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Vernisáž výstavy Martina Nytry a Ivy Davidové Killing the Flowers Won't Delay Spring
Vernissage of the exhibition Killing the Flowers Won't Delay Spring by Martin Nytra and Ivy Davidová
Event by: Pragovka Gallery, Pragovka
Location: Pragovka Art District, Kolbenova 923, Praha 9
Talks & discussions, Exhibitions
About event
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Pragovka Gallery invites you to the exhibition Killing the Flowers Won't Delay Spring by Martin Nytra and Iva Davidová (May 14 – August 20, 2026). The opening will take place on Wednesday, May 13 from 6 p.m.
The joint exhibition by Martin Nytra and Iva Davidová is motivated by their shared passion and feeling for plants as sentient beings, as well as their guerrilla and classical gardening activities. At the exhibition in Pragovec, the authors focus on connecting plants and architecture – the topic of biophilic design is also addressed in the field of architecture. However, Iva Davidová and Martin Nytra solve it not by presenting designs of real buildings with morphology corresponding to current architectural trends, but by a poetic-fairytale visual language in which they connect the aesthetics of animated fairy tales with the issue of the real environmental crisis in which we find ourselves. Their model houses (adapted from dollhouses) grow through "weedy" but also medicinal plants, such as soursop. Davidová and Nytra understand houses and cities as a potential biotope, which the discipline of architecture itself should consider in this way.
Curator: Barbora Lungová
Openings of the exhibitions Food as Ritual, Imago and Perfect World will also take place at the same time.
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Pragovka Gallery is located on the ground floor of the 1st bay of E Factory. The building is 15 minutes away from the center. Metro B – Kolbenova, tram – Poštovská.
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The project is implemented with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, hl. City of Prague, the State Culture Fund of the Czech Republic and the Prague 9 district. The project partner is Cabinet of Wonders. Media partners are Radio Praha, Radio 1, Artmap, Proti šedi and Artalk.
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In accordance with the EU regulation on personal data protection, we hereby inform you that the event will be photographically documented. By participating in this event, you automatically agree to the publication of photos on the Pragovka Gallery website and Pragovka Gallery Facebook and Instagram.
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~ English ~
Pragovka Gallery invites you to the exhibition Killing the Flowers Won’t Delay Spring by Martin Nytra and Iva Davidová (May 14 – August 20, 2026). The opening will take place on Wednesday, May 13 at 6 PM.
The joint exhibition by Martin Nytra and Iva Davidová is inspired by their shared passion for and sensitivity towards plants as sentient beings, as well as their engagement with both guerrilla and traditional gardening practices. At Pragovka, their project focuses on the relationship between plants and architecture—an issue also explored within the field of biophilic design. However, rather than presenting proposals for real buildings shaped by current architectural trends, Davidová and Nytra approach the subject through a poetic, fairy-tale-like visual language that combines the aesthetics of animated storytelling with the urgent reality of the environmental crisis we are living through.
Their house models (adapted from dollhouses) are overgrown with so-called “weeds,” which are at the same time medicinal plants, such as dandelion. Davidová and Nytra understand houses and cities as potential biotopes—a perspective that architecture as a discipline itself should adopt.
Curator: Barbora Lungová
The openings of the exhibitions Food as Ritual, Imago, and Perfect World will take place simultaneously.
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Pragovka Gallery is located on the ground floor of the 1st bay of E Factory. The building is 15 minutes from the center. Metro B – Kolbenova, tram – Poštovská.
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The project is implemented with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the State Cultural Fund of the Czech Republic and the Municipality of Prague 9. Partner of the project is Cabinet of Wonders. Media partners are Radio Praha, Radio 1, Artmap, Proti šedi and Artalk.
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In accordance with the EU Data Protection Regulation, we hereby inform you that the event will be documented photographically. By participating in this event, you automatically agree to the publication of the photographs on the Pragovka Gallery website and Pragovka Gallery Facebook page
Pragovka Gallery invites you to the exhibition Killing the Flowers Won't Delay Spring by Martin Nytra and Iva Davidová (May 14 – August 20, 2026). The opening will take place on Wednesday, May 13 from 6 p.m.
The joint exhibition by Martin Nytra and Iva Davidová is motivated by their shared passion and feeling for plants as sentient beings, as well as their guerrilla and classical gardening activities. At the exhibition in Pragovec, the authors focus on connecting plants and architecture – the topic of biophilic design is also addressed in the field of architecture. However, Iva Davidová and Martin Nytra solve it not by presenting designs of real buildings with morphology corresponding to current architectural trends, but by a poetic-fairytale visual language in which they connect the aesthetics of animated fairy tales with the issue of the real environmental crisis in which we find ourselves. Their model houses (adapted from dollhouses) grow through "weedy" but also medicinal plants, such as soursop. Davidová and Nytra understand houses and cities as a potential biotope, which the discipline of architecture itself should consider in this way.
Curator: Barbora Lungová
Openings of the exhibitions Food as Ritual, Imago and Perfect World will also take place at the same time.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Pragovka Gallery is located on the ground floor of the 1st bay of E Factory. The building is 15 minutes away from the center. Metro B – Kolbenova, tram – Poštovská.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The project is implemented with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, hl. City of Prague, the State Culture Fund of the Czech Republic and the Prague 9 district. The project partner is Cabinet of Wonders. Media partners are Radio Praha, Radio 1, Artmap, Proti šedi and Artalk.
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In accordance with the EU regulation on personal data protection, we hereby inform you that the event will be photographically documented. By participating in this event, you automatically agree to the publication of photos on the Pragovka Gallery website and Pragovka Gallery Facebook and Instagram.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~ English ~
Pragovka Gallery invites you to the exhibition Killing the Flowers Won’t Delay Spring by Martin Nytra and Iva Davidová (May 14 – August 20, 2026). The opening will take place on Wednesday, May 13 at 6 PM.
The joint exhibition by Martin Nytra and Iva Davidová is inspired by their shared passion for and sensitivity towards plants as sentient beings, as well as their engagement with both guerrilla and traditional gardening practices. At Pragovka, their project focuses on the relationship between plants and architecture—an issue also explored within the field of biophilic design. However, rather than presenting proposals for real buildings shaped by current architectural trends, Davidová and Nytra approach the subject through a poetic, fairy-tale-like visual language that combines the aesthetics of animated storytelling with the urgent reality of the environmental crisis we are living through.
Their house models (adapted from dollhouses) are overgrown with so-called “weeds,” which are at the same time medicinal plants, such as dandelion. Davidová and Nytra understand houses and cities as potential biotopes—a perspective that architecture as a discipline itself should adopt.
Curator: Barbora Lungová
The openings of the exhibitions Food as Ritual, Imago, and Perfect World will take place simultaneously.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Pragovka Gallery is located on the ground floor of the 1st bay of E Factory. The building is 15 minutes from the center. Metro B – Kolbenova, tram – Poštovská.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The project is implemented with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the State Cultural Fund of the Czech Republic and the Municipality of Prague 9. Partner of the project is Cabinet of Wonders. Media partners are Radio Praha, Radio 1, Artmap, Proti šedi and Artalk.
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In accordance with the EU Data Protection Regulation, we hereby inform you that the event will be documented photographically. By participating in this event, you automatically agree to the publication of the photographs on the Pragovka Gallery website and Pragovka Gallery Facebook page