Do you find his pieces effective?
Harris seems to desire an emotive, human aspect to his work, and in that sense I would say that his pieces are extremely effective. He manages to create both visuals and text streams that manage to convey a good sense of emotion and the human element. Part of this is rooted in his use of live data sets, that add an immediacy and reality to his work. The randomness of the imagery also serves to deliver a feeling of humanity, as it creates a constant and undefinable imperfection to the work.
What might you change if it were your project?
I feel as though I might use slightly less saccharine visuals. While I feel that Harris' visuals are extremely effective, they have a certain pastel, Hallmark quality to them that doesn't quite appeal to me.
What tools (color, motion, etc.) does Jonathan employ to express emotive qualities in his work?
Harris uses motion almost constantly in his work to relay a feeling of "nowness". The constant movement creates an unavoidable sense that the dialogue is occurring as you sit there watching it. He also uses pastel colors (presumably for their "emotive" feel), but as mentioned above, this really doesn't appeal to me. Even in a site that riffs on the terrorism threat level, Harris still resorts to almost-pastels.
What makes his body of work feel different than Karsten’s or Aaron’s?
Most significantly for me, it's the use of live data. Karsten and Aaron both obtain data sets, and then create a deliberate and planned visual for them. Harris' creation of a more data "engine" allows him to use live data off the web, and create an immediacy and reality to his work that the others lack.
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