Martine Syms
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What inspired Martine Syms to start the conversation about fashion and matching nails to underwear?
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Why?
Welcome to Fashion Neurosis, Martin Sims. Thank you. Happy to be here. Can you tell me what you're wearing today and why you chose these particular clothes?
I am wearing a necklace by Medea. My shirt is Sarah Aphrodite and I've kind of been I go through phases of wearing the same clothes a lot and this shirt has been one of the things I've been wearing all the time. Um my skirt is from Prada. I wanted to wear a mini skirt to accentuate my legs. And my boots are Margella and they were on a chute um I did with Hayley Wollins. She had these shoes and I was like, Oh my God, these are perfect. I have to find them. So they were became like a bit of a hunt for me. And then I found them. I love them. They're so comfortable.
Yeah.
Like the perfect boot.
I might have to go on a hunt with those boots. I've always wanted to meet Hailey Well, how do you say her name? She's such a brilliant stylist. She is so good. She's a genius. Yeah. I love her.
How about your underwear? My underwear from Intimacy. Mm. I don't know where the bra my mom actually gave me this bra. Really? I don't know where sh I think she bought it there's a place that was in Monrovia California called Wizard of Bras. First it was in Pasadena and they went out of business, but that was like where I got my first bra. So I think she bought all this stuff when they went out of business and this is one of the ones she got for me.
It's really good. And then I'm
wearing Can't see them, but red Intimacy underwear.
And the matching nail with the bras. Oh yeah. Sorry,
sorry. My friend Johanna was like, I never do a red, actually. This is maybe the first time in my life. Really? But my friend Johanna was like, it's a power color and you need to be cunty for this opening. Yes. So go a red. So I did it. She gave me like some color choices. I it's feeling good. It's feeling
good. No, it's very refined. I I love the arrangement of West one colour connects with another. It's it's a sophisticated N unexpected combinations. Yeah.
And the red is kind of like a motif in one of the pieces that'll be in my show. So I was like Yeah, I'm gonna f I'm gonna flow with the red.
Because you're an artist who works in multiple mediums. Publishing, photography, video installation and performance. and you had a solo show at MoMA when you were thirty, and your feature film, The African Desperate, is showing on Mobie. And you made a sitcom called She Mad. You you must be used to questions about yourself and your identity and You describe yourself as a conceptual entrepreneur. I wondered what does that mean and how does that help us to understand your work?
Yes, the conceptual entrepreneur was a phrase that I came up with when I was 19. I graduated uh from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and I opened a kind of project-based shop that was called Golden Age. And When I was leaving Art Institute, at the time the school was very like Painting heavy? uh focus That was kind of the main department. So I left kind of feeling like I wasn't necessarily an artist. But I was very good at uh organizing things and writing.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What inspired Martine Syms to start the conversation about fashion and matching nails to underwear?
0:00–11:35
2
How does Martine describe her process of building an outfit from the shirt down to the accessories?
11:35–22:48
3
What role do mythology and the story of Zeus’s four‑armed humans play in Martine’s artistic practice?
22:48–35:14
4
Why does Martine call herself a “conceptual entrepreneur” and how has that label evolved?
35:14–46:19
5
How does Martine’s interest in astrology influence her creative decisions and collaborations?
46:19–57:52
6
What insights does Martine share about narcissism and its importance for artists?
57:52–1:07:43
7
How did the exhibition at Sadie Cole’s and the film The African Desperate connect?
1:07:43–1:18:24
8
What future projects and collaborations does Martine hint at for her upcoming work?
1:18:24–1:25:50