Boy Horror is a new work developed as part of Performance Space's Queer Development Program 2024 which builds on a previous video work, Body-Resistance 01 // To Give of One Tenth of Myself. The work considers the task of tucking as a divine act of body modification, and a cheeky protest against Freudian Theory of Kastrationangst. This iterative performance concept is an experimentation in cross- pollinating modes of clowning and contemporary dance, with sculpture and performance.

Boy Horror specifically explores genital dysphoria in the agender experience. Taking inspiration from the ancient roman pagan ritual of Taurobolium, and the dysphoric “boy stuff!” of Rustichelli’s adolescence.