Jonathan Harris Breathes New Life into Digital Art
By Rob on Dec 21, 2007 in Arts/Entertainment
The face of modern art has come a long way since being less dependent on skill than on luck.
Jonathan Harris, with a brain tweaked half by computer science and half by photography, has become quite the digital artist. Recently he gained much notice for his piece called “The Whale Hunt.” For this revolutionary interactive slide show he chronicled his nine-day experience with an Alaskan whaling family by taking a picture every five minutes. He manages to tell a story with 3,214 pictures better than words could ever manage.
Also check out my favorite of his, “We Feel Fine.” This piece lets you click on little “emotion bubbles” that float around the screen, each one containing a statement about how somebody once felt. The crazy part is, if you give it your age, gender, the weather outside and a few other factors, it’s pretty good at picking up on what you might be thinking. It’s like a high speed, customizable and visually intriguing fortune cookie.






