Material Feels is a podcast that explores the intimate relationships between people, their creative practices and the materials they have fallen in love with. Each episode focuses on a maker and their material of choice. Producer and host Catherine Monahon spends quality time with each guest, explores the history and cultural context of the particular material and shares personal asides here and there. A theater kid, art educator and psychology nerd, Monahon crafts a show that is educational, inquisitive and expressive. Each episode features an original piece of music composed by Associate Producer Elizabeth de Lise.
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Material Feels is a podcast that explores the intimate relationships between people, their creative practices and the materials they have fallen in love with. Each episode focuses on a maker and their material of choice. Producer and host Catherine Monahon spends quality time with each guest, explores the history and cultural context of the particular material and shares personal asides here and there. A theater kid, art educator and psychology nerd, Monahon crafts a show that is educational, inquisitive and expressive. Each episode features an original piece of music composed by Associate Producer Elizabeth de Lise.
Send in voice memos, responses to prompts and messages to Catherine at https://www.speakpipe.com/MaterialFeels
Before you listen to this episode, find a piece of fabric that means something to you to hold while you listen. And get a listening buddy if you can!
On June 4th and 5th, we exhibited an interactive installation of Material Feels, titled Conversations with the Material World, as a part of Sound Scene, at the Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C. The work features four sculptures, each accompanied by a narrated soundscape designed with the material, maker and process in mind. This episode is the first in a four part special, featuring each soundscape: Fiber Scroll, Wood Arch, Glass Rope and Clay Spirals. Associate Producer Liz and I are working on various iterations of the project and looking to show Conversations with the Material World at festivals, museums and interactive art spaces. The fiber scroll featured in this episode was created by Selena Loomis.
Learn more about Selena’s work: https://www.selenaloomis.space/about
Learn more about Sound Scene: https://soundscenefest.org/about/
Check out a virtual tour of the piece on the Material Feels Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/CebVWcIlsAf/?hl=en
Material Feels
Material Feels is a podcast that explores the intimate relationships between people, their creative practices and the materials they have fallen in love with. Each episode focuses on a maker and their material of choice. Producer and host Catherine Monahon spends quality time with each guest, explores the history and cultural context of the particular material and shares personal asides here and there. A theater kid, art educator and psychology nerd, Monahon crafts a show that is educational, inquisitive and expressive. Each episode features an original piece of music composed by Associate Producer Elizabeth de Lise.
Send in voice memos, responses to prompts and messages to Catherine at https://www.speakpipe.com/MaterialFeels
