Category: Takeover
Last week New York State Assemblyman Philip Goldfeder arranged a press conference at the Hawtree Basin Bridge, about a 15-minute ride from JFK airport. Standing behind him were members of the 106th precinct and a local civic association president as Goldfeder declared war on graffiti, citing an arts and craft kit marketed to children as […]
Sometimes a bunch of writers just like to get together and paint. That’s what happened last week as CYCLE (interviewed), DUG, ZIMAD, KING 157, ATOMS, VERS and SIEH collaborated on a production in Bushwick. Click through the gallery above to see all the pieces and if you’re in NYC, you can check them out in […]
No definitive date has been given for the completion of the third and final phase of the High Line, dubbed Section 3, but the elevated park is expected to open sometime this fall. UPDATE: opening day is September 21. “We haven’t made a public announcement of the opening date yet, but it’s forthcoming,” wrote Christian […]
“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. Vancouver’s White Lung are one of the most exciting punk bands working today. Their thrilling […]
About three weeks after Israel Defense Forces launched Operation Protective Edge and invaded Palestine, Brooklyn-based street art duo Icy and Sot painted a pro-Gaza mural on a wall provided by the Bushwick Collective. Entitled “Rocket vs Rock,” the image shows a giant-like Palestinian freedom fighter — not outfitted in Hamas colors — emerging out of […]
ANIMAL’s Radicals Of Retrofuturism uncovers stories by the technological rebels of the past in vintage media and looks at their predictions in the context of today’s digital world. This week we discuss Lizzie Borden’s early 1980’s feminist sci-fi film Born In Flames. Born In Flames, director Lizzie Borden‘s critic-maligned 1983 radical feminist film, is often described as “sci-fi,” […]
Days after Robin Williams took his own life, aerosol tributes to the funnyman started popping all over the world, from Belgrade and Dublin to Los Angles and Brooklyn. And now, Manhattan. The latest RIP wall was done by LES throwback and mural king Antonio Garcia, better known as “Chico.” The portrait style piece which sort […]
On Monday, we flew our remote controlled flying camera — call sign ANIMAL Three (RIP ANIMAL One RIP ANIMAL Two) — over 5 Pointz to take one last look at the mammoth aerosol complex where graffiti artists have been painting legally for over 20 years, before it’s reduced to rubble. The official demolition began last week, when a […]
Four college students have just leapt onto your newsfeed with their development of a color-changing new nail polish that claims to detect date rape drugs when you stick your finger into your drink. It seems every month a new product appears that will save us from being roofied — from test strips in coasters, cups and straws, 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. Listening to Brooklyn’s Jordan Lee who makes music as Mutual Benefit, is like waking up […]
