Guest Interview n° 10: Maxime Buechi
Creator, Editor in Chief, Creative Director and Fashion Editor of Sang Bleu, this swiss master mind from Lousanne is definitely the core of the magazine, which he likes to call his “baby”. This time you’re not gonna hear more about his bright professional skills, but even better, we’re getting deep in his prismatic Weltanschauung. Hip Hop in the headphones, he’s been a skater for more than 20 years and he still regularly takes it to go from one place to another.
Maxime in three words.
Libra ascending Leo.
What do you think is necessary for you more than everything?
Silence
The object and the activity you like most
Matters more than objects: cold air, polished metal, wet wood, patent leather, vinyl.
Activities: loving
What is your biggest wonder?
How to name my kids.
What are you scared of?
Treason
The best present you’ve ever done
I am bad at presents, but I wish I wasn’t
What do you consider as your most deserved conquest?
Respect.
What else do you aim to obtain?
Influence
Is there any childish side in your everyday being and behavoiur?
I am a kid with the means of an adult. Everything is childish about me.
In which city are you livng now?
In Lausanne, Switzerland
What kind of house have you got?
I don’t have any. I am staying at my mom’s like a “vitellone” you know! I dont have money even for a shared flat. But one day I will have a mention in the woods.
Are you a good cooker or you prefer to deal only with concepts?
I love cooking, it is a very zen activity. When I lived in london, I used to take trips to remote markets and obscure little shops to get the goods. But for me it goes hand in hand with having a house which is not the case for now. Unfortunately.
The thing you can cook better
I like to create complicated salads with roested seeds, spiced tofu and fancy dressings. I would probably add a “ratatouille” or a “caponata” and some bulgur to it!
What time do you usually go to bed?
2am
Which is you first tattoo? How old were you at that time?
My backpiece. We started it when I was 24, finished it when I was 26
Which is your next tattoo?
I am starting my chest and legs next year.
You’re also proceeding your tattoo artist career: a tattoo you desire to make
It is only the very beginning of my tattooing. What I desire now is just to be able to concentrate on what I prefer doing, and not waste time on designs I dont feel comfortable with.
What’s your relationship with flesh and body modification?
Is is all about the direct experience or the evocation of a sensual experience. I perceive it as new areas to explore, not really as cultures with codes and rules.
Are you curious about esoterism?
Not as such. I am curious about humanity, nature and sense. Esoterism is the way some people express these preoccupations. I am more interested in science and philiosophy.
Could you only explain your feelings for philosophy and your favourite philosopher?
I feel very close to People like Peirce, Kant or, in a different style, Foucault, Marx or Freud. The two former for their reflection on nature and the essence of the functioning of the universe as the human mind perceives it. The 3 latter for their reflection on society and the way human people and societies function. I also liked Thoreau for his “plaidoyer” on nature.
Your “philosophycal bible text” (a book that you keep as a reference for your thoughts or activities)
Wow. Heavy one. I don’t have any, actually. I could say “The Capital”, but that’d just be provocation.
How can you feel art being part of your everyday life? In which ways it shows?
Everything I do, I do it because i thing it belongs to a “bigger picture” that I am slowly painting. And I am trying to make it as beautiful and strong as possible. Art is this very desire, it is there, everywhere, always. That’s for Art in the “absolute” sense, but if you meant “contemporary art” or “artistic products”, then, I guess, they intervene in my life punctually, then I need to “process” or digest them, and see how they fit in my world or modify, challenge it.
Your definition of sublime
What one’re ready to suffer for.
Last film you’ve watched, last cd you’ve bought and the book you’re reading now
Das weisse band.
I dont really buy cds anymore. I download everyhing. Last good surprise is the new Gostface Killah album. Oh actually, I buy oldies that are hard to find as mp3′s. I recently bought Eazy-duz-it.
Also I recently dug out my 2000 something vinyls, and I am now enjoying listening to them again before I throw them away or something.
I am reading like 10 books at the same time and then forget them! Last one is Michel foucault “Surveiller et Punir”.
What will save the world?
The world doesnt need to be saved anymore. The end has already happened!
Text and images by Elisa Lusso
