Name: The Web's secret stories
Uploaded: 2007-07-08T20:14:00Z
Duration: 16 min 56 s
Description: Jonathan Harris wants to make sense of the emotional world of the Web. With deep compassion for the human condition, his projects troll the Internet to find out what we're all feeling and looking for.

Jonathan Harris wants to make sense of the emotional world of the Web. With deep compassion for the human condition, his projects troll the Internet to find out what we're all feeling and looking for.

The Web's secret stories

Artist, storyteller, Internet anthropologist

Behind the surface of online interactions lies a vast, interconnected web of human feelings. By capturing over seven million blogged emotions, one project transforms personal confessions into swirling constellations of data, illuminating patterns from joy to loneliness. These visualizations show that, despite cultural and social divides, people are united by deep needs for self-expression. Technology becomes a lens for empathy, uncovering the universal stories hiding in digital noise.