| 20.12.2007 by Zoltan |  |
A photographic heartbeat
Beautiful interface design and typography define the work of Jonathan Harris, and his latest piece The Whale Hunt is no different - though it is more about defined narrative than his previous (mashup) work.
Harris explains: “I documented the entire experience with a plodding sequence of 3,214 photographs, beginning with the taxi ride to Newark airport, and ending with the butchering of the second whale, seven days later. The photographs were taken at five-minute intervals, even while sleeping (using a chronometer), establishing a constant “photographic heartbeat”. In moments of high adrenaline, this photographic heartbeat would quicken (to a maximum rate of 37 pictures in five minutes while the first whale was being cut up), mimicking the changing pace of my own heartbeat… Each viewer will experience the whale hunt narrative differently, and not necessarily in a linear fashion, constructing his or her own understanding of the experience.
