Artist shares cancer journey through performance

Delphine Vince, an artist and breast cancer survivor, has performed a show titled Pochette surprise et brasse coulée, journal d’un cancer du sein at La P'tite scène des halles in Saint-Nazaire. The performance recounts her personal experiences with the disease, including nine surgeries, a mastectomy, and the removal of her ovaries.

Performance details her medical and emotional journey

Vince’s show includes her story from diagnosis to multiple operations, including a second mastectomy after discovering a genetic predisposition linked to the BRCA2 gene. She also discusses the emotional and physical toll of her treatments, describing the feeling of having "received a shell in the chest."

Vince critiques the October Pink campaign

In her song Overdrose, Vince criticizes the October Pink campaign for promoting femininity and beauty while allowing companies to improve their image without addressing their practices. She calls for state-funded cancer research and highlights environmental factors like pesticides and endocrine disruptors that may contribute to breast cancer.

Vince connects cancer to environmental issues

Following her performance, discussions with the audience focused on environmental causes of cancer and the reauthorization of certain pesticides under the Duplomb law. Vince also raised concerns about PFAS and cadmium, questioning why these factors are not more widely discussed in public health discourse.

Vince renews her activism through music

Currently in remission, Vince has reconnected with her passion for activism after a burnout in 2015. She now focuses on music, having formed the group La Puce à l'oreille with David Espinosa and created the performance Pochette surprise et brasse coulée, journal d’un cancer du sein, which has been presented in western France and is set to reach new audiences.