BUST

What stories does a chest carry? Some are visible on the skin or clothes — traces of struggle, transition, affirmation. Others are hidden beneath the ribcage — embodied memories of love, fear, grief, rage.

BUST investigates the femme chest as a contested body zone. Drawing on punk’s disruptive energy, the work opens a personal, political, and sensorial archive. The two performers move as explorers through shifting landscapes- from construction and archaeological sites to poetic, wild terrains. Breath, lungs, and heart become the compass for navigating and unfolding these layers.

BUST is a multidisciplinary performance by Anna Riley-Shepard and Maria Pisiou, in collaboration with the punk duo Personbag and visual artist and ceramist Natalia Manta. It blends dance, punk music, and wearable installation. The work brings together practices around the body as archive, rewilding the body, ceramic and metal work, and raw punk sound.