Join Jonathan Harris, creator of internet-based projects such as the Yahoo! Time Capsule, 10x10, We Feel Fine, and Phylotaxis, for a look at the intersections of science, art, and culture. Find out how the internet can serve as the basis for portraits that provide insights into who we are and how we express ourselves.
Jonathan Harris is an artist working primarily on the Internet. His work involves the exploration and understanding of humans, on a global scale, through the artifacts they leave behind on the Web. In 2004 he received Italy's Fabrica Fellowship to join 40 other young artists for a year's work in non-traditional art. At Fabrica, Harris created the award-winning site 10x10, which automatically chooses the top 100 words and pictures in the world every hour based on what's happening in the news. He is also the creator of We Feel Fine, a site that uses large-scale blog analysis to explore human emotion. Most recently, he conceived and created a time capsule commissioned by Yahoo!, which is available in ten languages. Harris is an organizer of Princeton University's Art of Science Competition. His work has been shown internationally throughout Europe and America, and has been featured by CNN, Reuters, BBC, USA Today, Voice of America Radio, Creative Review, and Wired.
Advanced reservations suggested. Please contact the Koshland Science Museum at 202-334-1201 or email ksm@nas.edu. Refreshments will be provided.
Support for this program was provided by the Presidents' Circle Communications Initiative of the National Academies. This program is presented in collaboration with the Koshland Science Museum.
Image: Jonathan Harris, Phylotaxis, 2005
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