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