I’m a cow / you’re a b*tch


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At 21:00

Duration

30 minutes.


Language

No spoken language.


‘I’m a cow / you’re a b*tch’ interrogates the intersections of patriarchal capitalism, misogyny and extraction from a transmasc and more-than-human perspective.

There is a tethering, between a trans body and the heart of a cow. Through this connection of needle and thread, there is also a delicate dance of weight, pain and distance. A relationship begins to form between Sym and the heart; between consumption and the burdens we carry, and the violence that is inflicted upon bodies seen as beneficial for (re)production and domination.

Through movement and meditation, Sym and heart attempt to navigate these undercurrents of patriarchal violence that exist in systems, the home and inside ourselves – and to find possible modes of resistance and refusal.

I’m a cow / you’re a b*tch was first presented by Fierce Festival at Fierce Jams 02, Midlands Sailing Club, Birmingham UK, 2026.

Co-presented with the Live Art Development Agency (LADA) and the Future Kin project. In the Future Kin project ANTI Festival, LADA (UK), My Wild Flag (Sweden), Theater Rosendal (Norway) and Warehouse9 (Denmark) are partnering to create a network dedicated to nurturing queer interdisciplinary performance practice across borders.

Supported by the Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland, the British Embassy in Helsinki and the Nordic Culture Point.

Article photo:
Irina Mackie