Jonah Brucker-Cohen
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Jonah Brucker-Cohen
@coinop29.bsky.social
Media Artist, critical maker, Associate Professor @ JMS / Lehman College / CUNY, Scrapyard Challenge co-founder
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...
January 13, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Vegas trip
December 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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
December 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Jmail puts you in the drivers seat as Jeffrey Epstein reading his emails jmail.world
Jmail, logged in as [email protected]
You are logged into [email protected], Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release.
jmail.world
December 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I’m presenting some new work on A.I. Meets Critical Media Arts at this event in March.
December 3, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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...
November 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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
November 21, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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
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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
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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
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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