The internet is so omnipresent in most of our lives that it’s easy to forget about the vast physical network that supports it–which, among other things, is comprised of a staggering 550,000 miles of underground cabling. To show you exactly what that means, communications research firm TeleGeography and designer Markus Kristeya created the above beautifully […]
The ASPCA and Downtown Brooklyn’s One Love Animal Hospital will be hosting an event this weekend in which 30 straight-up adorable cats–all of which were rescued from a hoarder in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy–will be placed up for adoption, with all fees waived. Great, you love cats! You voted for one, didn’t you? That’s […]
At this point, it’s difficult to be surprised by the next internet meme. We put fucking bread on cats’ faces. Anything’s plausible at this point. So when an avalanche of “Harlem Shake” videos popped up yesterday, it wasn’t surprising. It certainly was intriguing, though. Here’s how every video seems to play out: – Random person […]
Chet, Tudor City. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
This is a photo of a pissed-off red tailed hawk that had tumbled into the basement of a NYC building before it was rescued and released. (Photo: J.Phillip O’Brien/flickr) […]
Did you hear? There’s snow coming. You’re fucked. But don’t panic! Here’s the process of how to survive this blizzard. -Panic. -Didn’t you see? There might be a substantial amount of snow. Panic. -Overlook the fact that New England’s way more fucked than you. In some parts of New Hampshire, you need to drive half […]
Here’s Brooke Candy aka the Marina Abramović of sexually agressive cybergoth rappers posing for Terry Richardson. First spotted in the mainstream via Grimes’ desert freak-out, here’s Candy in the acoustic form, that is… sans some of the “ghetto gothic” opulence and glitter, stripped down — still strappin’ the warrior alien princess suit, sometimes. Richardson brought her down to Earth a bit. And the […]
Holy-tessellated-mackerel these are awesome. Chilean artist Oscar Ramos seems to have channeled his inner M.C. Escher to create these gorgeous, sublimely perplexing masterpieces. Gaze into their depths and enter a wonderful world in which fish transform into flowers, bacon into fruit, and sneakers into the sea… Here’s the part where I might say something about […]
Members of TWU Local 100 were passing out “Metro(death)Cards” today to raise awareness of their campaign to slow down trains pulling into stations. The MTA opposes the union’s “slow-down plan,” but with subway death tolls the highest since 2007, how is this even a debate? Here’s ANIMAL’s interview with a union rep outside City Hall. (Video: […]
Indie developer Pippin Barr, known for his 8-bit simulation of Marina Abramović’s The Artist is Present, has expanded his scope in an ambitious attempt to render the entirety of the New York City visual art world as video game. The biting microcosm Art Game offers you the experience of battling the impenetrable vision of one curator in […]
