Bodies in the Post

Bunny Kinney is known for working as a Creative Director in the digital space, specifically within fashion, film and beauty, and he’s worked for publications and platforms including Nowness, Dazed, Vice Media, and i-D. In 2018 Bunny launched DAZED BEAUTY, a gen z-focused beauty publication co-created with makeup artist Isamaya Ffrench. As of May 2025, Bunny was appointed as Global Executive Creative Director for the cultural entertainment and publishing studio, Dazed Studio.We talk about VIRTUAL BEAUTY, the recent exhibition Bunny co-curated with Gonzalo Herrero Delicado and Mathilde Friis at Somerset House (open until 28th Sept 2025). The exhibition displays more than 20 different artists exploring the ways in which technology has become inseparable from beauty, identity and how we represent ourselves – and even how we perceive ourselves. There’s an array of artworks that address selfie culture, augmented reality, face filters, cosmetic surgery, and what the future looks like with AI sex dolls, deepfakes, and alternative reproduction. Through visceral and often confronting artworks, the exhibition manifests the paradoxes that arise in this digital age when tech is entangled with issues of race, gender and sex. We discuss all this and more in this episode.Links:Bunny Kinney on Instagram: @bunnykinneyVirtual Beauty at Somerset House: WebsiteSomerset House on Instagram: @somersethouseDazed Digital Magazine: dazeddigital.comDazed Beauty on Instagram: @dazedbeautyDazed on Instagram: @dazedBodies in the Post Social Media:Instagram: @bodiesinthepostTiktok: @bodiesinthepostpodcastYouTube: @BodiesInThePostPodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Artist Esosa Odia, known as Godesosa on Instagram, creates ‘characters’ through various digital software that read as posthuman figurations as they merge the organic with the natural to create notions of bodies from the future or another world. Godesosa uses their art as a way to work through their experience of being intersex, and to reimagine their body in alternative nonhuman ways. They use 3D rendering to create realistic bodily mutations that challenge normative ideas of the ‘the human’ and disintegrate binaries between human/nonhuman, organic/technological, male/female.Links:Esosa’s Instagram account: @godesosaMyra Hird’s article ‘Naturally Queer’ The other text by Myra Hird is Chapter 10 ‘Animal Trans’ in the book ‘Queering the Non/Human’, which you can find here.Work by Helen Hester who says ‘if nature is unjust change nature’ - her text on Xenofeminism can be found here.Information on a book on Queer Inhumanisms can be found here.Bodies in the Post Social Media:Instagram: @bodiesinthepostTiktok: @bodiesinthepostpodcastYouTube: @BodiesInThePostPodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Judassime is a self-taught fashion designer whose otherworldly club-couture designs are known for their extravagance and intricacy. With dramatic silhouettes and a BDSM aesthetic, strength and confidence are prerequisites for wearing a Judassime garment. As well as dressing stars including Katy Perry, Judassime has dressed friends of Bodies in the Post podcast Parma Ham and Dahc Dermur.In this episode, Judassime talks about being rejected from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, which became a key driving factor for Judassime setting up their own fashion brand. They explain how freeing themselves from a toxic relationship accelerated their creativity. We also talk post-gendered forms, about their performances with DJ Dana Montana during lockdown, and being a model and muse for Sensen Lii’s brand Windowsen.Links:Judassime on Instagram: @judassimeJudassime’s websiteAbout Judassime’s first collection ‘If We Were Made of Meat’Judassime modelling for WindowsenWindowsen on Instagram: @windowsenThe ‘Fan Lacing’ techniqueWe mention performer @isshehungry Judassime performing with Dana Montana in 2021Bodies in the Post Social Media:Instagram: @bodiesinthepostTiktok: @bodiesinthepostpodcastYouTube: @BodiesInThePostPodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tamta is a Georgian-Greek pop star and fashion icon whose career started in the early 2000s and still storms on today. In this episode Tamta talks about her experience of growing up in Soviet Georgia in the 1990s, getting married at fourteen and having a baby 10 months later, before relocating to Greece and skyrocketing to fame through Super Idol. We dive into how she turned her dream into a reality, her unstoppable drive to transform herself and evolve, her 2019 performance on the Eurovision Song Contest, and what it was like to sit on the judging panel of X Factor. Plus, she shares her love for experimental posthuman fashion, how she’s blending tech into her art, and new music.LinksTamta on Instagram: @officaltamtaTamta's WebsiteWatch: Tamta ft. Saske - CHROME HEARTS (Official Music Video)Listen: THE HEROINE on SpotifyIn this episode Tamta talks about artist @thisiscraves who created her avatar.Bodies in the Post Social Media:Instagram: @bodiesinthepostTikTok: @bodiesinthepostpodcastYouTube: @BodiesInThePostPodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pro makeup artist Ophelia Liu is known for her artistry and experimental makeup style. She creates intricate otherworldly designs that challenge conventional ideas of beauty. Her makeup work embodies themes of transformation, mutation, and hybridity, which resonate with posthumanism by exploring how identity and the body can transcend traditional human boundaries. We talk about talent and creativity, horror films, winning Glow Up, growing up with strict parents, and her drive to provoke shock. Conversation topics, timings and links below:(00:41): Introduction to Ophelia Liu.(03:51): Horror films, touring with Bambie Thug, HR Giger and Alien, talent and grit.(18:26): Being a high achiever, family dynamics and strict parents, maths and painting, creating magic and that maggot look on Glow Up.(42:41): Pregnancy, parasites, laying eggs, censoring.(48:25): Learning how to tattoo, basketball, being disciplined.(56:21): Makeup portfolio, fashion shows, making content.(01:00:46): Business plans and the future.Links:Ophelia Liu’s Instagram: @in.templum.opheliaOhelia’s Pro Makeup Artist Instagram Account: @ophe.lia_makeup.mp4Ophelia’s fashion label: @18_levels_of  Bodies in the Post Social Media:Instagram: @bodiesinthepostTikTok: @bodiesinthepostpodcastYouTube: @BodiesInThePostPodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Artist and friend of the podcast Constantine Semiramis (known as @Anthromorph on Instagram) returns for an update! Constantine is a mixed media artist who creates posthuman sculptures, otherworldly masks, and much more. Conversation topics, timings and links below:(00:41): Introduction to Anthromorph and Bodies in the Post season 2 update!(05:51): Feminine presentation on social media; pros and cons of exploring identity on Instagram; going through feminine puberty.(14:16): How to honour your biology when your biology gives you dysphoria?; sex and intimacy; reaffirming surgery.(24:39): Moving into sculpture; anatomical geometric shapes in nature; pre-existing human anatomy.(32:00): Extreme body modification practices; ‘high concept characters’ online; Black Alien Project.(46:03): Greek sculpture and ideal bodily forms; ideal posthuman form?; capitalism and pharmaceuticals; posthuman or transhuman?(52:46): Transhumanists and technology; the future of the planet without humans.(1:04:00): Multiplicity of identities; we are all the same body; uncanny hybrid bodies; how can art contribute to redefining the concept of the human?Links:Constantine’s art IG account: @Anthromorph.Constantine’s ‘human’ IG account: @c0nnos. Black Alien Project on IG: @the_black_alien_project. Dragon Lady on IG: @dragonladymedusa.Bodies in the Post Social Media:Instagram: @bodiesinthepostTikTok: @bodiesinthepostpodcastYouTube: @BodiesInThePostPodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

🫀Episode 12🫀 is with Dahc Dermur, who is an artist, performer, and iconic London DJ at Fold, Wraith and Kaos London. Known as 'Mother' to many in the queer community, Dahc talks about embracing this nurturing role; how they use their body as a canvas; their turbulent upbringing in a right wing, highly religious household; their addictions; their almost 10 year sobriety; and the many lives they’ve lived until this point. *Content warning: issues of abuse and addiction are discussed, and topics of suicide and self harm are touched on briefly.(00:41): Introduction to Dahc Dermur.(03:57): Growing up in a town called Normal; Dahc’s style.(12:53): Moving to Texas; surrounded by religion; educating people; being a DJ; nightlife scene as a place of Worship; getting into the Fine Art scene in London; conversion camp therapy.(30:50): Getting out of conversion rehabilitation; doing “God’s” work; being ‘Mother’ in the Queer community; Dach’s biological son; moving to New York; addiction; working with Rick Owens and Michele Lamy; being the victim of hate crimes; going to Antwerp then landing in London.(46:05): London feeling like home; living life with no regrets.(50:14): Navigating sobriety whilst working in the nightlife industry; constructing the name Dahc Dermur.Links:Dahc on InstagramDahc’s websiteRick Owen’s on InstagramMichele Lamy on InstagramBodies in the Post Social Media:Instagram: @bodiesinthepostTikTok: @bodiesinthepostpodcastYouTube: @BodiesInThePostPodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

🪐 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@hrhprincessjuliaBodies in the Post Social Media:Instagram: @bodiesinthepostTikTok: @bodiesinthepostpodcastYouTube: @BodiesInThePostPodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

🎀 Episode 10 🎀 is with Jemma Sawyer, who is the creator, founder, and CEO of ILOH, the UK’s first sexual health and pleasure product brand that is designed BY women FOR women. In this episode we talk about setting up ILOH, the products it provides, female pleasure, ownership of the body, women in business, egg freezing, and the pressure women feel to reproduce. We also talk about the power of harnessing technology.(00:41): Introduction to Jemma Sawyer and how ILOH is an example of posthuman practice.(06:48): Setting up ILOH; Anne Summers leading the way; pleasure products - how they look and where they live in the home; female pleasure; shame; the Ohnut product; the pleasure gap.(20:04): Endometriosis; medical examinations; detaching from the body; having children; egg freezing. (31:09): Technology and reproduction; female empowerment; embracing technology; Donna Haraway’s Cyborg Manifesto; female run businesses; pleasure products in the lifestyle space; future ideas for trans and nonbinary involvement. (41:49): The design of ILOH; sustainable period products; finding solutions; the femtech sphere; talking about sex; sex education at school; masterbation; the issue with language used in courts and media; agency and ownership of the body.Links:ILOH WebpagesILOH on Instagram Bodies in the Post Social Media:Instagram: @bodiesinthepostTikTok: @bodiesinthepostpodcastYouTube: @BodiesInThePostPodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

🪲 Episode 9 🪲 is with Jack Zisfain, a recent fashion design graduate (who I taught!) whose final degree collection was inspired by the anatomy of insects and forms that disrupt binaries between human and nonhuman. As a transman, Jack became deeply informed by posthuman theory's approach to binary disruption. He became fascinated by trans-speciesism and the overlaps this has with transgenderism. His final collection was a huge success. Here we talk about his inspiration, his background, and plans for the future. (00:41): Introduction to Jack Zisfain.(04:52): Being a fashion design student; falling in love with posthuman theory; inspiration for final collection; what is a natural body?; insects; top surgery; transitioning; moving away from the ‘norm’.(21:07): Teaching family about gender; growing up Mormon; being the ‘weird kid’; coming out; meeting other transmen; ‘passing’ as a cis-man; being drawn to insects and metamorphosing.(33:44): Getting into fashion; being a theatre kid; moving to London; if/when to talk about gender when job hunting; being misgendered.(47:05): Future plans as a fashion designer; Central Saint Martins; self-confidence; talent and hard work; the highs and lows of the creative industry.(56:06): Owning a brand; working in a fashion studio; what it takes to be a successful fashion designer. Links:·     Jack Zisfain on Instagram·     Jack Zisfain’s design Instagram account·     Jack Zisfain’s Website·     Gender theorist Halberstam ‘On Pronouns’·     Guo Pei couture fashion designer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.