My___on Mondays

Episode 208: My Future

Irina Novarese is a visual artist who works with mixed media installations, editions and video. Her works start from affinities – encounters with themes deeply related to urban spaces. She navigates them, collects data and remaps her own networks of associations, working site-specifically in the multiple contexts related to cities. This week, she shares the only recording of text from her piece DO WORDS THINK THE FUTURE?

 

Originally conceived as a site-specific light installation, DO WORDS THINK THE FUTURE? has now taken on a new form, finally giving the promised visibility to the exchange with: Lena N., Lara B., Delilah L., Unknownxdrawing, Alexej S., Dimitrii S., Denis W., Alina V., Polina S., Angela N., and Gabriela T. Irina extends her deepest thanks to Katrin Wilczek, teacher of the 10th grade WPU art course at the Mildred-Harnack-Schule in Lichtenberg, Berlin and to the artistic direction of HIER&JETZT: Connections.

Episode 207: My HOMOS

A multi-disciplinary painter and mixed-media artist, McCormick creates an evolving cosmology centered on his imagined extraterrestrial society known as HOMOS, beings shaped by gay history, symbolic reclamation, and the undercurrents of pop culture. As he finished up his residency at MING, Maggi sat down with Matt Bunk for a conversation on influences, process, and what's next for the HOMOS.

Episode 206: My Winter Parade

Sounds of the third annual winter parade organized by Tim Andreae. A small band of marchers advances on the Boise foothills with whistles, drums, sticks, and one trombone.

Episode 205: My Four Small Machines

Ruth Decker is a pianist and composer from Helena, Montana who says the aims of her compositions are to draw out the music already hidden in the instruments. This week, a set of four new pieces: "Four Small Machines". You can find more of her music on episode 196.

Episode 204: My Clay

Sam Gillespie is a writer and voice actor based in Los Angeles. He says most of his work is written in fits of insomnia. This week, he shares six short poems.

Episode 203: My One

Sequoia is a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His songs tell stories of the now, becoming an archive of the present moment. This week, he shares two songs from his project "One": "Lovebug" and "Wanna Be." The live album is available now and the full project, including video, will be rolling out online January 1, 2026.

Episode 202: My Noise Walks

Around the Block is a series collecting city sounds block by block. This week, three walks in the Linen District. To submit a sound for this series, email matt@mingstudios.org.

Episode 201: My History of Love in Eight Poems

Elena Maddy is a writer and stage manager originally from Roseville, California, now based in Boise, Idaho. When she writes, she writes about home. This week, she shares eight short poems on love. This episode is a companion to episode 198: My Temporary Intimacies and Lifelong Friends.

Episode 200: My Elevator Music

Ben Owens is a Portland local. He's a mechanic by day and a sound designer by night. This week, he shares a new piece of sound art: "Elevator Ride in Five Stops."

Episode 199: My Life (If It Is)

Logan Leavitt is an interdisciplinary artist based in Boise, Idaho. His work is rooted in place and often spontaneous. This week, he shares a new piece of sound art: "If It's Life." You can find and listen to more of his music under his name or with the band Leading Lines.