
I read this article by Malcolm McLaren on 8-Bit Punk. McLaren, a legend in punk rock from the 70s (who I saw speak once in NYC) seems a bit overwhelme...
Read MoreI read this article by Malcolm McLaren on 8-Bit Punk. McLaren, a legend in punk rock from the 70s (who I saw speak once in NYC) seems a bit overwhelme...
Read MoreToday I stayed in, but then went out to see Intolerable Creulty, the new Coen Bros film. Pretty amusing, esp George Clooney’s character, but the...
Read MoreNo it’s not a USB pendrive for your data. This is the NetGear MA111, a USB WiFi adapter that lets any computer with a USB drive connect to a Wi-...
Read MoreThese are two PlayStation 2 modifications (the one on the left is my entry – a Famicom mod) featured in a show put together by DEAF Ireland. A r...
Read MoreEven McDonalds is getting into fashion these days with this digital watch that was included in a happy meal in one of their Amsterdam restaurants. Not...
Read MoreJust got back from an interesting four days at the E-culture Fair in Amsterdam that took place Oct 23-24th. The conference/event consisted of over 50 ...
Read MoreReport from E-Culture Fair http://www.eculturefair.nl October 23-24, 2003 Paradiso, DeBalie, Melkweg Amsterdam, The Netherlands Although adding the l...
Read MoreI just uploaded a lot of pictures and some video of the workshop I taught at ElectroFringe, an electronic art festival that took place earlier this mo...
Read MoreWhen I was in Australia a few weeks back I met Richard Kelly Tipping – an Australian artist who creates really great work with signage across Au...
Read MoreThis is the “Living Sculpture”, “The eight-legged Octofungi, a 12-inch-tall sculpture of colored polyurethane, micro glass beads, an...
Read MoreReport from UBICOMP 2003 The Westin Hotel Seattle, WA, USA Oct 12-15, 2003 By Jonah Brucker-Cohen Picture of the “Living Sculpture...
Read MoreHeading to UBICOMP today in Seattle to show my project AudioBored! Should be a fun event – expect some live blogs from here where I will wait fo...
Read MoreThis was a hardware Nintendo hack I saw at ElectroFringe that combined a Famicom with the next Nintendo model. The mod included custom built knobs tha...
Read MoreWalking out to the scenic ex-military base penninsula called the “Gap”, just south of Sydney, I noticed a peculiar sign. Is it just me or ...
Read MoreThis was the MIDI scrapyard challenge workshop I led in Newcastle, Australia today. Some amazing output from it . People built custom midi controllers...
Read MoreMade it to Newcastle, Australia for ElectroFringe! Here’s a pic of PoliceState in action – set up in the John Paynter Gallery (an old poli...
Read MoreGetting ready for a two week trip to Australia/LA/Seattle. I’ll be in Australia for ElectroFringe where I will be leading a workshop, masterclas...
Read MoreWhen I was in WDC (my home town) a month ago, I noticed there was something new on the license plates since I left. Is this goverment sponsored civil ...
Read MoreI was just in Amsterdam at the Next 5 Minutes Festival of Tactical Media presenting Wifi-Hog @ the Tactical Tool-Builders Fair in the basement of the ...
Read MoreHere on the last day at Ars Electronica – currently sitting in on the last conference with Alexei Shulgin, Christiane Paul, Amy Alexander, and o...
Read MoreI’m here w/kaki at Ars Electronica (above pic is from the conference) – been running around going to see the installations and talks.. a l...
Read MoreMaywa Denki Presentation at ORF Video: Maywa Denki Performance (4 MB) Report From Ars Electronica 2003 Published on Rhizome.org – 9/23/03 Linz, ...
Read MoreWalking through lower Manhattan a few weeks ago I couldn’t help but notice the Safer America shop a block from the WTC site. One of their “...
Read MoreBack in Dublin for a bit before I head to Ars Electronica to watch all the kool kids play with toys. Well not exactly, but stay tuned – will blo...
Read MoreJust got back from the US Open in NYC – where I saw Agassi and Capriati play. One thing I noticed when I went into the main stadium there was th...
Read MoreBass-Station is a wifi enabled 80’s Ghettoblaster boombox that lets you connect to it through any wireless card, upload tracks, and be a dj all ...
Read MoreWhenever I’m on AIM (iChat) I always get sent a million links that I usually look at once and never remember. Then when it’s an important ...
Read MoreWell I am officially back home for a two week vacation to DC and NYC. When I’m here I will be giving a few talks in NYC – one at Eyebeam a...
Read MoreBIX is a “communicative display skin” for the Graz Kunsthaus. Basically a fully controllable display made of thousands of flourescent tube...
Read MoreI’ve heard of color film and color prints, heck, I’ve even heard of color xerox, but Lomo’s cool new Color Splash Flash is a great w...
Read MoreT-Shirts are pretty cool.. esp ones that reflect on everything from dot bomb to video games. ThinkGeek may have the classics, but I found some more lo...
Read MoreFriendster is addictive and IM is pretty much pervasive to desktop users. But one thing thats missing in IM is knowing who your friends are chatting w...
Read MoreI’ve heard of coin-operated web access, in fact I’ve even tried it and watched as my time (and money) slowly depleted before my eyes and w...
Read MoreI don’t know if anyone reads this blog. I am a bad publicist of this – but then again who knows? Anyone there?...
Read MoreUK based installation art collective Greyworld have been making interesting sound projects in urban space since the late 80s. Their most recent projec...
Read MoreCool new Dublin Art and Technology Association (DATA) merchandise (designed by Amy Franceschini from Futurefarmers.com) is now available at our online...
Read MoreThis is an amazing energy machine called Perpetuum Mobile by Wessel di Wesseli. Watch the quicktimes on this site and you will be pretty confused R...
Read MoreWe were just in Brussels, Belgium at the Imagine Interface workshop over the weekend. It was a really fun three day intensive electronics and prototyp...
Read MoreWell i’m not sure if it can really fit on one drive like these guys try to do – but what if there was something like SETI@HOME for harddri...
Read MoreIn Birmingham to install my PoliceState project and I was walking around town and I noticed this crazy building – that will eventually be a Self...
Read MoreLooks like Noderunner is taking off in other places – The london version hit the streets in May 2003 – and seemed to even more intense. Th...
Read MoreThis game called Urban Challenge is a new breed of multi-player game. It fits with the current pervasive gaming trend, but on a much more accessable a...
Read MoreNice site from a collective of 8bit junkies called Beat13. Lucy Mclauchlan is responsible for the super illustrations found here. They are going to be...
Read MoreJust starting out with this blog – it’s meant for research and phd purposes only.. at this point but that will probably change as new stuf...
Read MoreVideo Documentation from Scrapyard Challenge Workshops 2014 Drawbot Workshop, Children’s Museum of Manhattan STEAM Lab, April 14, 2014, NY, NY,...
Read MoreVideo from Jonah Brucker-Cohen’s talk at IGNITE NYC, @ Yahoo Open Hack, October 9, 2009, NYC, NY. Photo from Scrapyard Challenge Workshops talk ...
Read More(2002 – present) by Jonah Brucker-Cohen Photo from “Aesthetics” panel at User_Mode Symposium (5/10/03) @ Tate Modern (L-R, David Ros...
Read MoreConference/Festival Reports (2002 – present) by Jonah Brucker-Cohen – jonah(at)coin-operated.com ...
Read MorePhoto of my PhD thesis, “Deconstructing Networks”, completed 2010. A Longer, More Detailed Resume/C.V. is also available as a PDF upon req...
Read MoreJonah Brucker-Cohen – NY Streets Yeah! 2007 Google Geek Street Fair, gadgITERATION, July 31, 2013 EMAIL MILES Press Mentions BGR News India ND...
Read MoreReport from User_Mode Emotion and Intuition in Art and Design Symposium May 9-11, 2003 Tate Modern & London Science Museum, London, UK http...
Read MoreContact Email: jonah (at) coin-operated.com ARTIST BIOGRAPHY Jonah Brucker-Cohen, Ph.D., is an award winning artist, researcher, and writer. He receiv...
Read MoreMy aim as an artist is to create work that challenges people's assumptions of what they perceive or take for granted......
Read MoreExhibitions and Commissions List...
Read MoreHere's a list of all of the workshops / talks / awards / commissions I have completed since 2000....
Read MoreWorkshops / Awards – Commissions / Talks Here’s a list of all of the workshops / talks / awards / commissions I have completed since 2000...
Read MoreIntroduction The environment is a tricky subject when it comes to technology. From trash eating genetically engineered organisms to plastic bags that ...
Read MoreFeb 5-9, 2003 Oslo, Norway Atelier Nord In the frozen city of Oslo, Norway, over twenty participants from more than ten countries met for the second R...
Read MoreReport from B.Playful November 28-29, 2002 Sheffield, UK URL: http://www.convergence-arts.com Held in the National Center for Popular Music (a failed ...
Read MoreReport from Ars Electronica Published on Rhizome.org – 9/13/02 Linz, Austria September 7 – 12, 2002 If you walked barefoot into the lounge...
Read MoreReport from UBICOMP 2002 Goteborg, Sweden September 31 – October 2, 2002 By Jonah Brucker-Cohen (jonah(at)coin-operated.com) Picture of the R...
Read MoreReport From the 6th International Browserday Published on Rhizome.org – 5/20/02 May 17, 2002 Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands http://www.bro...
Read MoreMarissa Mayer in conversation with Terry Winograd. Report from CHI 2016 By Jonah Brucker-Cohen San Jose, California May 7-12, 2016 Situated in the tec...
Read MoreThe following are scene reports of media arts and HCI related conferences I've written since 2002....
Read MoreReport from Numer.02 Published on Rhizome.org – 4/23/02 April 19-21, 2002 Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France http://www.numer.org By Jonah B...
Read MoreReport from Transmediale.02 Published on Rhizome.org – 3/3/02 Feb 5-24, 2002 Haus De Kulturen de Welt, Berlin, Germany http://www.transmediale...
Read MoreReport From Transmediale.04: Fly Utopia! http://www.transmediale.de Jan 31 – Feb 4, 2004 Haus Der Culturen Der Welt Berlin, Germany In the ba...
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