Category: Takeover
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) A continuation of a lot of Marvel mythology. [Enter Wikihole here → ☻ ] Gang of various space losers (half-human theif bro, big bloke from a planet without metaphors, traumatized but strangely well-adjusted alien assassin chick, an escaped lab racoon who is a genius, a Groot) doing heroic space shit with a HOLY […]
There are as many as 50,000 digital and static billboards in all 50 U.S. States that have been taken over by respected works of art on August 4th. As part of the Art Everywhere US, they’ll be up all month. Check out the map — there are a few cycling in the fluorescent ad displays of Times […]
“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. Today, Brooklyn’s Bear In Heaven released their fourth album, Time Is Over One Day Old. […]
ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished artwork or project. This week, we’re excited to premiere the trailer for “Pig Movie” by sound artist Kate Levitt and video artist Miles Pflanz. The film was written by the prisoners of the Lincoln Correctional Facility. In spring of 2014, we were […]
Cake 1: Carvel Carvel sales representative said “Sure! No problem.” Cake decorator was concerned piping apparatus wouldn’t be able to pull off decorative bullets, but made valiant attempt. (Ordered 7/22 picked up 7/23, 261 5th Avenue) Cake 2: Baskin-Robbins Another Free Palestine! decorative message approved, but icing writer was also not confident in his/her ability […]
On Sunday, the New York Times publicly endorsed the legalization of weed and this week, it followed up that op-ed with numerous articles supporting its position. The paper addressed some of the xenophobic and medically inaccurate myths surrounding the plant in the past, so we decided to take a took a look back at its archives to see how […]
In May of 2013, London-based artist Mobstr stenciled a wall alongside some existing graffiti in Hackney Wick that read: “No. of days graffiti remains.” He then tallied the results with hashmarks representing each day the word “Rats” endured. As it turns out, no one ever came to buff the work. It lasted over a year […]
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. Wallflower 235 W 12th St, West Village, Manhattan Ramona 113 Franklin St, Greenpoint, Brooklyn Navy Restaurant 137 Sullivan St, Soho, Manhattan Mission Cantina 172 Orchard […]
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 take a look at Merrily Paskal’s “Video Soma-Feedback” in Radical Software circa 1972. Imagine. You can have a videotaperecorder at home. You can record sound and […]
“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. Hector’s Pets is a throwbacks, but it’s hard to say exactly to when. An amalgam […]
