Joseph Herscher Explained

Joseph Herscher
Birth Date:14 January 1985
Birth Place:New York City
Occupation:YouTuber
Artist
Website:josephsmachines.com
Channel Name:allonewordplease
Channel Display Name:Joseph's Machines
Years Active:2008–present
Genre:Comical Chain-Reaction Machines
Subscribers:3.34 million
Views:1.83 billion
Silver Button:yes
Silver Year:2017
Gold Button:yes
Gold Year:2020
Stats Update: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. He made his first machine, the Lolly Machine, when he was five.

He was a 2013 Artist-in-Residence at the McColl Center for Art + Innovation in Charlotte, North Carolina.[1]

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. 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.[2], Herscher was living in London.[3]

Many of Herscher's devices are referred to as Rube Goldberg machines.

Herscher is Jewish[4] and gay.[5]

Notes and References

  1. https://mccollcenter.org/artists-in-residence/ 20 years of Artists-In-Residence
  2. Web site: Creative agency Augusto launches new 'What's Your Problem?' kids show on TVNZ's HEIHEI – Campaign Brief NZ. 4 July 2019 . en-US. 2019-07-15.
  3. News: The Pizza-Making Contraption. Joseph's Machines. YouTube. 2021-06-10. 2023-01-15.
  4. Web site: Meet the Kiwi making the world's best Rube Goldberg machines. Stuff.co.nz. 2015-11-18. Black. Eleanor. 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..
  5. Web site: Valentine's Machine - PART 1 #chainreaction. 13 February 2024. 5 April 2024. YouTube. Joseph. Herscher.