Alexander Semenov is the head diver at Moscow State University’s White Sea Biological Station in the Russian Arctic. When he’s not doing science-y stuff and whatever else head divers at biological stations do, he’s taking photographs of whatever beautiful plants and animals he finds underwater and posting them to his Flickr. The latest installment, uploaded […]
Next month, London artist Ron Mueck is having his first major exhibition in Paris since 2005 and for the occasion, he let French photographer Gautier DeBlonde inside his studio to take these photgraphs. Wow. You can see the sculptural hyperrealism master tinkering at the intricate details — softly chiseling gigantic pores into the skin, adjusting the age-spots and frail hairs, polishing […]
Niklas Roy, a professor at art university in Germany (where else?) recently challenged his students to create functional computing systems using nothing more than cardboard, welding wire, glue, rope, rulers and cutting knifes. To prove it could be done, Roy also created a cardboard computer himself–the ingenious plotting machine in the above video. Roy’s students submitted […]
Months after Hurricane Sandy ravaged New York City, the neighborhood surrounding Lower Manhattan’s South Street Seaport is still struggling to get on its feet. Eighty-five percent of small businesses in the area remain closed and boarded up. Many have damaged electrical and internet wiring, and some owners are unsure whether they’ll ever be able to […]
ANIMAL loves F.A.T. artists so much, you know? But here’s F.A.T.’s street artist Katsu braggingabout tagging in Minecraft, all like “The future of graffiti for me will be in the form of black hat tactics” and “MINECRAFT offers me a way to connect with my untainted inner youth and create expressions of criminal activity without the police […]
Michelle, Manhattan. (Photo: ANIMALNewYork) […]
Burn out fluorescents bring all new meaning to Pasta Vino’s signage in Hell’s Kitchen. (Photo: ANIMALNewYork) […]
New York-based graphic designer Zhang Qingyun has created a curious and brilliant case study of YOU ON THE INTERNET. For his piece at the “Processed” exhibition at Center 548 in Chelsea, he set up two displays: (1) 50 captions culled from personal Facebook messages, gchats and tweets and (2) correlating Google Image results. Then he let the […]
After decades of putting work on the streets (for free), Bronx-born graffiti bomber COPE2 continues his pursuit of a more legal career by selling his art (for money). This past weekend, a new exhibit of his work opened at Gallery 69 in Tribeca. The solo show, entitled “Hypnotic,” is comprised of painted canvases, with all […]
Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja and documentary filmmaker Adam Curtis are collaborating on six performances in September, blending the music of the English group with film that weaves “arresting stories of politics and power over the past 30 years.” It’s sure to be one of most sensory-overloading experiences of the 2013 Park Avenue Armory season. […]
