Jonathan Harris (artist) explained

Jonathan Jennings Harris (born August 27, 1979 in Burlington, Vermont[1] [2]) is an American artist and computer scientist, known for his work with data visualization, interactive documentary, and ritual.[3]

Work

Harris is the co-creator (with Sep Kamvar) of We Feel Fine, a search engine for human emotions.[4] [5] The project was named by AIGA one of the most influential design works of the last century, and later became a book (We Feel Fine: An Almanac of Human Emotion) published by Scribner in 2009.[6] [7]

In 2006, Harris was commissioned by Yahoo! to create the Yahoo! Time Capsule, which sought to record a digital fingerprint of the world at that time.[8] [9] In 2007, he spent two weeks living with an Iñupiat Eskimo family during their traditional spring whale hunt in Utqiagvik, Alaska (formerly Barrow), producing the interactive documentary, The Whale Hunt.[10] [11] [12] In 2008, he and Kamvar were commissioned by The Museum of Modern Art to create the interactive installation, I Want You To Want Me, visualizing thousands of online dating profiles as colorful balloons.[13] [14] The project was installed at the museum on Valentine's Day 2008.[15]

In 2011, Harris released Cowbird, a free digital storytelling platform with the mission of creating a "public library of human experience."[16] [17] [18] The project was active until 2017, when it was closed due to "growing awareness" of "attention economies and screen addiction."[19] [20]

From 2015–2021, Harris worked on a series of personal rituals at High Acres Farm, his family's ancestral land in Shelburne, Vermont—ultimately producing a set of 21 short films, released in 2022 as In Fragments.[21] [22] [23]

Education

Harris attended St. Bernard's School in New York City and Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts. He received his BA in computer science from Princeton University, where he studied with Brian Kernighan and Emmet Gowin.[24] [25] He also received a fellowship at the Fabrica Research Center in Italy.[26] [27]

Honors

Harris was named a "Young Global Leader" by the World Economic Forum in 2009.[28] [29] His projects have been widely exhibited around the world, and are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.[30] [31] [32] In 2017, he was the Guest of Honor at the IDFA Film Festival in Amsterdam, where he offered a Master Talk summarizing his life and work.[33]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.burlingtoncityarts.org/bcacenter/Exhibition.aspx?q=pe&e=p&id=220 Jonathan Harris: Inner Landscapes
  2. Web site: Jonathan Jennings Harris . 2023-12-21 . In Fragments . en-US.
  3. Web site: About . 2023-12-21 . Jonathan Jennings Harris . en-US.
  4. Web site: We Feel Fine / mission . 2023-12-21 . wefeelfine.org.
  5. Web site: Popova . Maria . 2009-12-03 . We Feel Fine: An Almanac of Human Emotion . 2023-12-21 . The Marginalian . en-US.
  6. Web site: 2016-03-29 . We Feel Fine AIGA 100 Years of Design . 2023-12-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160329115519/http://celebratedesign.org/connect/community/key-artifact/we-feel-fine . March 29, 2016 .
  7. Book: Kamvar . Sep . We Feel Fine: An Almanac of Human Emotion . Harris . Jonathan . 2009-12-01 . Simon and Schuster . 978-1-4391-1683-8 . en.
  8. Web site: 2014-10-10 . Reflections on the Time Capsule - Yahoo . 2023-12-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141010071013/http://yodel.yahoo.com/blogs/general/reflections-time-capsule-188.html . October 10, 2014 .
  9. News: Schofield . Jack . 2006-10-19 . The time capsule, after 10 x 10 . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-12-21 . 0261-3077.
  10. Web site: The Whale Hunt / by Jonathan Harris / Statement . 2023-12-21 . thewhalehunt.org.
  11. Web site: 2007-12-10 . The Whale Hunt: New work from Jonathan Harris TED Blog . 2023-12-21 . en-US.
  12. Wallace . Jacqueline . 2011 . Digitizing North: A Critical Discussion of Jonathan Harris's The Whale Hunt . Design and Culture . 3 . 3 . 355–373 . 10.2752/175470811X13071166525379 . 192146201.
  13. Web site: Lee . Jennifer 8 . 2007-12-20 . Turn-Ons Include Museums and Gmail. Turn-Offs Are Liars. . 2023-12-21 . The New York Times, City Room . en.
  14. Web site: Popova . Maria . 2008-11-03 . Geek Mondays: Dating Data Art . 2023-12-21 . The Marginalian . en-US.
  15. Web site: I Want You To Want Me / by Jonathan Harris and Sep Kamvar / Statement . 2023-12-21 . iwantyoutowantme.org.
  16. Web site: Preston . Jennifer . 2012-02-19 . Pull Up a Mouse and Stay a While . 2023-12-21 . The New York Times, Media Decoder Blog . en.
  17. Web site: Griffiths . Daniel Nye . Cowbird: Facebook Stories' Launch Recalls An Artistic Storytelling Project . 2023-12-21 . Forbes . en.
  18. News: McCracken . Harry . 2012-09-15 . Check out Cowbird on TIME's 50 Best Websites list . en-US . Time Magazine . 2023-12-21 . 0040-781X.
  19. Web site: Cowbird . Cowbird . 2023-12-21 . Cowbird.
  20. Web site: A Witness to Life . 2023-12-21 . In Fragments . en-US.
  21. Web site: In Fragments – An exploration of Life Art . 2023-12-21 . In Fragments . en-US.
  22. Web site: High Acres Farm — Arts . 2023-12-21 . High Acres Farm . en-US.
  23. Web site: From roaring fire and molten glass an artist creates a healing ritual Aeon Videos . 2023-12-21 . Aeon . en.
  24. Web site: Pioneer Works, Jonathan Harris . 2023-12-21 . Jonathan Harris.
  25. Web site: Jonathan Jennings Harris . 2023-12-21 . In Fragments . en-US.
  26. Web site: 2009-11-09 . b l o g . F A B R I C A: Interview with Jonathan Harris, Artist, ex-Fabricante . 2023-12-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091109000339/http://2005to2007.fabrica.it/blog/2006/06/jonathan_harris_artist_exfabri.html . November 9, 2009 .
  27. Web site: 2014-07-15 . Jonathan Harris on The Great Discontent (TGD) . 2023-12-21 . The Great Discontent (TGD) . en-US.
  28. Web site: Jonathan Harris . 2023-12-21 . World Economic Forum . en.
  29. Web site: Jonathan Harris . 2023-12-21 . Big Think . en-US.
  30. Web site: News . 2023-12-21 . Jonathan Jennings Harris . en-US.
  31. Web site: Jonathan Harris . Museum of Modern Art.
  32. Web site: Works Jonathan Harris People The MFAH Collections . 2023-12-21 . emuseum.mfah.org.
  33. Web site: 2017-09-21 . IDFA Institute Digital art pioneer Jonathan Harris to compile Top 10 . 2023-12-21 . IDFA . en.

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