.pomo museum to open in trondheim, norway Opening on 15 February 2025, PoMo is actually a brand new gallery in Trondheim, Norway, that will definitely take international present day as well as contemporary craft to the coastal area through a long-lasting assortment and also a progressing program of brief events. Her first gallery project, engineer and designer India Mahdavi will thoughfully enhance Trondheim’s Craft Nouveau Postal service constructing right into a 4,000 sqm new landmark over 5 floorings, in cooperation along with Norwegian designer Erik Langdalen. PoMo will certainly open up along with a group show titled ‘Postcards coming from the Future’, operating February 15th– June 22nd, 2025.
The gallery will display its own collection by means of permanent display screens and also two massive yearly events, including solo discussions and particular polls. Attendee managers will certainly collaborate along with PoMo’s team to bring fresh standpoints, and also a worldwide finance plan will definitely bring up partnership. Activities and talks will contextualize the shows, and also a learning program will definitely engage little ones, youth, as well as adults, along with partnerships considered along with research institutions and also universities.Ugo Rondinone, our magic hr, 2003.
PoMo collection, u00a9 Ugo Rondinone|graphic through Terje Trobe a partnership in between india mahdvai and erik Langdalen Paris-based engineer and also designer India Mahdavi is actually plunging into her first museum project along with the advancement as well as makeover procedure of PoMo. Entrusted with developing a perspective for the museum in collaboration with engineer Erik Langdalen, Mahdavi has used her trademark approach to change the historical property, constructed in 1911, into a contemporary space. PoMo is going to consist of three floors of event galleries, to house both momentary exhibitions and also long-term collection displays a liquid and inviting entry room made to break barricades in between street, gallery and arts pieces versatile basement spaces devoted to events and education a public library and study room in the eaves of the structure as well as a reception space and also office space on the attic.
Drawing ideas from Trondheim’s cityscape as well as past history, along with Norwegian folk fine art as well as workmanship, and the legacy of the outdated postal service building, India Mahdavi has actually created a vibrant as well as joyous remodelling that commemorates in-between regions as high as exhibition spaces: strong, vibrant seconds will certainly stress PoMo coming from the cellar to the fourth floor, frequently triggered by art work from the long-term assortment. ‘I desired this museum to experience inviting and broad, engaging both the local area area and also the worldwide fine art group. It’s about reconnecting the local area along with the metropolitan area facility and their personal history, while all at once delivering a fresh experience that accepts the planet.’ sample u00a9 India Mahdavi Recognized for his considerate restoration as well as preservation ventures, Erik Langdalen’s style for PoMo will definitely enable past to talk, whilst paying attention to the future.
Durability is at the center of Langdalen’s strategy, focusing on the recovery and also re-use of famous as well as pre-existing buildings to reduce green house fuel emissions, create historic anchoring and rise social dedication. ‘When our team were actually participated in 2021, I immediately comprehended what ability the aged principal postal service possessed as the setting for a brand new ambitious craft gallery like PoMo. The work of weaving the distinguishing Fine art Nouveau architecture alongside brand-new architecture as well as brand-new technical services has actually been actually very properly stimulating, and also has actually resulted in a lot of special spaces for future art knowledge.’ The India Mahdavi-designed PoMo will definitely launch with Mails coming from the Future, a team event featuring roughly one hundred works by 24 worldwide musicians coming from its brand new long-term assortment and notable global lendings.
Reaching all 3 event floors, the program draws ideas coming from the building’s background as Trondheim’s previous core Post Office, making use of the postcard as a particular allegory. Like artworks, postcards serve as ships for public as well as private narration. The exhibit will certainly consist of items coming from the PoMo Assortment together with significant jobs by musicians like Fischli & Weiss, Isa Genzken, Matthew Angelo Harrison, Catherine Opie, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Susan Rothenberg, Andy Warhol, and also Monira Al Qadiri.
The PoMo Selection, triggered by Monica and also Ole Robert Reitan and including arts pieces from REITAN’s collection, focuses on diversity, originality, as well as global depiction. To attend to sex inequality in museum collections, a minimum of 60% of its own accomplishments are actually dedicated to ladies musicians. The assortment includes works by musicians including Louise Bourgeois, Katharina Fritsch, Simone Leigh, as well as Sol LeWitt.
u00a9 India MahdaviErik Langdalen|image u00a9 AHOIndia Mahdavi|graphic u00a9 Antoine Doyen job facts: title: PoMo architects/ designers: India Mahdavi|@indiamahdavi, Erik Langdalen location: Trondheim, Norway.