Anastasia Ilina, Hana Marhounová, Alex Švígler

Entwined Echoes
HIDDEN UMPRUM
26.3. / 4. 5. 2024

We are delighted to present the 2th exhibition at HIDDEN UMPRUM, featuring students of Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, Anastasia Ilina, Hana Marhounová, Alex Švígler

The site-specific exhibition Entwined Echoes directly responds to the location around Holešovice station, which seems to belong nowhere. This transport hub mostly serves as a transition from one place to another, it is perhaps more a non-place than a space where we would like to spend some time. Yet the local community perceives this space as a place where they come together, interact and form their social bonds.

Anastasia Ilina, Hana Marhounová and Alex Švígler, first year students of the VUII studio at UMPRUM, decided to directly relate to this location and its internal contradictions. In the trash environment of the station, the absurdity associated with the stereotype of the "privileged" position of art becomes even more apparent. The exhibition Entwined Echoes seeks to reflect and respond to this absurdity and to reflect on how we use, inhabit and perceive the places that surround us.

Curator: Helena Todorová

Venue: Holešovice Train Station - at the entrance of the pedestrian underpass