The ANIMUS ARTS COLLECTIVE is group of three NYC artists –Preston Dane, David Ort, and Annie Vainchenker–who create large-scale, interactive public and private works, both for New York City and for festivals around the country. This year, ANIMUS successfully completed four large temporary installations located on Governor’s Island, Liberty State Park, Upper West Side and Nevada.  Each piece was uniquely different in style, materials, theme and exposure.  Their work has been featured in WOR 710 AM, Time Magazine and TimeOut New York Online.

For 2009, we are now looking to complete new works across the country. Please contact us at arts.animus@gmail.com if you are in need of incredible multi-media art!

Dream Outside the Box, by Animus Arts Collective, is a sculptural representation of the American Flag installed in early October 2009.  It is approximately 10 feet tall, 20 feet long, and 10 feet wide.  Comprised of stacked, interlocking red, white and blue boxes of various sizes, the result is a “fractalesque, cubistic representation of the American Flag.” Engraved on the boxes are ‘individual American dreams’, quotations, and words of wisdom, from our Founding Fathers juxtaposed with childrens’ quotes from the PS 163 LEAP Program.

Dream Outside the Box, commissioned by the Department of Transportation, Urban Art Program is located on West 97th Street between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenue. The art installation will be up until September 2010.