Cocollona

Quim Hereu turns to estrambotisme to present a woman trapped between two realities: that of obedience and that of freedom. Here, the rauxa of transformation breaks through the seny of imposed order.

The Cocollona*—a figure from a Girona legend—is no longer nun nor monster: she is a living metaphor for the right to be different, to grow, and to fly beyond what we were told we could become.

*The legend of the Cocollona comes from Girona, Catalonia. According to the tale, she was a nun who was punished by being locked away in a convent for rebelling against its strict rules. Over time, she transformed into a half-nun, half-crocodile creature with butterfly wings. She is said to live in the Onyar River and only appears during quiet nights. The legend symbolizes repression, transformation, and the desire for freedom.