader of local blog WestsideRag sent in the tip after seeing the […]
Kim, NYC. (Photo: Tom) […]
Humans may not yet have the opportunity to be immortal, but we’re well on our way to immortalizing our genes. In 2013, scientists discovered a way to store genetic data in an app. Another group of researchers suggested that it may be possible to store man-made data in human genes. Now, one project called Genecoin […]
Shanghai-based artist Lu Yang likes to refer to her hyperactive, gender-bending, body horror constructions as “stupid art.” Of course, there’s very little that’s stupid about it, but it is extremely absurd and filled with a dark sense of humor. “All my works are based on some very bad things, death and disease. And I wanted to […]
Once in a while, a subway performance is so good that you’ll wish you didn’t have some place important to be. As I rushed home Wednesday night, the sound of thumping bass caught my attention on the subway platform. Someone was playing nearly EDM-rave-like music, transforming the Delancey Street F stop into a club. The […]
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, ANIMAL spoke with Anna Anthropy about Star Court, a sci-fi text adventure with countless branching paths. There was a time when text adventures were the most popular kind of video […]
Nino, Bushwick. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
On Saturday, Brooklyn’s 17 Frost gallery hosted a short-lived group show aptly entitled, “Another Group Show,” featuring a strong stable of photographers and artists, many of whom work illicitly in the public space. The temporary exhibit was curated by graffiti artist CASH4 and features his work, as well as work from the likes of Skewville, […]
When news leaked earlier this week that Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner William Bratton would be jointly announcing a new city-wide initiative to, essentially, honor the 1977 statute that decriminalizing weed, City Councilman Mark Levine was already way ahead of them. Through Twitter, Levine, a Democrat, announced his support for an end to […]
“Listen In” is a weekly feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length YouTube playlist of songs they’re currently digging. Click the big play button above to hear the whole playlist or scroll down to see and hear individual tracks. This weeks playlist comes to you from Brooklyn-based band Edith Pop. Edith is playing […]
