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Joseph Herscher

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Joseph Herscher
Personal information
Born (1985年01月14日) January 14, 1985 (age 40)
Occupations
Websitejosephsmachines.com
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2008–present
GenreComical Chain-Reaction Machines
Subscribers3.34 million[1]
Views1.83 billion[1]
100,000 subscribers2017
1,000,000 subscribers2020

Last updated: 12 April 2023

Joseph Herscher is a YouTube personality known for his channel Joseph's Machines. Herscher is a kinetic artist who specializes in making comical chain-reaction machines.[2] He made his first machine, the Lolly Machine, when he was five.[3]

He was a 2013 Artist-in-Residence at the McColl Center for Art + Innovation in Charlotte, North Carolina.[4]

Joseph was born in New York City, grew up in Auckland, New Zealand, and then moved back to New York City where he continued to create his eccentric machines.[5] [6] [7] He is also a public speaker. Joseph created and starred in the 2015 comedy web series Jiwi's Machines. In July 2019, he launched a new web series, What's Your Problem?, co-created with Gemma Gracewood and made by Augusto Entertainment.[8] As of June 2021[update] , Herscher was living in London.[9]

Many of Herscher's devices are referred to as Rube Goldberg machines.[10] [11] [12] [13]

Herscher is Jewish [14] and gay.[15]

References

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  1. ^ a b "About Joseph's Machines". YouTube.
  2. ^ Ryan, Hugh (2012年01月06日). "Who Says Machines Must Be Useful?". The New York Times . Retrieved 2019年02月09日.
  3. ^ Lynch, Alison (2016年09月09日). "Guy invents 'machine' that lets you power nap without faceplanting on the Tube". Metro . Retrieved 2019年02月09日.
  4. ^ 20 years of Artists-In-Residence McColl Center
  5. ^ Lee, Chang W. (2012年01月06日). "Turning a Page, the Joseph Herscher Way". The New York Times . Retrieved 2019年02月09日.
  6. ^ Robinson, Michelle (2012年01月15日). "Madcap machine work goes viral". Stuff.co.nz . Retrieved 2019年02月09日.
  7. ^ Yates, Siena (2015年10月14日). "Web series Jiwi's Machines to feature Kiwi-made contraptions". Stuff.co.nz . Retrieved 2019年02月09日.
  8. ^ "Creative agency Augusto launches new 'What's Your Problem?' kids show on TVNZ's HEIHEI – Campaign Brief NZ". 4 July 2019. Retrieved 2019年07月15日.
  9. ^ "The Pizza-Making Contraption". Joseph's Machines. 2021年06月10日. Retrieved 2023年01月15日 – via YouTube.
  10. ^ Pick, Rachel (2016年03月17日). "Inside the Bedroom Workshop of a Rube Goldberg Machine Artist". motherboard.vice.com . Retrieved 2019年02月09日.
  11. ^ Hart, Matthew (2016年11月24日). "Watch a Rube Goldberg Machine Make the Best Thanksgiving Meal Ever". Nerdist Industries . Retrieved 2019年02月09日.
  12. ^ Black, Eleanor (2015年11月18日). "Meet the Kiwi making the world's best Rube Goldberg machines". Stuff.co.nz . Retrieved 2019年02月09日.
  13. ^ Kilgallon, Steve (2015年11月06日). "Jiwi's Machines a YouTube hit based on science and laughs". Stuff.co.nz . Retrieved 2019年02月09日.
  14. ^ Black, Eleanor (2015年11月18日). "Meet the Kiwi making the world's best Rube Goldberg machines". Stuff.co.nz. In it Herscher plays Jiwi (for Jewish Kiwi), an inventor who lives with his sister June (Olivia Tennet) in an inherited house, creating gentle mayhem with his fantastical machines.
  15. ^ Herscher, Joseph (13 February 2024). "Valentine's Machine - PART 1 #chainreaction" . Retrieved 5 April 2024 – via YouTube.
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