Benedict Sinister feat. Miss Beltran: Ne Dramatise Pas (16 Lines From Bryan Ferry)

An homage composed by someone who truly understands the depths of his subject matter, “Ne Dramatise Pas (16 Lines From Bryan Ferry)” calls upon several distinct and obscure Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music references. Australia-born, Paris-raised artist and musician Benedict Sinister crafts the tune, guided by his earnest spoken-word delivery. LA’s Miss Beltran rounds out the track with a house-lounge beat—and together something beautiful has …

Assembling an Image of the Shadow of a Black Hole

In a mind-boggling excerpt from Seth Fletcher’s book Einstein’s Shadow: A Black Hole, a Band of Astronomers, and the Quest to See the Unseeable (published by Ecco), the author probes the meticulous process behind the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). In fact, a series of collaborative data sets collected in 2017 by eight telescopes around the planet, the EHT aims to create an image of the shadow of a …

Henry Hargreaves’ “Fortunes of a Nation” Photographic Series

Presidential quotations repurposed for art

One can react to repeat political disappointment, sadness and confusion through innumerable means. Art, however, has long been one of the most important tunnels to channel it all into. With his latest photographic series, “Fortunes of a Nation,” CH favorite Henry Hargreaves has found a way to grapple with the baffling linguistics of America’s current president. Hargreaves repurposes quotations drawn from speeches and tweets and, …