’89 domande a The Swedish Girls – Designers
Name? Mira Bergh & Josefin Zachrisson.
What’s your job? Designers, artists, gossip magazine editor-in-chiefs, we’re whatever you want us to be really.
What did you study? Design and interior architecture.
Does exhibiting at Milan Design Week still make sense? Is it relevant? It’s called Swedish Girls Week now.
How important is Instagram to your work? Tbh we got a majority of our opportunities through Instagram.
What about public relations? It’s all in the dm’s & at the parties, guess that private relations are more relevant.
Can you name a few of your friends whom you consider talented and tell us what they do? Namasenda, artist from Sweden about to drop her sophomore album, fun, cool, sexy & smart. Nazar Strelyaev-Nazarko, Ukrainian painter based in Milan, he’s really sick. Leilei Wu, Chinese artist living in Milan, we love her & her work.
What do you think about cloning? Would you get cloned if you had the chance? After watching Severence, The Substance and Mickey 17 we’re really hesitant.
If you were a character of a movie which one would you be? Maybe the two eels from Little Mermaid idk, it’s the only duo we can think of right now because we’ve been talking so much about eels lately. You should read Gospel of Eels, did you know all eels are born in the Bermuda Triangle and that they all return there when it’s time to mate and then they die?!
Do you think, for example, that killing an ant is the same thing as killing a dolphin? In other words, do you think that the lives of living beings are all on the same level, or do you evaluate them on the basis of their functionality in relation to human beings? Would like to say that lives of living beings are on the same level but we don’t live by it, would always save a human before any other animal.
In your opinion, is it right that states exist? Or would you prefer a world and humanity united under one “flag“? We wouldn’t even be able to get along about the design of the flag but it would be great.
Is it right in your opinion to place limits on immigration, or should everyone be able to go anywhere? No borders, no nations, stop deportations.
Can you tell us something about you that nobody knows or very few people know? Mira annually attends a sausage eating competition.
Do you think Hegel was right to put music as art at an higher level, or do you think the figurative arts, especially at an emotional level, are on the same level? Hegel who?
What is your motto? Live every day like the day after tomorrow is your last.
If you could have a super power what would you choose? Mira often talks about how frustrating it is to not be able to fly, so fly.
When, in your opinion, can you define a person as an artist? We think anyone can define themselves as artists, then if you’re accepted or respected as one is another question.
How many people have you slept with in your life? Stopped counting at 15.
If you were not in your profession what work would you have wanted to do? We would be a band.
Do you think human’s life has meaning? No, but it feels like it sometimes.
What do you think people say about you? That we copied Verner Panton.
Can you tell us when you think a person is cool and when they are not cool? A person is cool when they don’t try to be cool and vice versa.
If you could choose which historical era to live in, which would you choose? If we could live in peace with the dinosaurs that would be cool.
What is the thing you like most about Italy? Italians.
And one you don’t like? Local transport.
Where are you going on vacation now? We’re travelling around Veneto to kill time before the Biennale, btw can someone host us in Venice?
What’s the topic you are most expert in? Swedish Girls.
Have you ever been in love? Yes.
Have you ever had a homosexual experience? Yes.
Where do you live? Stockholm right now, let’s see for how long.
Which neighbourhood? South.
Where are you from? Sweden, Mira is from Stockholm and Josefin is from a small town up north called Söderhamn.
Other cities where you’ve been living and how long? Milan for 3 years.
Which languages do you speak? Swedish, english and bar-italian.
Favorite movies? A Swedish love story, Orlando and hmm we saw Sirāt very recently and it blew (pun intended :() our minds.
Do you feel envy for anyone? If so, for whom? All the people that do what we want to do, it’s a great indicator for what you want.
The material good you most desire and envy? Castles…
The quality you would like to have and don’t have? J: I would like to read fast. M: fly.
Have you ever been offered something in exchange for sex? If yes, what? Housing lol.
Your favorite dish? Hot dogs.
How important are fame and money to impress a partner? Not important.
And what about beauty? It’s nice.
And intelligence? It’s hot.
Do you consider yourself smart? Yes, also sexy, funny and kind.
What do you usually drink at the bar? Beer.
An advice you can give to someone that want to do your job? Don’t compromise on your vision and patience is key.
Best party you’ve been to? Der School in Amsterdam summer of 2018.
An advice you can give to someone that want to do your job? Don’t compromise on your vision and patience is key.
Do you think that if people couldn’t post on Instagram about it, they would take part as well to social movements? We think social media mostly helps in social movements, in spreading information etc, ofc it’s a double sided coin but it is a tool for organizing.
What do you think about the existence of royal rulers for birthright? It’s outdated.
What’s your best talent? That we are delusional.
What are the clothes you can’t stand to see on a man and on a woman? Harem pants are tricky, looks like a large scrotum on both.
What’s the item of clothing you spent the most money on? We don’t really have money.
Can you tell us a number from 1 to 89? 21.
Do you think politicians and influencers have similar psychological profiles? Now we do.
Do you think that culture in the hands of a stupid person can sometimes represent a problem? Yes, too many stupid politicians have too much power over culture atm.
What do you think about the cancel culture? It was interesting.
Is rock and roll still alive? Sure.
What do you think about ChatGPT and artificial intelligence? It’s such a huge environmental problem, it’s taking all the water?? Also it’s used for so many wrong purposes, we think it should be used for the most part in scientific research, then maybe AI could fix the environmental issues it’s now creating and maybe that’s when we can use it for fun.
What do you think is the biggest problem of artificial intelligence? It makes us stupid and probably going to kill us all in the end.
If you could choose a person you know to read this interview, who would it be? Mom.
