.pomo gallery to open up in trondheim, norway Opening on 15 February 2025, PoMo is actually a brand-new museum in Trondheim, Norway, that are going to carry international contemporary and modern fine art to the seaside city by means of a long-lasting compilation and also an evolving course of momentary events. Her initial museum venture, engineer as well as developer India Mahdavi will thoughfully completely transform Trondheim’s Craft Nouveau Post Office building in to a 4,000 sqm brand-new spots over 5 floorings, in cooperation along with Norwegian engineer Erik Langdalen. PoMo will certainly open along with a team exhibition titled ‘Postcards coming from the Future’, functioning February 15th– June 22nd, 2025.
The gallery will definitely exhibit its own collection via irreversible screens and two large yearly events, featuring solo presentations and particular questionnaires. Attendee managers will definitely team up with PoMo’s team to carry new standpoints, and a global borrowing plan will foster partnership. Celebrations and speaks are going to contextualize the shows, and also an education plan will certainly engage little ones, youth, as well as adults, with collaborations prepared with investigation companies and universities.Ugo Rondinone, our magic hr, 2003.
PoMo compilation, u00a9 Ugo Rondinone|picture by Terje Trobe a cooperation between india mahdvai and erik Langdalen Paris-based designer as well as professional India Mahdavi is embarking on her initial gallery task with the growth and redesign procedure of PoMo. Charged with establishing a vision for the gallery in alliance with designer Erik Langdalen, Mahdavi has applied her signature strategy to transform the historic property, constructed in 1911, right into a contemporary room. PoMo will consist of three floors of exhibit galleries, to house both momentary events and long-term collection screens a liquid as well as welcoming entry space made to malfunction barriers in between road, gallery and also artworks flexible basement rooms dedicated to celebrations and also education and learning a library and analysis area in the eaves of the property as well as a receiving space and office space on the top floor.
Attracting creativity from Trondheim’s cityscape and history, along with Norwegian folk fine art and craftsmanship, and the heritage of the outdated post office structure, India Mahdavi has developed a vivid and also joyful renovation that commemorates in-between locations as long as exhibition areas: vibrant, vibrant minutes will definitely accent PoMo from the cellar to the fourth floor, commonly switched on through arts pieces coming from the permanent compilation. ‘I desired this museum to experience inviting and also inclusive, interacting both the neighborhood area as well as the worldwide craft group. It concerns reconnecting the local area community along with the urban area centre and also their own background, while at the same time supplying a new expertise that invites the globe.’ sample u00a9 India Mahdavi Understood for his well thought-out renovation and also preservation projects, Erik Langdalen’s concept for PoMo will permit history to speak, whilst concentrating on the future.
Durability is at the forefront of Langdalen’s technique, concentrating on the rehab and re-use of historical as well as pre-existing buildings in order to minimize green house gas exhausts, make historical anchoring and also increase social dedication. ‘When our company were engaged in 2021, I instantly comprehended what ability the aged major general post office possessed as the environment for a new eager art museum like PoMo. The job of interweaving the distinguishing Art Nouveau construction together with brand new architecture and also brand-new technological options has been actually very properly interesting, and also has resulted in an amount of unique areas for future fine art expertises.’ The India Mahdavi-designed PoMo will certainly introduce along with Mails coming from the Future, a team exhibit including about one hundred jobs by 24 international artists coming from its brand new irreversible selection and considerable international fundings.
Reaching all three exhibition floorings, the series draws motivation coming from the structure’s record as Trondheim’s former main Post Office, using the mail as a thematic allegory. Like arts pieces, postcards act as vessels for social and also private narration. The exhibition will definitely feature parts coming from the PoMo Collection along with remarkable jobs through musicians like Fischli & Weiss, Isa Genzken, Matthew Angelo Harrison, Catherine Opie, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Susan Rothenberg, Andy Warhol, as well as Monira Al Qadiri.
The PoMo Compilation, started by Monica and Ole Robert Reitan and including arts pieces from REITAN’s compilation, concentrates on range, creativity, and international portrayal. To deal with gender disparity in museum assortments, a minimum of 60% of its acquisitions are committed to ladies artists. The collection consists of works by performers including Louise Bourgeois, Katharina Fritsch, Simone Leigh, and also Sol LeWitt.
u00a9 India MahdaviErik Langdalen|image u00a9 AHOIndia Mahdavi|graphic u00a9 Antoine Doyen project details: name: PoMo engineers/ designers: India Mahdavi|@indiamahdavi, Erik Langdalen place: Trondheim, Norway.