Indexical Podcast w/ Michael Masaru Flora

Wrapping up 2025 with the post-show discussion I had with Michael Masaru Flora, Executive Director at Indexical in Santa Cruz, back in June. We cover a lot and digress with joy. Join us.

https://www.indexical.org/podcasts/billy-gomberg

This episode features musician and photographer Billy Gomberg. Commitments to improvisation; exploration of internal and external spaces; and interpersonal relationships as pathways of cultural and emotional exchange guide their work.

In this conversation with Indexical Executive Director Michael Flora, Gomberg discusses the influence of 90s industrial music, their beginnings in software synthesis, and their introduction to photography through a day job. The conversation took place following a live performance in support of their exhibition “Several Paths Together” at Indexical on June 14, 2025.

Recording by Ben Krasner | Mixing and Editing by Jay Negron