.pomo museum to open in trondheim, norway Opening on 15 February 2025, PoMo is a brand-new gallery in Trondheim, Norway, that will definitely deliver global present day and present-day craft to the coastal metropolitan area by means of an irreversible assortment and also a growing system of temporary exhibits. Her very first gallery job, designer and also developer India Mahdavi will thoughfully improve Trondheim’s Art Nouveau Postal service creating right into a 4,000 square meters brand-new site over 5 floors, in cooperation along with Norwegian designer Erik Langdalen. PoMo will definitely open with a group exhibit entitled ‘Postcards from the Future’, working February 15th– June 22nd, 2025.
The gallery is going to showcase its own assortment via permanent displays and 2 big annual exhibitions, featuring solo discussions as well as particular questionnaires. Attendee conservators will definitely work together along with PoMo’s group to carry new standpoints, as well as a global lending program are going to sustain partnership. Celebrations as well as talks will certainly contextualize the shows, as well as an education system will definitely engage little ones, young people, and grownups, along with collaborations intended with research study organizations and also universities.Ugo Rondinone, our magic hour, 2003.
PoMo collection, u00a9 Ugo Rondinone|picture by Terje Trobe a cooperation in between india mahdvai and erik Langdalen Paris-based engineer and also designer India Mahdavi is actually plunging into her first gallery job along with the progression as well as renovation process of PoMo. Charged with establishing a concept for the museum in alliance along with designer Erik Langdalen, Mahdavi has applied her signature method to completely transform the historical structure, built in 1911, in to a present-day room. PoMo is going to feature three floors of show exhibits, to house both temporary events and also permanent collection screens a liquid and also accepting entry area created to malfunction barriers in between road, gallery as well as artworks versatile basement rooms devoted to events and also education a public library as well as research space in the eaves of the property as well as a reception room and also office on the attic.
Pulling creativity coming from Trondheim’s cityscape as well as history, in addition to Norwegian folk art as well as craftsmanship, as well as the tradition of the outdated post office property, India Mahdavi has actually developed a vibrant as well as joyful redesign that celebrates in-between regions as high as exhibit spaces: vibrant, vibrant instants are going to punctuate PoMo from the basement to the fourth flooring, frequently triggered by arts pieces coming from the permanent collection. ‘I desired this museum to feel inviting and broad, engaging both the local area and also the worldwide fine art group. It concerns reconnecting the nearby area with the city center and also their own background, while all at once offering a fresh expertise that welcomes the world.’ sample u00a9 India Mahdavi Recognized for his well thought-out repair and also conservation ventures, Erik Langdalen’s design for PoMo will certainly make it possible for record to talk, whilst focusing on the future.
Durability is at the cutting edge of Langdalen’s method, concentrating on the rehab as well as re-use of historic as well as pre-existing properties so as to lessen green house gasoline exhausts, produce historic anchoring and also boost social dedication. ‘When our experts were actually participated in 2021, I promptly recognized what capacity the old principal post office had as the environment for a new eager fine art museum like PoMo. The job of interweaving the unique Art Nouveau construction along with brand-new architecture and also new technological options has been actually quite expertly stimulating, and also has actually resulted in a variety of distinct rooms for potential craft adventures.’ The India Mahdavi-designed PoMo will definitely release with Mails coming from the Future, a group exhibition featuring around 100 jobs by 24 worldwide performers coming from its new permanent collection as well as substantial global car loans.
Covering all 3 exhibit floors, the show attracts motivation from the structure’s history as Trondheim’s previous main Postal service, making use of the mail as a thematic analogy. Like arts pieces, postcards work as vessels for public as well as exclusive narration. The show will definitely feature parts from the PoMo Collection along with significant works by performers such as Fischli & Weiss, Isa Genzken, Matthew Angelo Harrison, Catherine Opie, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Susan Rothenberg, Andy Warhol, as well as Monira Al Qadiri.
The PoMo Selection, launched by Monica as well as Ole Robert Reitan and including art work from REITAN’s collection, concentrates on diversity, creativity, and also international portrayal. To take care of gender disparity in gallery collections, at least 60% of its own accomplishments are devoted to women musicians. The compilation features works by performers like Louise Bourgeois, Katharina Fritsch, Simone Leigh, and also Sol LeWitt.
u00a9 India MahdaviErik Langdalen|graphic u00a9 AHOIndia Mahdavi|photo u00a9 Antoine Doyen job info: title: PoMo architects/ designers: India Mahdavi|@indiamahdavi, Erik Langdalen area: Trondheim, Norway.