Jason Nelson is crazy. He may be a genius, but I think he is absolutely crazy and that is not necessarily a bad thing in my book. His creepy/haunting creative/crazy side came through with “The Bomar Gene” and I think that “The Weather Visualiser” allows him to show his more eccentric side. I think the weather in general brings about the most eccentric side in people naturally, and I think that this project is very fitting to that effect. I know I can’t speak for the rest of you but the first warm day of the year I feel like running around being goofy like he does in the video interpretations of the weather. Also very cold days make me a little crazy. Anyways, if you take the time to notice and scroll through a few states or regions of the world, the “prose/poetics” interpretations of the weather has a definite template and only the words in red change to create a different meaning for each one. I think that the same can be said for the weather. The day is a universal template, and the different weather patterns change the meaning or the mood of the day, with the weather being represented by the words. Okay, maybe this is a little far-fetched but I think you can all see where I am trying to go with this.
When I try to look too deep into his work, it seems a little fruitless. At first it seems like it could have meaning, but there are so many wacky elements to it sometimes it seems like there could not be any at all and he is creating for the sake of creation and for people to muse and marvel over his work. Maybe he is making some kind of statement on how the different weather affects people’s emotions or attitudes by showing his own. I’m still a little baffled by this piece. I think that Professor Sample should ask him for an explanation video about this piece.