My___on Mondays

Episode 44: My 1980s Boise - MING Studios Disappearing Worlds: Scott Schmaljohn

Scott Schmaljohn is a brand designer, illustrator and musician from Boise, Idaho. In this episode, he talks about his involvement in the 1980s punk scene, what was important about that time, and differences he sees with the music scenes of today.

Episode 43: My Irish Song of Songs - MING Studios Public Archive Series

John Francis McCormack was an Irish tenor who lived from 1884-1945, well known for his operatic performances as well as his renditions of popular song. He became acquainted with James Joyce in 1904, before either became famous, giving him voice lessons and helping him to earn 3^rd place in Dublin's Feis Ceoil, which McCormack himself had won the previous year. He went on to study in Italy, receiving voice training from Vincenzo Sabatini and became Covent Garden's youngest principal tenor. Eventually, he became the most celebrated lyric tenor of his time.

Episode 42: My Oriflamme - MING Studios Public Archive Series

Three poems by Early 20^th century poets, Leonora Speyer, Jessie Redmon Fauset and Dorothy Parker.

Episode 41: My Chopin Morning

Frederic Chopin, considered Poland's greatest composer, enthralled audiences with his technically complicated yet poetically beautiful performances. He was prolific, leaving the world with at least 230 composed works before his untimely death at age 39.

Episode 40: My 1920s Banjo Finds - MING Studios Public Archives Series

1920s recordings from the Appalacian folk tradition by Bascom Lamar Lunsford, The North Carolina Ramblers and Dock Boggs.

 

Episode 39: My Healing by Elena Gallina

Elena Gallina grew up in the aftermath of the Kosovo war and has since lived and worked in many conflict settings. Her research has focused on combating gender-based violence in refugee camps and conflict zones. In her photography, she focuses on the complex quiet moments in these often misunderstood and sensationalized environments, specializing in co-creative portraiture. Based in Oxford, England on a Rhodes scholarship, her present work investigates how classism inhibits art access.

 

To learn more about Elena and her work, visit: https://www.elena-gallina.com/

Episode 38: My Old Head Part II, by Old Head

Old Head rumbles from one machine into the next, tiptoeing the fringes of nature. Forcing through artificial light and black locust bramble, garnering slivers of wire and wood in the body. Nests of alchemical fluorescence, galvanic warrens where from cut-rate laughter and exorbitant wailing can be heard. Old Head is nothing more than Nathaniel Whipple and William Bendler unfurling ribbons of noise that quietly fall to the floor in a heap.

Episode 37: My Old Head Part I, by Old Head

Old Head rumbles from one machine into the next, tiptoeing the fringes of nature. Forcing through artificial light and black locust bramble, garnering slivers of wire and wood in the body. Nests of alchemical fluorescence, galvanic warrens where from cut-rate laughter and exorbitant wailing can be heard. Old Head is nothing more than Nathaniel Whipple and William Bendler unfurling ribbons of noise that quietly fall to the floor in a heap.

Episode 36: My Recounting of Newton’s Sins - MING Studios Public Archive Series

The sins of Sir Isaac Newton, as written in the Fitzwilliam manuscript.

Episode 35: My Night with the Howler Monkeys by Uli Westphal

Uli Westphal is a multi-disciplinary artist whose research-based works observe how humans perceive, depict and transform the natural world, and how misconceptions and ideologies shape our view of nature. He currently lives and works in Berlin.

 

To learn more about Uli and his work, visit: https://www.uliwestphal.de/