Ep. 2: Performance as Rupture: How Politics Take Place Through Culture—with Amelia Jones and Nao Bustamante

This episode of UNBOUND examines the political implications of performance art with Amelia Jones, a leading scholar in performance and gender studies. Jones discusses how performance serves as a powerful tool for critique and disruption, particularly from a feminist perspective. Listeners are invited to reflect on key questions: How does performance expose power structures linked to identity? Can it transcend simple representation to drive societal change? And why has it remained difficult to integrate into traditional art history?

Speakers: Nao Bustamante, Amelia Jones, Stanya Kahn

Hosts: Line Ajan and Lisa Long