Jonah Brucker-Cohen
banner
coinop29.bsky.social
Jonah Brucker-Cohen
@coinop29.bsky.social
Media Artist, critical maker, Associate Professor @ JMS / Lehman College / CUNY, Scrapyard Challenge co-founder
Checked out Ayoung Kim’s solo show @momaps1.bsky.social in queens. I def like techno savage approach.
November 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
New project from me, "Not This", a conceptual and experiential artwork engaging A.I. to explore absence, exclusion, and negation. A live camera feed is analyzed, and text appears describing only what is NOT detected. Try it live at www.notthis.coin-operated.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I coded this pong clock for an old iPhone I had
November 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Video of the latest Scrapyard Challenge Arcade Controller design workshop that I ran on 10.25.25 @schoolofvisualarts.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS64...
Arcade Controller Redesign Scrapyard Challenge Workshop, School of Visual Arts, NY, NY, 10.25.25
YouTube video by Jonah Brucker-Cohen
www.youtube.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Video of my project, "Surprise Acquisition" at Maker Faire Coney Island last weekend in Brooklyn - youtu.be/V-0wTV3HH98
Surprise Acquisition by Jonah Brucker-Cohen at Maker Faire Coney Island 2025, 10/19/25
YouTube video by Jonah Brucker-Cohen
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Great show @grandaddyband @brooklynsteel.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Video documentation of the latest Arcade Controller Scrapyard Challenge workshop I ran at Hunter College..

youtu.be/Opj4LheD8LU?...
Scrapyard Challenge Classic Arcade Controller Design Workshop, Hunter College, 10.6.25
YouTube video by Jonah Brucker-Cohen
youtu.be
October 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
“Maker Faire Coney Island"is in danger of not happening, due to @livenationconcerts.bsky.social stealing 10k from them and closing the venue. Please repost and raise hell!
October 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Some info on my project "Surprise Acquisition" that will be on display at Maker Faire Coney Island this weekend! Stop by and try your luck at corporate territorialism!
coneyisland.makerfaire.com/maker/entry/...
September 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Some pics from the Whitney’s latest show, 60surreal.
September 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Surprise Acquisition has been accepted to exhibit at Maker Faire Coney Island (@MakerFaireConey) from October 4-5 : coneyisland.makerfaire.com. Come see me there!”
Maker Faire Coney Island – October 4-5 2025!
Maker Faire returns to Coney Island for a second triumphant year. Join us for The Greatest Side-Show and Tell on Earth: October 4-5, 2025!
coneyisland.makerfaire.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Reposted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen
New today! Interview with Jonah Brucker-Cohen, a critical media artist and researcher whose work explores the often invisible systems that shape our digital lives.

aifutures.substack.com/p/interview-...
Interview with Jonah Brucker-Cohen
When tools push back
aifutures.substack.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Watching De Minaur vs Auger-Aliassime at USOPEN Quarterfinals….
September 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Video documentation of our Scrapyard Challenge Arcade Controller workshop held at Northeastern University Vancouver with @voidfillstudio
August 17, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I’m at Siggraph 2025 running a Scrapyard Challenge Arcade controller design workshop @acmsiggraph.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Heading to Vancouver for @siggraph2025
August 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
New project from me, "Subtask", a browser plugin that reveals "hidden" tasks done on websites using Scale A.I., Amazon Mechanical Turk, Appen, and other crowdsourced marketplaces.

www.coin-operated.com/2025/08/02/s...
SubTask - 2025 -
Description “Subtask” is a media artwork that visually marks parts of websites that rely on crowd labor or data-labeling work and use cloud labor sites like Amazon Mechanical Turk, Appen or Scale A.I....
www.coin-operated.com
August 3, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I’m running Scrapyard Challenge Arcade Controller design workshop and giving a talk about my work on August 13th in Vancouver: lu.ma/ipnf2i8y?
Critical Digital Experience Talk + Scrapyard Challenge: Classic Arcade Game Controller Workshop · Luma
Join us for an exciting evening with Jonah Brucker-Cohen & Sebastian Bidegain, featuring an inspiring talk and an interactive workshop experience. Jonah will…
lu.ma
July 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Stop by my talk and workshop @northeasternu.bsky.social in Vancouver on August 13th!
July 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
@mschf unleashes King Solomon’s parable in a huge styrofoam? baby sectioning @pioneerworks
July 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
New URL for my ClockWise project: clockwise-clock.com
ClockWise
clockwise-clock.com
July 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Come hang out with us and make some awesome game controllers @siggraph2025 Labs in Vancouver this August !

blog.siggraph.org/2025/06/buil...
Building Novel Game Controllers for Classic Arcade Games - ACM SIGGRAPH Blog
Imagine playing some of your favorite classic arcade games, such as Street Fighter, Donkey Kong, and Super Mario, on a controller you built yourself!
blog.siggraph.org
June 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
New artwork from me, “Weather The Times” is an A.I. powered Chrome extension that filters which New York Times articles you can access based on your local weather conditions.

weatherthetimes.com
Weather The Times
weatherthetimes.com
June 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Inspiring P5.js project by Alexander Chen where you can draw a line and Google Gemini tries to describe it in a single word. Uses Gemini 1.5 Flash API (requires API key). link: editor.p5js.org/alexanderche...
One line one word by alexanderchen -p5.js Web Editor
A web editor for p5.js, a JavaScript library with the goal of making coding accessible to artists, designers, educators, and beginners.
editor.p5js.org
June 17, 2025 at 1:08 AM