Theatre and film are two important sources of inspiration for Sean Henry. To him sometimes a play can be seen as pure sculpture. Authenticity was something he talked much about in the interview for the podcast Gentleman Lars. We discussed why autenticity is very important to him when choosing ”models” for his sculptures.The sculpture ”Seated…
Was Hilma af Klint a medium according to herself?
Johan af Klint met Hilma af Klint. She was his grand-aunt and he knows much about her interesting life and art. I interviewed Johan af Klint in his home in Stockholm. You hear this interview in an episode of the podcast Gentleman Lars. We talked about: • The influence of religion and spiritual movemens in…
Follow-up interview with History Factory’s founder Bruce Weindruch
In 2001 (a long time ago!!) I interviewed the gentleman Bruce Windruch in Virginia for the Swedish newspaper Finanstidningen (”the Finacial Paper”). I had never heared about anything similar before: a company taking care of archives for companies and helping them communicate their values by using their history. In 2001 I found it very interesting…
Artist Enrique Martínez Celaya on loniliness
I met the artist Enrique Martínez Celaya in 2018 for an interview. We talked about his experiences of living in different countries. Is being an exile a great part of his identity? Does he find Scandinavians cold? Somehow we started talking about the interesting topic loniliness. After the interview when I took this photo of…
My golden nuggets from being unemployed for 7 weeks in 2023
To summarize what I learnt from being unemployed I talked with the psychotherapist Abigail Welchman.
Post-it notes to boost my self-esteem
When I was looking for a job I got the advice to use Post-it notes in a new way. It turned out to be useful advice! Producer of this podcast episode is Lars Carlén. Anjula Kopta did the editing and mixing.
Is shame stopping me from finding a job?
In the new episode of Gentleman Lars, I talk with recruiter Fredrik Svenenburg at Hammer & Hanborg, a recruitment agency in Stockholm. Psychotherapist Abigail Welshman continues to give me good advice. Will I succeed in finding a new job by August 25th, the last day of my fixed-term contract?
The importance of completing tedious tasks. The job search continues.
In this episode, Lars Carlén, who is searching for a new job, receives guidance from psychotherapist Abigail Welchman and recruiter Sue White, Associate Director at Piper Maddox. They discuss the importance of completing tedious tasks like writing a cover letter and offer suggestions to help me, Lars in my job search. One key advice I…
Looking for a new job?
Do you enjoy looking for a new job? I don’t think so. Applying for jobs can be time-consuming, boring, and sometimes even a depressing task. In three episodes of “Gentleman Lars,” you can listen to what I do to find a new job. I will tell you about my mistakes as well as my progress….
Interview with the sculptor Tony Cragg. Second part. Inspiration and interesting form.
In this episode of the podcast Gentleman Lars, the British Sculptor Tony Cragg explains what is interesting vs. boring form to him. We talk about inspiration. You get to know if he cares about what other people think of his sculptures. We also talk about what differences he has seen when it comes how sculpture…