• Josh Harris is an American internet entrepreneur who has been called the "Warhol of the Web" during the 1990s for his social experiments.Business Week: The Warhol of Webcasting (January 26, 2000) Harris was the subject of the film, We Live in Public and his project "Quiet: We Live in Public" was used as a case study in the documentary film to explore "the numbing, overwhelming possibilities the internet offers".Cinematical: Sundance Interview (January 23, 2009)

• Fast Facts

  1. Born in Ventura, CaliforniaNY Magazine: Suddenly Pseudo (December 13, 1999)
  2. Is the youngest of seven childrenNY Magazine: Suddenly Pseudo (December 13, 1999)
  3. When Harris was fifteen, his father died during heart surgeryNY Magazine: Suddenly Pseudo (December 13, 1999)
  4. Attended University of California at San DiegoNY Magazine: Suddenly Pseudo (December 13, 1999)
  5. Founder of Pseudo.com and Jupiter CommunicationsBoing Boing: Pseudo was a Fake Company (June 26, 2008)
  6. Was replaced by David Bohrman as CEO at PseudoBoing Boing: Pseudo was a Fake Company (June 26, 2008)
  7. We Live in Public was featured at the 2009 Sundance Film FestivalSundance 2009: We Live in Public Overview
  8. "Quiet: We Live in Public" project was stopped by FEMA after thirty daysSundance 2009: We Live in Public Overview
  9. January 1, 2000: FEMA called "Quiet" a "millennial cult"Sundance 2009: We Live in Public Overview
  10. 2000: Equipped his NY loft with 32 motion-controlled cameras to record streaming video of every moment of the lives of himself and his girlfriend, Tanya CorrinWired: He Said, She Said, Web Dread (February 23, 2001)
  11. Had a break-down after six-months of his loft projectSundance 2009: We Live in Public Overview
  12. Relocated to an apple farm in upstate New YorkSundance 2009: We Live in Public Overview

• We Live in Public

  • Harris created an artificial society in an underground bunker in New York City where approximately 100 artists moved in. The participants were under 24-hour surveillance and on camera, while they defecated, had sex and even shared a transparent communal shower.Sundance 2009: We Live in Public Overview

  • Harris originally hired We Live in Public director Ondi Timoner to film the bunker project and she continued to follow him over the years. Timoner said in 2006 she realized Harris was on to something, "he said we'd be trapped in virtual boxes. It was like being shot with a lightening bolt. I had never had a clearer vision...Society and technology had to catch up to Josh's vision."CNET: A Day in the Life of a Sundance Filmmaker (January 21, 2009)

• Quotes

  • "I now acknowledge that Pseudo Programs, Inc., a New York City based Internet television network founded in 1994 and sold from bankruptcy in 2000 was the linchpin of a long form piece of conceptual art. Pseudo burned over $25 million in private and institutional capital over a span of seven years. Pseudo was a fake company."—Josh Harris in a letter to The New York Times, reprinted in Boing BoingBoing Boing: Pseudo was a Fake Company (June 26, 2008)

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