Rendezvous Problem 6: Model with Zbyněk Baladrán & Jakub Podgorný
We are pleased to invite you to the first presentation of this academic year from the series „Rendezvous Problem: Formulations on the Optimal Ways of Art and Science to Meet“.
- Date
- 5 October 2026
- Location
- AVU Veletržní - Veletržní 61, Praha 7
Model
Models in both science and art help us explore reality, reveal hidden relationships, challenge established ideas, and see things from different perspectives. We are interested in what scientific and artistic approaches have in common, where they differ, and what can emerge at their intersection. A dialogue about how and why we try to understand the world, about abstraction and experience, about how models are constructed, and about what happens when a model becomes not just a tool for explanation, but an object of critical examination.
The presentation will be in Czech.
is a visual artist. He explores the contradictions of the contemporary world and the ways in which art and artistic practice can help us understand them. He studied art history at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University and new media at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. In 2001, he co-founded Display—Association for Research and Collective Practice, where he works as a curator and organizer. He served as a curator for Manifesta 8 in Murcia (2010) and Steirischer Herbst in Graz (2012). From 2006 to 2010, he worked on the interdisciplinary project Monument of Transformation. He has participated in exhibitions such as Manifesta 5 in San Sebastián (2004), the 11th Lyon Biennale (2011), and the 56th Venice Biennale (2013). He has exhibited in group shows at MoMA in New York (2015), Bonniers Konsthall (2026), and elsewhere. Since 2025, he has been teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague alongside Ladislava Gažiová.
is an astrophysicist, currently a post-doctoral researcher at the Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences. He finished a PhD at the University of Strasbourg and Charles University in 2023. His primary research focuses on X-rays from the surroundings of black holes and neutron stars, polarisation, and radiative transfer. Although he mostly works in theory, he has led and participated in several large observational campaigns, in particular with the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer mission (NASA and ASI, operating since 2021) where he is a scientific participant. For his individual efforts, he received, e.g., the Czech Head Prize in 2024 (doctorandus natural sciences).
The presentation is in Czech.
The project is a cooperation between The Academy of Fine Arts Prague / Artistic Research Department LARGE and Velrybí srdce, z.s
Organised by Anetta Mona Chișa, Irina Gheorghe, Jakub Podgorný