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Parting Shot 27 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
Union Square Park’s resident fetishist/fart smeller Roman seems to have simplified his message. Good boy. (Photo: Marina Galperina/ANIMALNewYork) The post Parting Shot appeared first on ANIMAL.
Protect Your Data by Giving It to This Micronation 27 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
The Principality of Sealand is a rusted oil-drilling platform, 13 miles off the coast of the United Kingdom. It declared itself an independent state in 1967, becoming a micronation. It’s not too comfo...
Help Fund This Ed Templeton Documentary 27 Aug 2013 | 01:30 am
Strange New Feelings is a forthcoming new documentary about skater/artist/entrepreneur Ed Templeton, who, among many other things, founded and runs Toy Machine. According to director Kevin Barnett, th...
Miley Cyrus Twerking on Some Famous Art 27 Aug 2013 | 01:00 am
As proven by this compilation of Miley Cyrus twerking on famous paintings from Buzzfeed, the VMAs aren’t actually for popular music or news coverage, but for the after-show fall-out and memes. PS. Ar...
Here’s Meyhem Lauren and Action Bronson as Marionettes 27 Aug 2013 | 12:15 am
When we spoke to veteran hip-hop blogger Byron Crawford last week, one of the things we touched upon was his love for NYC rappers Action Bronson and Meyhem Lauren. Now, here’s a video featuring that i...
Now That Whole Foods Sells Records, What Should They Carry? 26 Aug 2013 | 11:15 pm
This week brings the momentous news that Whole Foods will follow the trail blazed by Urban Outfitters and begin selling vinyl records alongside their quinoa, herbal teas, and organic, locally-made han...
School for Poetic Computation Opens This Fall: Coding for Beauty 26 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
A group of four individuals, each armed with a variety of different skill sets within computer science, math, art and design, are collectively seeking to reinvent the way that programming is taught. T...
Artist’s Notebook: Jacob Kirkegaard 26 Aug 2013 | 09:30 pm
ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished piece. This week, Danish artist Jacob Kirkegaard — one of the artists exhibiting at MoMA curr...
A Noise Tribute to Chelsea Manning 26 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
From artists Elizabeth Veldon and Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt comes For Chelsea Manning, a tribute in drone to the recently-convicted Army leaker. “Chelsea Manning is a queer hero,” reads the descri...
Media Synergy: When the Times, News, and Post All Agree on Something, You Should Be Worried 26 Aug 2013 | 08:30 pm
According to New York City’s hometown papers–both the serious one and the two tabloids–the only way forward is to maintain the status quo: elect Christine Quinn on the Democratic side and some guy you...