Digital Scrapbooking With Body Parts

A digital art project by Carnegie Mellon University student Miles Peyton lets you upload and interact with animated GIFs of human body parts. Titled “Parts, Parts, Parts,” the project is available on three different website pages and allows users to configure their own work of art using snippets of body parts from other users. Peyton describes the piece as an “anonymous, interactive alternative to sending …

Jonah Samson’s Dream Distortion

Repurposed images printed with plant-dye yield a haunting effect in this new show, opening today

In addition to being a CH contributor, Cape Breton Island, Canada-based Jonah Samson has long collected jarring imagery, redefined its usage and sought out unique photographic processes that match his inspiration. With his latest solo exhibition “Dream Distortion,” opening today, 2 April 2015, at Vancouver’s Macaulay & Co Fine Art, Samson delivers Absurdist Theater-inspired works, tinged with anxiety but calling upon the power of nature. …

The World’s First BASE-Jumping Dog

Vimeo on Demand just released the trailer for “When Dogs Fly,” the story of a mini cattle dog named Whisper as he becomes the world’s first BASE-jumping pooch—with help from his daredevil owner Dean Potter. The trailer captures Whisper as he soars back to Earth at 120 mph and whimpers with joy after landing safely. The film pushes people to question what’s right or wrong …