Maja Malmcrona

About surrealism, dadaism, making sense of the nonsensical, automatism (and the potential of the unpredictable), Sigmund Freud and the unconscious, manifesto writing, distorted realism, Guillaume Apollinaire, communism and André Breton, artwork theft and secret footnotes, Salvador Dalí, seriousness, process versus outcome, René Magritte, surrealist in cinema, Monty Python and the Marx Brothers, playfulness and humour, the difference between surrealism and the surreal, David Lynch’s Eraserhead, abstraction versus non—objectivism, monotony and randomness, artistic experimentation, Gustave Flaubert, eliminating possibility, martial arts, and fucking around. 

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 October 1, 2021.

http://majamalmcrona.com

https://twitter.com/G_JuliusGeezer

About relationships, insecurities, diverging (and intersecting) paths, leftover emotions, keeping in touch, things that remain unsaid, high school crushes, the tragedy of lost opportunities, incoherent rambling, reminders of a past self, romanticising the past, nostalgia and abstractions, dwelling on what happened, traumatic past events, triggers, self—awareness, forgiveness and radical acceptance, fighting back, alcoholism and the problem with being too nice, memories, the significance of dreams, and, in the end, actually not really knowing anything at all. 

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 5, 2021.

http://majamalmcrona.com

https://www.emmasyoga.ch

About colour, cinema, sadness, black and white, rainy Scotland, gardering, dullness and depressing colours, shadowplay in texture, gradients of grey, Monet and Matisse, haphazard colourful art, Jackson Pollock versus utter bollocks, psychological responses to colour, angry bulls, Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958), snobbish film students (and their sore throats), Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Aldous Huxley and colour in literature, Shostakovich’s synesthesia, secret Guinness adverts, men with crooked noses, skeletal watercolours, the elements of painting, Roberts Eggers’ The Lighthouse (2019), LSD and light tunnels, Homer the poet, and whether or not the ocean is blue. 

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 October 1, 2021.

http://majamalmcrona.com

https://twitter.com/G_JuliusGeezer

About self—advertising, exposure, sharing one’s work, cringiness and social media, extraversion and holding attention, Emma Raducanu, anxiety attacks, Piers Morgan, compartmentalising one’s identity, stereotypes and the yoga community, anti—vaxxing, ego attachment, perfectionism and the antidote to order, unpredictability, novelty in chaos, overnight success stories, dealing with criticism, insecurity and overthinking, Robert Greene’s “Mastery”, forgiveness, constructive (and non—constructive) criticism, basic white girls and their pumpkin lattes, being angry versus acting angry, art as a guardian for one’s loneliness, and toilet philosophy. 

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 October 15, 2021.

http://majamalmcrona.com

https://www.emmasyoga.ch/

About psychology, vegan dinners, Scandinavian loneliness, defining personality, the Big Five personality traits, disorders and inflexibility, Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, defining abnormality, psychiatry vs. social psychology, cultural norms and expected behaviour, Sartre’s Nausea, suspending the absurdity, creativity as skill or trait, open—mindedness and exploration, Art Basel and artistic intention, Maurizio Cattelan’s duct—taped banana, the definition of art, R.G. Collingwood’s aesthetics, horror films, Haruki Murakami’s surrealism, minimalism and reverse phenomenology, human limitation, psychoanalysis, Carl Jung’s archetypes, putting people in boxes, and crazy geniuses.

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 October 4, 2021.

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About consolation (and the things that soothe us), Dr. Andrew Huberman, abundance and vast landscapes, house plant obsessions, colour theory, art and branding, prosperity, tiny universes (in which to dwell), candlelight and open fires, moments of tranquility, pathological progression, Johann Hari, technology, aimlessness and wandering, a return to nature, the Situationist International, social media addiction, creativity, the power of boredom, dopamine detoxing, efficiency, and tea slurping. 

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 October 1, 2021.

http://majamalmcrona.com

https://www.emmasyoga.ch/

About side passions, self—caricatures, gastronomic indulgence, Epicurean hogs, fictional philosophy, martial arts, poetry, problem—solving, formalised unpredictability, David Gelb’s Jiro Dreams of Sushi, very old men and their obsessions, rice—making and the art of food, veganism, the aesthetic experience, solitude, pretentiousness, bantering with Plato, being part of history, pub afternoons, the Barechested Bohemian, storytelling, and soup baths. 

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 October 1, 2021.

http://majamalmcrona.com

https://twitter.com/G_JuliusGeezer

About Brazilian jiu–jitsu, the philosophy of fighting, smoking and escapism, bullying and moving countries, the history of martial arts, the samurai warriors, Europeans and their smallpox, judo throws and stabbing, Mitsuyo Maeda, outlaws and prison tattoos, the Gracie family, grappling versus boxing, the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Alexander Gustafsson and Ilir Latifi, combating adversity, the cage as a microcosm of life, the BJJ community, friendship (on and off the mats), boundary–setting, Sam Harris, managing adrenaline, and sweat therapy. 

Maja Malmcrona (@majamalmcrona) is an artist from Sweden. Chris Eglinton (@chrisbjjlab) is British/American BJJ practitioner. They both live in Zürich, Switzerland.

Recorded in Zürich on September 11, 2021.

http://majamalmcrona.com

https://www.instagram.com/chrisbjjlab/ 

About yoga and its eight limbs, buddhism, ultimate bliss, stoicism, tree metaphors, (non—sexual) tantra, truthfulness, cowbells, flexibility (and beyond), hinduism, breathwork, meditation, presence, Brazilian jiu—jitsu, clearing one’s mind, gratitude, letting go of one’s ego, distractions, and leaf blowers. 

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, 2021.

http://majamalmcrona.com

https://www.emmasyoga.ch/

About yoga and its eight limbs, buddhism, ultimate bliss, stoicism, tree metaphors, (non—sexual) tantra, truthfulness, cowbells, flexibility (and beyond), hinduism, breathwork, meditation, presence, Brazilian jiu—jitsu, clearing one’s mind, gratitude, letting go of one’s ego, distractions, and leaf blowers. 

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, 2021.

http://majamalmcrona.com

https://www.emmasyoga.ch/