Maker Faire Coney Island 2024
Scrapyard Challenge: Arcade Controller Design Workshop
Home: New York, United States
Join an interactive, classic arcade game controller design workshop where participants will build wacky controllers for classic arcade games out of discarded materials and junk! No skills or experience necessary to participate!
https://scrapyardchallenge.com
Maker
Jonah Brucker-Cohen
Jonah Brucker-Cohen is an award winning researcher, artist, and writer. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies at Lehman College / CUNY in the Bronx. He is a New INC. mentor, was a New York Hall of Science Designer in Residence, and a visiting artist at Cornell Tech. He received his Ph.D. in the Disruptive Design Team of the Electronic and Electrical Engineering Department of Trinity College Dublin. His work focuses on the theme of “Deconstructing Networks” and includes over 100 creative projects that critically challenge and subvert accepted perceptions of network interaction and experience. His artwork has been exhibited at venues such as SFMOMA, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Art, MOMA, ICA London, Whitney Museum of American Art, Palais du Tokyo, Tate Modern, Ars Electronica, Transmediale, and more. His projects, “Bumplist” and “America’s Got No Talent” are both included in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum of A
http://www.coin-operated.comWhat Inspired You to Make This?
The Scrapyard Challenge workshops began in 2003 with the desire to have people build interactive interfaces without having to first learn electronics.
