Photographer Tod Seelie and accomplices recently explored the ruins inside the Domino Sugar Factory on the East River in Williamsburg. More photos here. (Photo: Tod Seelie) […]
Pyrex Visions, an upscale streetwear brand run by Virgil Abloh, Kanye West’s creative director, recently sold out of the above right flannel shirt, at $550 a pop. An exorbitantly high price, to be sure (especially when you factor in the huge, tacky screenprinting on the back), but apparently not unheard of in the world of […]
Proving that any collabo is possible in the cool guy-streetwear world, check out this seemingly standard coffee mug. It’s actually a partnership between Japan’s Fragment Design and mega-café chain Starbucks. It comes with the slogan “Kickback with Blend at B-Side” and Fragment Design’s signature, Schutzstaffel inspired logo. The limited edition cups will only be available […]
Last week, we were all a-Twitter because someone said David Lynch was talking to NBC about bring back Twin Peaks aaaaaaaaaaah. Then, Twin Peaks co-creator Mark Frost responded with “Dear Internet: You are very good at spreading rumors. Truth is more valuable and much harder to come by. Sincerely yours, @mfrost11.” The dream was dead, wrapped in plastic. […]
David Seth Cohen is a guy who once worked as a production assistant on an Adam Sandler film (the comedian, not the racist Times Square Elmo). Sandler, who is apparently Cohen’s idol, once offered Cohen a drink after he delivered a costume to Sandler’s apartment, and Cohen declined. Fourteen years of “sleepless nights” later, Cohen […]
“It’s about the positive outcome of a disaster,” Eyebeam Art+ Technology Center resident artist Jonathan Minard tells ANIMAL. One of New York’s most inspiring creative spaces suffered $250,000 in dammage to AV equipment, books and computers from Hurricane Sandy’s toxic, corroding, 3-foot floods. It took a toil on Eyebeam’s precious archive of analog and digital media spanning 15 years of […]
ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original idea sketch next to a finished piece. This week, artist Evan Roth shares a computer sketch of the renowned project EyeWriter which allowed graffiti writer TEMPTONE — almost completely paralyzed by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis — to create graffiti using only his tracked eye movement and project it on buildings miles away. […]
There’s been some concern lately of Skype communications being monitored without users’ consent , after the Microsoft-owned service began allowing law enforcement agencies to surveil text chats. Fueled by these privacy concerns, a group of hackers at Warsaw, Poland’s Institute of Telecommunications have come up with an ingenious sub rosa method of communication on the service: hiding […]
And it sounded so hot. Filmmaker/mind-fucker Gaspar Noé has just directed a music video for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ much-anticipated, confusingly Ke$ha-like titled “We No Who U R” single off their upcoming “Push the Sky Away” album and it sounded so hot!!! Were you expecting seizing neon titles and DMT-hued Paz De La Huerta? Sorry you didn’t get exactly what you want […]
In an effort to give its theme park patrons a more customized, interactive experience, Disney is adopting the tactics of law enforcement agencies everywhere: giving out wristbands embedded with tracking devices and information about the people wearing them. Uses for the wristbands, dubbed “MyMagic+,” range from the pedestrian–like tracking purchases and attractions visited, presumably to […]
