“A” is for Ant-Man, “B” is for Beast, “C” is for Captain America, and so on and so on. Designer Mike Boon created two parallel alphabets–upper-case for heroes, lower-case for villains–highlighting the various characters of the Marvel Comics universe. T-shirts, prints, and various other ephemera are available here and here. I’ve got most of them […]
Designer Derrick Cruz created this appropriately creepy, minimal bust of Ian Curtis, which shows the late Joy Division singer emerging, face-only, from a 10-inch solid porcelain block. He’s also made perhaps the artsiest Kickstarter video of all time in hopes of getting the thing funded, which you can watch above. Cruz is no stranger to […]
The early sixties were a pretty sexy time in the US. A decade after Alfred Kinsey conducted his sexuality studies, Americans were enthralled by the steamy affair between JFK and Marilyn Monroe, everyone wanted to get invited to a Playboy Club party, and the Free Love movement was rapidly subverting the prudish “values” of the […]
The Christopher Dorner rampage is over (although that charred body is still unidentified!), but if, for some reason, you want some Christopher Dorner merch to immortalize the horrific and fascinating tale of the cop killer with a grudge, it exists on Etsy. Using the scale of quality of clothing created for a domestic terrorist, these […]
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’ll take a look at David McCallum’s “The Edge,” which spawned Dr. Dre’s “The Next Episode” and Masta Ace’s “No Regrets.” “The Edge, “David McCallum (1967): […]
A group of researchers led by grad student/metalhead Jesse Silverberg took it upon themselves to analyze the physics of mosh pits, pulling videos from YouTube and using software designed to look at particle physics. What they found was astounding–that the statistical distribution of speeds of various moshers matched that of particles moving freely in a […]
TL;DR Vine is an App. It’s like Instagram for 6 second videos with sound. It’s been just slapped NC-17 rating, so we’re throwing the Unofficial Vine NC-17 #VeryShortFilmFest without asking them. Send us your arty and/or porny Vine with the hashtag #VeryShortFilmFest or email us a 6 second video with sound to tips@animalnewyork.com before Tuesday, February 19th. Our […]
For a piece titled Sikka Magnum, artist Daniel Canogar repurposed 360 DVDs creating what he calls an “audio-visual mosaic.” The interdisciplinary artist known for incorporating old and outdate media into his work, arranged the the DVDs into the shape of a digital mandala, projecting onto its surface bits of their content, resulting in uber-trippy reflections […]
In several of the works at the Moustache Man’s debut solo show at New York’s Krause Gallery, the street artist/comedian who once wrote the word “moustache” on subway ads around the city takes cheeky aim at his peers. To lambast Mr. Brainwash–whom Moustache Man, like most reasonable people, holds in low regard–the artist dipped his scrotum […]
Last we heard of a proposed ban on the plastic foam product widely known as Styrofoam, it had been proposed by recycling czar Ron Gonen, but the mayor had not commented saying whether he’d support such a measure. Now, in a move that should surprise no one, Bloomberg will propose the ban in his final […]
