The weekend’s snowstorm accentuates El Anatsui’s instillation Broken Bridge II at the High Line Park and makes the mirror reflections look like gaping holes. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Hey, you guys. This very hype Kubrick documentary Room 237 has a giant Kubrick-had-nothing-to-do-with-it disclaimer. Look: NEITHER THIS FILM, NOR ANY VIEW OR OPINION EXPRESSED IN IT, NOR THE CONTEXT IN WHICH FILM FOOTAGE AND IMAGES ARE USED, IS APPROVED OR ENDORSED BY, OR IS IN ANY WAY ASSOCIATED WITH, THE KUBRICK 1981 TRUST, STANLEY […]
Web designer Marko Dugonjić created an experimental site in which the type changes sizes based on how close your face is to the computer. When you’re right up next to the screen, it’s nice and small, and as you move further away, the type gets bigger so it’s easier to see. Genius! It’s a little […]
As part of the 2013 FIGMENT art festival happening on Governors Island in June, architects Jason Klimoski and Lesley Chang will create a pavilion from over 53,000 plastic bottles–the number that New Yorkers throw away every hour. The structure, in both its materials and its visual style, is a slightly less elegant dead ringer for […]
Well, this is disturbing. And strangely fascinating. And kind of hot. And right in time for Valentine’s Day! Presenting: the land snail — nature’s kinkiest animal — ON FILM. SPOILER ALERT: What you are about to watch contains gratuitous imagery of mucus-covered hermaphroditic genitalia, freaky sacks, masochistic flesh-impaling “love darts” and double penetration (sort of). […]
Scientists have discovered not one but two new moons of Pluto recently–one in 2011 and another last year–and the team that discovered both has decided to crowdsource their names. They’ve set up a poll in which you can vote from a selection 12 names, including such badass options as Cerberus, Hercules, and Hypnos, or write […]
What did you do during that blizzard last week? Redditor Brian Maffitt aimed his video projector at the storm and took these stunning photos. Behold the hallucinatory visual awesomeness! As an added bonus, he documented his little experiment on video. The Lite FM-style mood music was sort of an odd choice, but hey, blizzards are dull. […]
Here is ANIMAL’s original supercut of over 30 references to “Brooklyn” in song and rap lyrics. Ta-da! Beastie Boys – “No Sleep ’til Brooklyn” Jay-Z – “Empire State of Mind” Wolfe Tones – “Streets of Brooklyn” 3rd Bass – “Brooklyn Queens” Barry Manilow – “Brooklyn Blues” Jay-Z – “Brooklyn Go Hard” Charles Hamilton – “Brooklyn […]
Here’s the staff at Brooklyn Museum hanging Ghanian artist El Anatsui’s monumental bottle cap wall sculpture, a triumph of art handling no doubt worthy of the Art Handling Olympics. Only takes them about a minute, too — sort of. Anatsui’s first solo exhibition opened last Thursday, featuring a number of these massive installations made from […]
With great power come allegations of punching a mom in Times Square. Philip Williams, the costumed Spider-Man in question, was arrested for assault when he hit the woman after she didn’t toss him some money after posing for a photo with her two kids. The mom came back with her husband, who started beating Williams […]
