Pervis, Midwood. (Photo: ANIMALNewYork) […]
Mike Bloomberg, NYC’s billionaire mayor who’s more concerned about big soda than big brother, gets lambasted via a very timely stenciled image in Williamsburg. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
They’re one of the most beguiling architectural features of the modern landscape: cell phone towers, poorly disguised as trees, dotting the forests, highways, and suburbs. Photographer Dillon Marsh noticed the towers’ garish beauty and began documenting them in 2009. Coming from South Africa, the birthplace of foliage-clad network towers, he’s had a lot of time […]
In 1997, Eduardo Kac invented the term “Bio Art,” giving a name to several of his ethics-challenging projects in transgenics and biotechnology. His Genesis installation allowed online viewers to interact with a synthetic gene, proposing a philosophical paradox of man’s supremacy over nature. Alba, Kac’s genetically-altered florescent bunny, roused global controversy. “You would be surprised by the number of individuals who consider […]
The Flaming Lips new album appears to be of a piece with the material they’ve been releasing since 2009’s Embryonic: heavy, heady psychedelia, with generous sprinklings of Wayne Coyne’s naive-sounding falsetto on top. Sounds a bit like a less vocoder-y Black Moth Super Rainbow. They’ve just released a trailer for the record, entitled The Terror, which features clips from […]
“Is anyone else drinking at work? Have your intern pour you some SLAVA, and get ready to have your bank accounts emptied, your identity stolen, and your Twitter unverified, because this video is going to leave you #HACKED.” What. I know it’s also confusing because there is such a thing called Slava Vodka but this […]
Every year, the Swedish Language Council chooses a set of new words to be inducted into the nation’s language, like a more official version of what Merriam-Webster does for English. This year, the words included köttrymd (fleshspace, the awesome Swedish version of IRL), brony (which means exactly what you think it does) and tårtgate (cakegate, the […]
Cab Roulette is a recurring series in which comedian Dan Speiser interviews cab drivers about their experiences on the job. Meet MD, a Bangladeshi who doesn’t like going by his real name and cites monsoon season as the cause for low violence in his home country. Episode 1: Abdulai Episode 2: Tony Episode 3: Adama Episode 4: Santos Episode 5: Sam […]
Dan Cronin started photographing Juggalos in 2010, after catching an Insane Clown Posse performance in Portland, Oregon. There, he met a fan of the group who invited him to the Gathering of the Juggalos, a kind of Burning Man meets Bonaroo for fans of the facepainted rappers and the lifestyle they embody. Cronin attended, and […]
I want to put this art in my mouth. For her “Art Toast Project,” Norwegian artist Ida Skivenes created toasty replicas of iconic works of art by Edvard Munch, Frida Kahlo, Piet Mondrian, Jackson Pollock, and Salvador Dali. She melted cheese “clocks” on her The Persistence of Memory toast. Word on the street on ArtInfo is that once […]
