Maja Malmcrona

Controversial art, performance and theft, Jens Haaning’s ‘Take the money and Run’ (2021), music and participation, materialism, Anna Odell’s ‘Okänd, kvinna 2009–349701’ (2009), staging a suicide, harm versus offence, definitions, animal cruelty and morality, self absorption, Maurizio Cattelan’s ‘Comedian’ (aka the banana on the wall), criticising the wrong people, the problems of psychiatry, audience-specific versus universal art, inclusivity, and Adam’s naked cheeks. 

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 January 31, 2022.

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Mathematics as invention or discovery, definitions, purity versus application, bank balances and types of numbers, art and beauty, Euler’s formula, triangles and infinity, the flatness of the earth, balls and spheres, the hedgehog theorem, the Mandelbrot set, mandalas and Jesus, symmetry and simplicity, Sou Fujimoto, Ilya Prigogine & Isabelle Stenger’s ‘Order Out of Chaos’, architecture, putting a bow on things, dirt and art, Sarah Sze and art’s beginning and end, art as objects or environments, and awkward endings. 

Maja Malmcrona (@majamalmcrona) is a Switzerland-based contemporary artist from Sweden. Adrian Montgomery Ruf is a mathematician at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athlete, and outdoor enthusiast from Berlin, Germany. 

Recorded in Zürich on January 29, 2022.

http://majamalmcrona.com

About regrets, touching one’s face, dreams and murder zombies, perfectionism and procrastination, dirty art, entropy and creativity, meaning, farming metaphors, the value of making mistakes (and letting go of control), The School of Life, hope and anger, expectations, and presence. 

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 January 28, 2022.

http://majamalmcrona.com

https://www.emmasyoga.ch

About storytelling, narrative, getting sidetracked, changing one’s path, goal-setting and failure, sulking (and excessive chips eating), problem-solving, changing professions, fear of quitting versus fear of fulfilment, facing oneself, Learning Sciences and different ways of learning, intuition and embodiment, experimentation and making mistakes, the difference between guidance and scaffolding, creativity, Roland Barthes’ ‘Mythologies’, open-ended toys, playfulness and the difference between play and games, art as play, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (and death by spooning), the Avishai Cohen Trio, music as a byproduct, and how to drill a great hole.

Maja Malmcrona (@majamalmcrona) is a contemporary artist from Sweden, based in Switzerland. Her work is of a visceral nature, characterised by an open—ended process of experimentation and mistake.

Julia Chatain (@thediverter_) is a doctoral student in Computer Science at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. She is fascinated by the role of concreteness in mathematics education and, in particular, she explores how our bodies can help develop intuition about abstract concepts.

Recorded in Zürich on January 22, 2022.

http://majamalmcrona.com

https://juliachatain.com/ 

https://thediverter.online/

About anger, family relationships, holiday anxiety and bad memories, controlling one’s emotions, crying and psychopathy, self—awareness, empathy, temper tantrums and the immune system, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and channeling your anger, epic war music while nervous, resentment and disappointment, the yoga community, forgiveness versus confrontation, assertiveness (and its downfalls), finding balance, and being a dick.

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 January 14, 2022.

http://majamalmcrona.com

https://www.emmasyoga.ch

About the weather, nature metaphors, fear of thunder, tornado chasing, emotion, feeling sad (or Seasonal Affective Disorder), the difference between a hurricane and a tornado, the darkness of northern Sweden, anxiety, yoga and meditation, ocean sailing, respecting the forces of nature, northern lights, connecting with one another, acting dumb in Sierra Leone, geography, feeling alive, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Kai Lenny and big wave surfing, fear of death, paying attention, and finding joy in the small moments. 

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 December 12, 2021.

http://majamalmcrona.com

https://www.emmasyoga.ch

About abstraction, mathematics, problem—solving and ambiguity, definitions, computer science, essence and the removal of superficiality, zooming out, art and creativity, the difference between simplicity and universality, Aleksandar Krajinović and Mark Rothko (and the problem of painting a square), language, distillation and precision versus vagueness and simplification, art and relatability, modernism and ornamentation, religion, meaning, rooting oneself in one’s world, music and beauty, creativity and self—expression, usefulness, Learning Sciences, teaching math, and the meaningfulness in meaninglessness. 

Maja Malmcrona (@majamalmcrona) is a contemporary artist from Sweden, based in Switzerland. Her work is of a highly visceral nature, characterised by an open—ended process of experimentation and mistake.

Julia Chatain (@thediverter_) is a doctoral student in Computer Science at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. She is fascinated by the role of concreteness in mathematics education and, in particular, she explores how our bodies can help develop intuition about abstract concepts.

Recorded in Zürich on December 11, 2021.

http://majamalmcrona.com

https://juliachatain.com/ 

https://thediverter.online/

About mathematical problems, riddles and readability, graph theory, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, body ratios, living abroad, sausage innuendos, PhD studies, roundtrips of confusion, talking art with non—art people, art without intention, the purpose of poetry, incorrect interpretation, art as craft, symbols, or experience, the definitions of words, sport and how to win at yoga, expressing oneself, R.G. Collingwood’s aesthetics, hatred as an emotion, worth and market value, theological mathematics, balance as beauty, and questionable kids drawings. 

Maja Malmcrona (@majamalmcrona) is a Switzerland—based contemporary artist from Sweden. Adrian Montgomery Ruf is a mathematician at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athlete, and outdoor enthusiast from Berlin, Germany. 

Recorded in Zürich on December 4, 2021.

http://majamalmcrona.com

About persuasion, addiction, social media, psychology and ethics, capturing attention, behavioural tactics, choice architecture and supermarket layouts, decision making and momentum, nudging (versus sludging), hungry shopping, defining health, quadruple negatives, Franz Kafka’s The Trial, Swiss and Nordic healthcare, insurance company theft, the decision to not make a decision, coronavirus restrictions and lockdown rules, trusting one’s government, Scandinavian mentalities, the face mask debate, ethical grey areas, coercion, Netflix and its lack of stopping cues, adverse consequences (and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu), the day Facebook went down, staying connected, attention as consciousness, drug addiction and alcoholism, screen time, TikTok, meaning, judgment, and connection.

Maja Malmcrona (@majamalmcrona) is a Switzerland—based contemporary artist from Sweden. Frederik Bredgaard is a Denmark—based consultant with a psychology degree from the University of Copenhagen.

Recorded on November 25, 2021.

http://majamalmcrona.com

About music, emotions, jazz, melody versus lyric, being tone deaf, Avishai Cohen Trio, soundtracks, entering new dimensions, playing in a band, Joe Hisahi and Studio Ghibli, getting pushed versus figuring it out yourself, James Clear's Atomic Habits, Billie Eilish and Miley Cyrus, indoctrination, the effect of environment, marketing and selling yourself, improv and creative mess, fame and its downsides, the accessibility of art, consciousness, videography and movie soundtracks, Herman Hesse’s Glass Bead Game, and collective trance. 

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 November 19, 2021.

http://majamalmcrona.com

https://www.emmasyoga.ch