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Jonah Brucker-Cohen

@coinop29

Media Artist, critical maker, Associate Professor @ JMS / Lehman College / CUNY, Scrapyard Challenge co-founder

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Cool to check out the @whitneymuseum biennial opening tonight. Some decent pieces this year.

04.03.2026 10:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Scream2Mute for Mac OS

I participated in the ITP/IMA/ITP - NYU Stupid Hackathon yesterday in Brooklyn and made this "stupid" project.... The concept is that If you scream very loudly, it mutes your computer...

Main Link:
www.scream2mute.info

Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmit...

01.03.2026 17:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Artist Becomes the Tool: The Impact of AI in the Art World β€” The Meridian Two new galleries, Offline and Heft, launched in April on the Lower East Side and specialize in digital art, or β€œNFTs, non-fungible tokens,” and AI art. However, AI is divisive in the art world.

I was interviewed for this article about artists using A.I. in their work:

www.lehmanmeridian.com/arts-enterta...

23.02.2026 01:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New project from me, "Average Citizen", a public data sculpture that assigns visitors average waiting times for US public services. The object measures only presence and time wasted waiting.

21.02.2026 18:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Next Scrapyard Challenge will be March 10th at Jersey City fab Lab!

19.02.2026 03:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I wrote an article about some of my recent projects up now on the CUNY Digital Commons… copy//paste link gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2026/02/13/a...

18.02.2026 03:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My paper, β€œArtificial Intelligence Meets Critical Media Art Part 2” was accepted to the Electronic Visualisation & the Arts conference in London this July 13-17, 2026. Excited to present at this event for the second time. @evalondonconf. www.eva-london.org

15.02.2026 01:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I made a new climate related project, β€œUnequal Weather” that looks at how even though a NYC’s weather report says one thing, economic spacing and location mean something else in weather to different neighborhoods .

β€œUnequal Weather” by Jonah Brucker-Cohen

www.coin-operated.com/uw/

08.02.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m giving a talk and running an @scrapyardchallenge workshop on 3/25/26 @northeastern in Boston. Details here camd.northeastern.edu/events/scrap.... And here. camd.northeastern.edu/events/criti...

04.02.2026 00:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New project, "Crossing Algorithm", critically examines the social conditions surrounding an urban intersection through the crossing button. Link: www.coin-operated.com/2026/01/12/c...

13.01.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Vegas trip

27.12.2025 16:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New project, "Infinite Factor Authentication" a project that subverts and critically examines the seemingly endless forms of authentication individuals must do to access their files in online environments. You will never authenticate again: ifa.coin-operated.com

09.12.2025 16:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Jmail, logged in as jeevacation@gmail.com You are logged into jeevacation@gmail.com, Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.

Jmail puts you in the drivers seat as Jeffrey Epstein reading his emails jmail.world

04.12.2025 21:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m presenting some new work on A.I. Meets Critical Media Arts at this event in March.

03.12.2025 11:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I made a game, "Tesla Tears", a handheld game where players drive a Tesla around a city playing as government workers collecting backpay they lost from the government shutdown of 2025.

Play it here: tinyurl.com/teslatears

Video here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8MA...

25.11.2025 19:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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New project from me "ZuckBucks" shows how much Zuckerberg is earning from every post you make on Facebook and / or Instagram.
ww.zuckbucks.coin-operated.com

21.11.2025 02:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Checked out Ayoung Kim’s solo show @momaps1.bsky.social in queens. I def like techno savage approach.

11.11.2025 23:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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

04.11.2025 04:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I coded this pong clock for an old iPhone I had

01.11.2025 20:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Arcade Controller Redesign Scrapyard Challenge Workshop, School of Visual Arts, NY, NY, 10.25.25
Arcade Controller Redesign Scrapyard Challenge Workshop, School of Visual Arts, NY, NY, 10.25.25 YouTube video by Jonah Brucker-Cohen

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...

27.10.2025 20:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Surprise Acquisition by Jonah Brucker-Cohen at Maker Faire Coney Island  2025, 10/19/25
Surprise Acquisition by Jonah Brucker-Cohen at Maker Faire Coney Island 2025, 10/19/25 YouTube video by Jonah Brucker-Cohen

Video of my project, "Surprise Acquisition" at Maker Faire Coney Island last weekend in Brooklyn - youtu.be/V-0wTV3HH98

24.10.2025 15:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Great show @grandaddyband @brooklynsteel.bsky.social

16.10.2025 10:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Scrapyard Challenge Classic Arcade Controller Design Workshop, Hunter College, 10.6.25
Scrapyard Challenge Classic Arcade Controller Design Workshop, Hunter College, 10.6.25 YouTube video by Jonah Brucker-Cohen

Video documentation of the latest Arcade Controller Scrapyard Challenge workshop I ran at Hunter College..

youtu.be/Opj4LheD8LU?...

11.10.2025 00:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œMaker 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!

03.10.2025 01:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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/...

27.09.2025 23:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Some pics from the Whitney’s latest show, 60surreal.

18.09.2025 09:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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!

Surprise Acquisition has been accepted to exhibit at Maker Faire Coney Island (@MakerFaireConey) from October 4-5 : coneyisland.makerfaire.com. Come see me there!”

16.09.2025 18:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Episode 3: When Machines Forget: A Dialogue with Jonah Brucker-Cohen Read the interview here:

aifutures.substack.com/p/episode-3-...

10.09.2025 11:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Interview with Jonah Brucker-Cohen When tools push back

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-...

09.09.2025 23:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Watching De Minaur vs Auger-Aliassime at USOPEN Quarterfinals….

03.09.2025 16:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0