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‘my bovine heart’ is a practice-based research project that investigates the potential for contemporary performance practice to engage with the moral dilemma of ‘meat culture’. It consists of a solo theatrical performance that addresses the question of ‘cowness’ through the interplay of text, image and sound within a postdramatic framework and an exegesis that discusses the paradox of attempting to speak for the animal subject through performance languages. Framed by Feminist Care Theory, this research addresses the question, is it possible to (re)present the animal with care? It argues that the artist (carer) must focus their practice (labor) on attending to the animal (cared for) sympathetically, bearing witness to animal suffering, in the co-presence of the audience to avoid replicating the power structure implicit in ‘meat culture’. This research is fundamentally informed by my practice as a Sydney based theatre maker over two decades, exploring political issues thr

New south walesMatthew herbertKira oreillyFeminist care theoryOne pigKirao reillyJosephine donovanMaria puig de la bellacasaHans thies lehmannPostdramatic theatreCare theoryAnimal rightsNterspecies performance