Jon Cohrs is a filmmaker, producer, and media artist whose work engages public collaboration and emerging technologies to explore the intersections of technology and the environment. Following a traumatic accident, his practice has expanded to address chronic pain and the healthcare system.
From 2020 to 2023, he served as senior producer for the R&D team at The New York Times, exploring the future of journalism through research and emergent storytelling techniques, including photogrammetry, Unreal Engine, AI, and spatial audio. He is the founder of Electrick Labs, a consultancy that builds complex visualizations for news organizations and legal cases. His feature documentary BACKWATER follows a group traveling by canoe through a post-industrial landscape, exploring themes of nature and toxicity in the Anthropocene. The film premiered at Visions du Réel.
Cohrs’ work has been shown at Ars Electronica, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, and Art in General, among other venues. His project OMG TV was commissioned by the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. He has received support from New York State Council on the Arts, the Mellon Foundation, the Experimental Television Center, and FutureEverything, among others, and fellowships from Eyebeam, New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.