Maja Malmcrona

Fall, excessive heat, brain fatigue, presence, acting at one's optimal capacity, groundedness and disassociation, zoning out, coping mechanisms, introversion versus extraversion, information overload, eye fatigue, social pressure, winter hibernation, art, subtlety, getting to the core of things, park reading, and dogs. 

Maja Malmcrona (@majamalmcrona) is an artist from Sweden. Emma Eglinton (@emmasyogalab) is a British/American yoga teacher. They both live in Zürich, Switzerland.

Recorded in Zürich on September 11, 2022.

Maja Malmcronahttp://majamalmcrona.comhttp://instagram.com/majamalmcrona

Emma Eglintonhttps://www.emmasyoga.chhttps://www.instagram.com/emmasyogalab

Art, procrastination, (arbitrary) belief systems, money, public transport, systems of exchange, Glasgow, poverty and deprived neighbourhoods, urban planning, the Swiss heroin programme, Jordan Peele, monstrous clouds, horror films, political statements, and holding one's punches. 

Maja Malmcrona (@majamalmcrona) is an artist from Sweden. Adam Nicholson is a PhD candidate in Philosophy at the University of Glasgow (United Kingdom).

Recorded on August 24, 2022.

Maja Malmcronahttp://majamalmcrona.comhttp://instagram.com/majamalmcrona

Adam Nicholsonhttps://twitter.com/G_JuliusGeezerhttps://publickopinions.wordpress.com/

ReferencesYuval Noah Harari - SapiensPossilpark, GlasgowSwiss Heroin Programme'Nasa releases audio of what a black hole 'sounds' like'

The art world, fancy shopping districts, rich Switzerland, Art Basel, art as collector's items, commerical galleries, pleasantries, faux abstraction, contentless art, poser artists, choosing your legacy, commercial and existential success, going against the grain, philosophy and big books, superficiality, Jordan Peterson and Slavoj Žižek, shallowness and hyper-intellectualism, David Foster Wallace, art schools, obscurity for the sake of obscurity, randomness and surrealism, sense-making, and mindless bollocks. 

Maja Malmcrona (@majamalmcrona) is an artist from Sweden. Adam Nicholson is a PhD candidate in Philosophy at the University of Glasgow (United Kingdom).

Recorded on August 2, 2022.

Maja Malmcronahttp://majamalmcrona.comhttp://instagram.com/majamalmcrona

Adam Nicholsonhttps://twitter.com/G_JuliusGeezerhttps://publickopinions.wordpress.com/

ReferencesSlavoj Žižek debates Jordan PetersonDavid Foster Wallace - Infinite JestJorinde Voigt

Minimalism, art, mental clarity, inspiration, plant sweat, architecture, modernism and ornament, the burden of history, Shintoism, Studio Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke, good versus evil, mainstream consumerism, Harvey Weinstein, internationalism and English cottages, hermit weekends, artistic propaganda, politics, and a space to breathe.

Maja Malmcrona (@majamalmcrona) is an artist from Sweden. Emma Eglinton (@emmasyogalab) is a British/American yoga teacher. They both live in Zürich, Switzerland.

Recorded in Zürich on July 22, 2022.

Maja Malmcronahttp://majamalmcrona.comhttp://instagram.com/majamalmcrona

Emma Eglintonhttps://www.emmasyoga.chhttps://www.instagram.com/emmasyogalab

ReferencesOlivia Laing - Funny WeatherNowness - My PlaceMy Place - Florence WelchPrincess Mononoke: The masterpiece that flummoxed the US

Mark Z. Danielewski’s ‘House of Leaves’, insanity, interweaving storylines, suggestive graphic design, creepiness, ghosts, violating one’s space, monsters and slutty unicorns, horror films, found footage, The Blair Witch Project, gluttony, exercise, living in one’s head, the problem with professors, sword-crossing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and monotony. 

Maja Malmcrona (@majamalmcrona) is an artist from Sweden. Adam Nicholson is a PhD candidate in Philosophy at the University of Glasgow (United Kingdom).

Recorded on July 18, 2022.

Maja Malmcronahttp://majamalmcrona.comhttp://instagram.com/majamalmcrona

Adam Nicholsonhttps://twitter.com/G_JuliusGeezerhttps://publickopinions.wordpress.com/

ReferencesMark Z. Danielewski - House of LeavesThe Blair Witch Project

Cognitive enhancements, drugs, brain implants, authenticity, idea generation, creativity, definitions, art, fraudulence, Neuralink and Elon Musk, struggle, books, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, biceps (and other moulded flabs), acid, artistic masterpieces, experience, George Leonard’s ‘Mastery’, goals, chi, and collective bullshit. 

Maja Malmcrona (@majamalmcrona) is an artist from Sweden. Adam Nicholson is a PhD candidate in Philosophy at the University of Glasgow (United Kingdom).

Recorded on May 25, 2022.

Maja Malmcronahttp://majamalmcrona.comhttp://instagram.com/majamalmcrona

Adam Nicholsonhttps://twitter.com/G_JuliusGeezerhttps://publickopinions.wordpress.com/

Books, creativity, martial arts and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, marketing, art, failure, self-help and philosophy, productivity, procrastination, the thirst for knowledge, interpretations of art, intention, sculpture and the experience of space, order and disorder, summarising your work, yoga and meditation, writing, and the logic of spirituality. 

Maja Malmcrona (@majamalmcrona) is an artist from Sweden. Emma Eglinton (@emmasyogalab) is a British/American yoga teacher. They both live in Zürich, Switzerland.

Recorded in Zürich on June 10, 2022.

Maja Malmcronahttp://majamalmcrona.comhttp://instagram.com/majamalmcrona

Emma Eglintonhttps://www.emmasyoga.chhttps://www.instagram.com/emmasyogalab

ReferencesGeorge Leonard - MasteryRobert Greene - MasterySteven Pressfield - The War of ArtJames Clear - Atomic HabitsJustin Kleon - Steal Like an Artist Marina Abramović - Walk Through WallsRichard Serra & Hal Foster - Conversations About Sculpture

Comedy, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, language, taking things seriously, nihilism, beauty, Albert Camus, silliness and passion, communism, political versus non-political comedy, truth-telling and Charlie Hebdo, Aldous Huxley’s ‘Brave New World’, laughter as a goal in itself, storytelling, Andrew Schulz and crowdwork, reading the room, fringe topics and Louis CK, intent and offence, cancel culture, Anglo-Saxon versus European comedy, self-deprecation, limitation and the creative process, Natalie Burdick, Bryan Callen’s ‘Complicated Apes’, letting go of control, and staying in the moment.

Maja Malmcrona is an artist from Sweden. Sven Ivanić is a comedian and lawyer from Switzerland. They both live in Zürich, Switzerland. 

Recorded in Zürich on May 28, 2022.

Maja Malmcronahttp://majamalmcrona.comhttp://instagram.com/majamalmcrona

Sven Ivanićhttps://www.sven-ivanic.ch/ https://www.instagram.com/sven_ivanic/ 

ReferencesBrave New World https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World Natalie Burdick https://www.instagram.com/reel/CMyDc2YHq0Q/Bryan Callen - Complicated Apes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IhNvtAjGl8

Stress, resistance, Zen philosophy, pursuing a goal versus accepting what happens, free will, Alex Garland’s ‘Devs’, agency, anxiety management, mass shootings, the butterfly effect, consciousness, exposure therapy, exceeding one’s comfort zone, the need for control, yoga and meditation, claustrophobia, self confidence, entrepreneurship, going with the flow, types of passivity, Bessel van der Kolk’s ‘The Body Keeps the Score’, trauma, and meditation exercises. 

Maja Malmcrona (@majamalmcrona) is an artist from Sweden. Emma Eglinton (@emmasyogalab) is a British/American yoga teacher. They both live in Zürich, Switzerland.

Recorded in Zürich on May 20, 2022.

Maja Malmcronahttp://majamalmcrona.comhttp://instagram.com/majamalmcrona

Emma Eglintonhttps://www.emmasyoga.chhttps://www.instagram.com/emmasyogalab

ReferencesDevsThe Body Keeps the Score

Art school, political correctness, beauty, making art for artists, teaching ideas versus skills, painting squares, rejection, pushing something to its limit, predictability, definitions, cognitive enhancement, cheating, authenticity, brain implants and Elon Musk, monetising Twitter, space travel and interplanetary slave trade, billionaires, winning the lottery, and tomatoes.  

Maja Malmcrona (@majamalmcrona) is an artist from Sweden. Adam Nicholson is a PhD candidate in Philosophy at the University of Glasgow (United Kingdom).

Recorded on May 3, 2022.

Maja Malmcronahttp://majamalmcrona.comhttp://instagram.com/majamalmcrona

Adam Nicholsonhttps://twitter.com/G_JuliusGeezerhttps://publickopinions.wordpress.com/