🪐 Episode 11 🪐 is with multi-disciplinary artist Yaz XL whose work straddles fashion, film, prosthetics, and special effects. In 2022, her Central Saint Martins final degree fashion collection went viral on TikTok amassing millions of views. Within a few months she was dressing the otherworldly icon that is Bjork. Yaz's fashion is a blend of futuristic and organic forms that speak of posthuman bodies. She also creates hybrid creatures for film and music videos, including the half-goat, half-fish "capribaby" for FKA Twigs album, Caprisongs. Here, Yaz and I talk about everything from her art, to placentas, condoms, and near death experiences.

(00:41): Introduction to Yaz XL.

(05:00): A ‘radioactive beach’ themed party in Ibiza; CSM and lockdown; fascination with birth; using condoms to create magma looking material; CSM graduation collection; personality types.

(20:39): Details of the collection; welding; making a vehicle; Yaz’s poppy balls and a love of balls generally.

(27:34): Near death experience; making a high heel out of foam; moving into film; finding a healthy way of working towards big projects.

(35:08): Creating hybrid creatures; the capri-baby for FKA Twigs; taxidermy seahorses; biotechnology.

(49:50): Futurism; Sci-fi films; how to ground fantasy in reality.

(55:44): Creating sets for films, props and furniture.

(58:42): The dress for Bjork and other collaborations.

Links:

- Yaz XL on Instagram: @yaz_____xl

- Radioactive beach party for The Standard Hotel in Ibiza

- Yaz XL final CSM collection

- Buy Yaz’s designs at @fantastictoiles

- The 'capri baby’ made for FKA Twigs

With other mentions of:

@eartheater

@aidanzamiri

@simon_the_stuffa

@tildax_x

@paolocarzana

@hrhprincessjulia

Bodies in the Post Social Media:

Instagram: @bodiesinthepost

TikTok: @bodiesinthepostpodcast

YouTube: @BodiesInThePostPodcast

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