.pomo museum to open up in trondheim, norway Opening on 15 February 2025, PoMo is actually a brand-new gallery in Trondheim, Norway, that will definitely deliver international present day and modern fine art to the coastal metropolitan area via a permanent selection as well as a growing course of short-lived shows. Her first museum project, architect and also developer India Mahdavi will thoughfully transform Trondheim’s Fine art Nouveau Postal service creating in to a 4,000 square meters brand-new landmark over 5 floorings, in cooperation along with Norwegian engineer Erik Langdalen. PoMo is going to open up with a team event labelled ‘Mails coming from the Future’, operating February 15th– June 22nd, 2025.
The museum will definitely exhibit its selection by means of long-term displays as well as pair of big yearly events, including solo discussions as well as thematic polls. Attendee managers are going to work together along with PoMo’s group to deliver new point of views, as well as a global financing system will definitely sustain collaboration. Events as well as speaks are going to contextualize the events, and an education and learning course will interact youngsters, young people, and also adults, with partnerships planned along with study companies and universities.Ugo Rondinone, our magic hour, 2003.
PoMo assortment, u00a9 Ugo Rondinone|image through Terje Trobe a cooperation between india mahdvai as well as erik Langdalen Paris-based architect and also professional India Mahdavi is actually embarking on her first gallery job with the progression and also restoration method of PoMo. Charged with building a goal for the museum in relationship along with architect Erik Langdalen, Mahdavi has administered her trademark strategy to change the famous structure, constructed in 1911, right into a contemporary room. PoMo will definitely feature 3 floors of show showrooms, to house both momentary events and also irreversible assortment shows a liquid and also accepting item room developed to break down barricades in between street, gallery as well as arts pieces adaptable cellar rooms dedicated to events as well as learning a collection and also study area in the eaves of the building and also a receiving area and also office on the attic.
Drawing ideas coming from Trondheim’s cityscape and also past history, as well as Norwegian folk craft and workmanship, and also the heritage of the outdated postal service structure, India Mahdavi has made a vivid and cheerful remodelling that celebrates in-between regions as long as exhibition areas: bold, multicolored moments will definitely punctuate PoMo from the basement to the 4th flooring, frequently turned on through art work coming from the permanent selection. ‘I wished this museum to really feel welcoming and also broad, interacting both the nearby area and also the worldwide craft crowd. It’s about reconnecting the local neighborhood with the metropolitan area center and their very own record, while at the same time supplying a fresh knowledge that welcomes the world.’ example u00a9 India Mahdavi Recognized for his thoughtful restoration and conservation jobs, Erik Langdalen’s layout for PoMo are going to allow record to speak, whilst paying attention to the future.
Sustainability goes to the forefront of Langdalen’s method, paying attention to the rehabilitation as well as re-use of famous and also pre-existing structures so as to reduce green house gasoline exhausts, produce historic anchoring and also rise social commitment. ‘When our team were taken part in 2021, I right away knew what possibility the old major post office possessed as the environment for a new ambitious art museum like PoMo. The job of weaving the distinctive Fine art Nouveau architecture in addition to brand new architecture and also brand-new technical answers has actually been incredibly properly engaging, as well as has actually resulted in a lot of distinct areas for future craft adventures.’ The India Mahdavi-designed PoMo will certainly introduce along with Postcards coming from the Future, a team exhibit featuring approximately 100 works by 24 international artists from its own brand-new irreversible selection as well as notable international loans.
Extending all three event floors, the series attracts creativity from the structure’s history as Trondheim’s former core Post Office, using the postcard as a thematic metaphor. Like artworks, postcards work as ships for public as well as exclusive narration. The exhibit will definitely consist of items from the PoMo Collection together with distinctive works by performers including Fischli & Weiss, Isa Genzken, Matthew Angelo Harrison, Catherine Opie, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Susan Rothenberg, Andy Warhol, and also Monira Al Qadiri.
The PoMo Compilation, started through Monica as well as Ole Robert Reitan as well as including arts pieces from REITAN’s selection, focuses on diversity, originality, as well as global depiction. To deal with gender disparity in museum compilations, at least 60% of its achievements are devoted to women musicians. The compilation features jobs through artists such as Louise Bourgeois, Katharina Fritsch, Simone Leigh, and also Sol LeWitt.
u00a9 India MahdaviErik Langdalen|photo u00a9 AHOIndia Mahdavi|picture u00a9 Antoine Doyen task facts: label: PoMo designers/ professionals: India Mahdavi|@indiamahdavi, Erik Langdalen area: Trondheim, Norway.