Stray cats on campus of the Pratt Institute in Clinton Hill are a charming aspect of campus life, almost as old as the institution itself. Recently, there have been rumors of mass cat “eviction.” That rumor was enough for over 1,300 Pratt students to sign Yanni Trittas’ petition opposing the removal the cats, just in the past 48 hours. Jolene Travis, a spokesmen for the school says: […]
New York-based artist Leslie Thornton‘s new video installation Luna is more than just an immersive, three-channeled, kaleidoscopic spectacle. It’s a new form of digital storytelling, spanning the history of Coney Island from 1900 to some time in the not-too-distant future. In lieu of actors and dialogue, Luna stars the iconic Parachute Jump, whose gradual metamorphosis is witnessed through […]
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. The Nomad 1170 Broadway, Flatiron, Manhattan Fette Sau 354 Metropolitan Ave, Williamsburg, Brooklyn Sensation Neo Shanghai Cuisine 208 Grand St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn Louro 142 W […]
Earlier, artists James Harvey and Ryan Humphrey challenged the internet with an epic proposal: Retell Otomo Katsuhiro’s manga cult classic Akira in its entirety, using only characters from The Simpsons. So far, Bartkira has basically blown up on Tumblr with diverse and creative submissions. Harvey has already recruited 768 people to create 6 pages each […]
ANIMAL presents Stupid Calculations, a continuing series where practical statistics get rendered into utterly useless ones. Look forward to such topics as orange peels, whales, high-priced escorts, elevators, swimming pools, and tears of joy. Yahoo head honcho Marissa Mayer’s bought a shiny new toy. Or, as the case may be, a softcore porn-glazed one Yahoo’s […]
With bodegas being such an integral part of our daily routine and survival in New York (What is “grocery store?”), these photographs of Berlin’s bodegas/food-marts/internet cafes by Ichwohnehier are very endearing. They’re also beautifully shot. So pretty. Stroll like you’re lost in Friedrichshain at 4am looking for a place to send an email and buy a […]
ANIMAL is having a party on Thursday and it has nothing to do with Internet Week! It has to do with a mixtape we’re releasing. That mixtape is being mixed right now, so you can’t hear it yet, but we can tell you it involves rock ‘n’ roll with a hint of dancehall flavor. Things […]
Sorry for the money shot upfront, but wow. We’ve been anticipating dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei‘s heavy metal music and here it is: “Dumbass.” Or something worse, really, something the New York Times only refers to as “a rather vulgar Chinese word.” Ai worked with Wong Kar-wai’s cinematographer Christopher Doyle, which is why the video is […]
In You Must Escape, second place winner in this year’s Ludlum Dare (the same video game-creation contest that gave us the similarly beautiful Evoland), you’re crawling through some minimal, darkened dungeon with only your ears to guide you. Your footsteps bounce off the walls, reflecting back at you and providing hints as to where the exit is […]
At the Webby Awards last night, Steve Wilhite, creator of the GIF, used his lifetime achievement award acceptance speech to inform the public that his most famous invention is “pronounced JIF, not GIF.” He did so using a GIF, naturally. Wilhite is wrong. GIFs are GIFs, not JIFs, because “Graphics Interchange Format” starts with a hard […]
