In Cow to A, artist Elina Birkehag explores the complex relationship between humans and animals, tracing its expressions through image and language. The exhibition presents a new series of photographic works alongside three live performances - Shadow Exercises - developed in collaboration with musician Benjamin Lavén (bem subot).

Shadow Exercises
Performance in Galleri öst, no pre-registration required.

Date: November 29
Time: kl. 16: 00

Date: December 17
Time: at 18:30

Date: January 17
Time: 15.30 o 'clock

The starting point for Elina Birkehag's work is a fascination with the Latin alphabet – especially the letter A, whose origin is believed to lie in a stylized depiction of an ox's head. At the same time, her work connects to the Scandinavian fäbod tradition, where young women spent summers alone with cows in the forest, creating close bonds with the animals.

As part of the one-year Bernadotte Fellowship, Birkehag has studied archival images of women and cows while also spending time with the animals herself. Her work asks how communication between humans and cows might be possible. Through the storytelling method of shadow play, she traces and translates these encounters - shaping what could be read as an alternative alphabet.