Jacob Cohen

Jacob Cohen is a Brooklyn-based experimental cellist, visual artist, NYC subway performer and found-object instrument maker. His drawings of young inmates on Rikers Island were featured in an exhibition at the Queens Museum titled Dispatches from the Ghost Ship.

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Multimedia & Performance

Making the Horseshoe Crab Cello

Music and Text by Jacob Cohen, Video by Max Cohen

Enter the studio of cellist Jacob Cohen as he builds an electric cello from a horseshoe crab exoskeleton and brings it to life in a performance with drummer, kora player, and vocalist Ismaila Diarra.

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Photo & Video

The Prakash Churaman Story

Written by Jacob Cohen, Film by Max Cohen, and Animation by German Andino

Speaking from jail, Prakash Churaman tells his story of incarceration since his arrest at the age of 15 for a crime he didn’t commit.

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Quarantine (6/12)

The Virus and Us

By Max Cohen, Jacob Cohen, and Kaylee Renaud

An animated instructional video to help children better understand the coronavirus pandemic.

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Articles & Essays

Dispatches from the Ghost Ship

By Jacob Cohen

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