Jonathan Cohrs
Switzerland

Jon Cohrs is a technologist and film director based in Zürich, whose work uses public engagement, collaboration, and site-specific explorations to address issues around the environment and technology. He’s currently part of the R&D team at The New York Times working with emerging technology to shape the future of journalism.
His most recent project, BACK WATER, released in May 2020 on Amazon and Apple TV, is a feature-length documentary film about the Anthropocene, in which a group of people forge the New Jersey Meadowlands by canoe, exploring a strange landscape that tells the story of a civilization’s new frontier.
His work has been shown at Ars Electronica, Vision Du Real, FutureEverything, 2010 Vancouver Olympics, The Total Museum Korea, Art in General, Eyebeam among others. He’s received grants from NYSCA, Media Arts Assistance Fund, Mellon Grant, Experimental Televisions Center, FEAST, Future Everything and fellowships from Eyebeam, NYFA, and the Banff Centre for the Arts.

Project: 100th Meridian