Opening tonight at the Waterfront Tunnel event space in Chelsea is the Moving Image Contemporary Video Art Fair, featuring installations by over 30 exhibitors including Eva and Franco Mattes‘ haunting, critically acclaimed Emily’s Video. Other notable works on view are Zhao Zhao’s serene, ambiguity-laden I Cannot Sleep Sadly by Your Side, Cathy Begien’s deadpan party-night narrative Black Out […]
Noted blowhard Peter King will be participating in a two-round boxing match on Saturday in Wantagh. King’s opponent will be Josh Foley, a New York state kickboxing champion. To some extent, this bout is an attempt to get some press, but not totally. King’s known as a big fan of boxing. Regardless of the dog-and-pony-show […]
Next week, we’re throwing an event to help keep Essam out of jail! Remember Essam? He’s the artist who got the NYPD all worked up when he started posting signs critical of drones all around New York City. ANIMAL presents Free ESSAM! There will be live music and an open bar. Hosted by rock photographer […]
Gucci is taking the notion of “conscientious consumerism” to another level with their new Eco Leather handbag line: each one includes a “passport” chronicling the life of the cow from which the leather was made. Because who doesn’t want to know all the details about the birth, life, and death of the animal whose carcass […]
This should be common knowledge by now, but the police can’t tell you to stop taking photos of them in public. Your right to do so is protected by not one, not two, but three amendments. The U.S. Department of Justice has just supported a photojournalist Mannie Garcia’s lawsuit against the Montgomery County police after […]
Shut up, internet. Didn’t you learn anything from the Banksy arrest hoax? About 22 hours ago, a clearly fake news website the National Report announced that legendary cult filmaker and known arts person John Waters “dropped dead at 67” in the morning. That’s funny. He must have recovered quickly, because we totally saw him at the […]
Each week in Sample Wars, we’ll pit two songs which sample the same source material head-to-head against each other, to determine which one rocked the sample better. This week we’re being super timely, looking at Ciara’s “Body Party,” which shares musical DNA with the Diplomats’ “I Wanna Be Your Lady.” Both songs sample Ghost Town DJ’s […]
What will happen when I die? Will I fly across the sun? Happen upon a dry valley and then curve in, getting closer and closer, like a suicide bomber, before I finally meet my target? …What does love feel like? These are just some of the questions that weigh down on the conscious of the […]
According to a 2012 survey by the Straphangers Campaign, subway stations’ conditions are pretty much the same or improving since the year before. The survey sampled 251 platforms at 120 stations. The only factors that got worse were water damage and graffiti, which was found at 27% of examined stations (up 7% from last year). […]
Sometimes art just says, “grind on me.” Here’s an atmospheric video directed by Brett Novak, featuring well-groomed skater Kilian Martin gliding over sculptural objects, seemingly designed for gliding up on. Yes, the abstract geometry lends itself well to OH WHAAAT DAMN HE IS SKATING ON TWO SKATEBOARDS. And that arrangement of flashing floor panels really brings out […]
