She has often worked with musician Mark Wheaton, whose fast, rhythmic music beats provide the background noise in several of her performances.
She typically works based on a sketch that determines the rough sequence of actions, but leaves much room for improvisation.
[4] In a typical show Went goes through several costume changes, dances, jumps around, sings, plays with often very big props that she frequently tears apart and tosses into the auditorium.
The creation of a certain dynamic or energy on stage as well as a certain formalist concern with the quality of colors and material take priority over conveying any particular message.
Her work is often seen in context of other women artists of the 1980s, whose performances are regarded as daring and transgressive, such as Karen Finley, Lydia Lunch, Diamanda Galas or Dancenoise.