In the Gallery: Klára Hosnedlová ‘Echo’ at White Cube Bermondsey | White Cube

Why It Matters

“Echo” illustrates how immersive art can translate digital anxieties into tangible experiences, influencing collector interest and redefining gallery engagement.

Key Takeaways

• Hosnedlová explores memory through layered, reflective installations in contemporary contexts
• “Echo” uses mirrored surfaces to multiply viewer perception
• White Cube emphasizes minimalist setting to highlight subtle textures
• The exhibition comments on digital overload and personal identity
• Interactive elements invite audience to become part of the artwork

Summary

The White Cube Bermondsey gallery opened Klára Hosnedlová’s solo show “Echo,” a series of installations that interrogate how memory and perception reverberate in physical space. Set against the gallery’s stark white walls, the works employ mirrored panels, translucent fabrics, and subtle lighting to create a sense of infinite reflection, prompting viewers to confront their own image within the artwork.

Hosnedlová’s pieces layer reflective surfaces with archival photographs and digital prints, blurring the line between analogue recollection and contemporary media saturation. The central installation, a floor‑to‑ceiling mirror maze, multiplies the viewer’s silhouette, suggesting that personal narratives are fragmented and endlessly echoed. Curator Emma Larkin notes that the work “captures the disorienting feedback loop of today’s hyper‑connected world.”

In a brief interview, Hosnedlová explained, “I wanted to build a space where the past and present collide, forcing the audience to become both observer and subject.” The exhibition also incorporates motion sensors that trigger soft sounds when visitors move, turning the gallery into an interactive soundscape that reinforces the theme of echoing experiences.

The show underscores a growing trend in contemporary art toward immersive, participatory installations that comment on digital overload and identity formation. By inviting audiences to physically engage with the work, White Cube positions “Echo” as both a critical reflection on modern life and a marketable experience that draws new visitors to the London art scene.

Original Description

Watch a performance of ‘Echo’ at Klára Hosnedlová’s exhibition at White Cube Bermondsey.

The artist stages private performances within her elaborate scenographies, carefully documenting the movements of a small troupe taking their first, tentative steps in an alien world.

Directing them to perform simple actions, Hosnedlová values the natural hesitancy of the untrained performers exploring the conditions of their environment: ‘This kind of non-knowing is, for me, the most interesting.’

Composing the scene and choreography functions for her in much the same way as a preparatory sketch might do for a painter – the images these performances yield become part of a repository, from which the artist selects, crops and translates into embroidery.

Find out more about the exhibition: https://www.whitecube.com/gallery-exhibitions/kl%C3%A1ra-hosnedlov%C3%A1-bermondsey-2026

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