Klára Hosnedlová’s work explores historical sentiments as they crystallize in modern and contemporary design and architecture. Her sculptures and environments are indebted to Eastern European histories and the past collective mythologies. Hosnedlová works in narrative sequences, exploring utopic architectural sites, such as the iconic Adolf Loos apartments in Pilsen or the Ještěd Tower in Liberec. The atmosphere of the places is captured in digital photography, which is later augmented through a manual reduction of pixels: rendered in silk thread on canvas, objects and faces become landscapes of lighter and darker tones, dissolving into the sculptural frames made from materials found on-site. Hosnedlová’s site-specific installations recognize nostalgia as an essential feature of global culture and extrapolate the simultaneity of usually contradictory notions like reflection and longing, estrangement and affection. For the 58th October Salon, Hosnedlová exhibits a site-specific installation in which the main elements of her artistic research come together: a large-scale architectural wall and accompanying sofa (Untitled (from the series Nest), 2020) are presented along with free-standing mixed-media sculptures or “creatures’’ that make reference to a possible future but also reimagined past. The wet, organic forms, more stylized than realistic, leave moist traces akin to primordial or aquatic beings. The installation is complemented by a performance project that sees the creatures interacting with real models inside the exhibition space and nearby areas outside. The performance can be enjoyed by the public not directly but through photographs that document an event taking place in a dimension which is more imaginary than real.