A proposal drafted by NYC health commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley aims to ban cigarette purchases by those under the age of 21. This isn’t much of a surprise, considering Mayor Bloomberg’s recent efforts to ban large sugary sodas. If passed, the proposal would make the minimum age for buying cigarettes the same as for buying liquor; yet […]
This Saturday, Parsons hosted Rhizome’s Seven on Seven conference — a unique art and technology event that carefully selects seven artists to work with seven technologists for a one-day-only intense session of design and planning. On the following day, each group presented their projects. One of this year’s best was a collaboration between Mexican-Canadian electronic artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and American […]
This year, Mixmag partnered up with the Guardian and Gay Times to conduct their annual “Global Drug Survey” — the world’s largest independent survey on which drugs are most popular and why. The results: a series of pill-eye-popping infographics revealing the drug habits of over 22,000 club-goers of all ages and backgrounds from the UK […]
Over the weekend, we learned that the Manhattan district attorney will not prosecute NYPD Deputy Inspectors Anthony Bologna and Johnny Cardona, who were caught on video respectively pepper spraying and punching peaceful Occupy Wall Street protesters in Fall 2011. Fortunately, there’s still the prospect of holding the two cops accountable, in the form of a […]
ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original idea sketch next to a finished piece. This week, artist Lorna Mills takes us from a found object to her piece Double Unicorn. I’m a serial obsessive, so I don’t need to keep a notebook since I only have one thing going on in my head at […]
Kenny Scharf was arrested in Williamsburg in Friday night, Art Sucks reports. According to court info, he was charged with making graffiti, possession of a graffiti instrument, and some other small-time charge, but was released on his own recognizance, meaning he did not have to post bail. Scharf posted the above signature squiggly snake on his Facebook […]
Artist Ryan Gander is entering into the world of fashion, collaborating with Tokyo-based firm A.Four Labs. The British artist has created a starry pattern which will be used to create jackets, scarves, and t-shirts for the upcoming menswear line. The design is a familiar one — it appeared previously in Gander’s work, specifically The Universe as […]
Um. So, yeah. Are you uncomfortable with watching a teenage boy nonchalantly do sex stuff to a variety of naked CGI female-types? Proceed. YES THIS IS NSFW DUH. Here’s Is Tropical’s new video for “Dancing Anymore” directed by MEGAFORCE. Warning: While it is very amusing and socially transgressive, said “sex stuff” gets more and more contorted by modern […]
The latest video remix from the good people of Eclectic Method takes aim at your favorite last action hero-turned-Republican-governor-of-California. I’m not sure if there’s any particular timely reason for taking aim at Arnold, but do you really need an excuse to listen to “I’ll be back” and “It’s not a tumor!” cut and scratched over […]
Starting today, the city is introducing six Nissan Leaf electric cars into its fleet of taxis to test whether the high-efficiency vehicles make suitable cabs. These aren’t the Taxis of Tomorrow, mind you–that program is set to debut later this year–but what Michael Bloomberg calls “the taxi of the day after tomorrow,” as the mayor […]
