.pomo museum to open up in trondheim, norway Opening on 15 February 2025, PoMo is a brand new museum in Trondheim, Norway, that will definitely deliver global modern-day as well as modern fine art to the coastal city by means of an irreversible selection and also a growing system of momentary exhibits. Her very first gallery project, designer and developer India Mahdavi are going to thoughfully change Trondheim’s Art Nouveau Post Office developing right into a 4,000 sqm brand new landmark over five floors, in collaboration along with Norwegian architect Erik Langdalen. PoMo will open up along with a team event titled ‘Mails coming from the Future’, functioning February 15th– June 22nd, 2025.
The museum will certainly showcase its collection via permanent display screens and two large yearly shows, including solo presentations and also particular studies. Attendee managers will certainly work together with PoMo’s staff to take new perspectives, and also a global finance system will certainly nourish collaboration. Occasions as well as speaks will contextualize the exhibitions, and also an education and learning program will definitely interact youngsters, youth, and also grownups, with alliances organized along with investigation organizations and universities.Ugo Rondinone, our magic hr, 2003.
PoMo assortment, u00a9 Ugo Rondinone|picture by Terje Trobe a collaboration between india mahdvai and also erik Langdalen Paris-based designer and designer India Mahdavi is starting her very first museum job along with the development and improvement procedure of PoMo. Entrusted along with creating an outlook for the museum in relationship with designer Erik Langdalen, Mahdavi has actually administered her trademark method to transform the famous structure, constructed in 1911, into a present-day room. PoMo will definitely consist of three storeys of exhibition showrooms, to house both short-lived exhibitions and also long-term selection screens a fluid and also inviting entry room created to break down obstacles between street, museum as well as artworks pliable basement spaces dedicated to occasions as well as education a public library and analysis room in the eaves of the building and a reception room and office space on the top floor.
Pulling motivation from Trondheim’s cityscape as well as history, in addition to Norwegian folk fine art as well as workmanship, and also the heritage of the aged general post office property, India Mahdavi has created a vivid as well as cheerful improvement that celebrates in-between places as long as exhibition rooms: daring, vivid seconds will stress PoMo from the basement to the 4th floor, frequently switched on through artworks from the long-term assortment. ‘I desired this gallery to feel welcoming as well as broad, involving both the neighborhood community and also the international craft crowd. It has to do with reconnecting the local area neighborhood along with the area facility as well as their personal history, while all at once using a new knowledge that invites the globe.’ example u00a9 India Mahdavi Recognized for his considerate remediation as well as preservation tasks, Erik Langdalen’s layout for PoMo will allow past to communicate, whilst paying attention to the future.
Durability goes to the leading edge of Langdalen’s technique, focusing on the rehabilitation and re-use of historic and also pre-existing properties so as to reduce green house fuel emissions, develop historical anchoring and also boost social devotion. ‘When our company were actually engaged in 2021, I immediately recognized what ability the old principal general post office had as the setup for a new eager fine art gallery like PoMo. The work of weaving the distinct Art Nouveau architecture alongside brand new architecture and also brand new technical options has been very skillfully stimulating, and has actually led to a lot of unique spaces for potential art knowledge.’ The India Mahdavi-designed PoMo will launch along with Mails coming from the Future, a group show including around one hundred jobs by 24 global performers coming from its new long-lasting assortment and notable worldwide fundings.
Covering all three show floorings, the program attracts ideas coming from the structure’s past as Trondheim’s previous main Postal service, using the postcard as a particular allegory. Like artworks, postcards serve as ships for social and exclusive narration. The event is going to consist of parts coming from the PoMo Assortment together with significant works through musicians including Fischli & Weiss, Isa Genzken, Matthew Angelo Harrison, Catherine Opie, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Susan Rothenberg, Andy Warhol, and Monira Al Qadiri.
The PoMo Collection, triggered through Monica as well as Ole Robert Reitan as well as featuring artworks coming from REITAN’s selection, pays attention to variety, originality, and also worldwide depiction. To take care of gender discrimination in gallery selections, at the very least 60% of its own acquisitions are actually committed to females performers. The assortment features works by performers including Louise Bourgeois, Katharina Fritsch, Simone Leigh, and also Sol LeWitt.
u00a9 India MahdaviErik Langdalen|graphic u00a9 AHOIndia Mahdavi|graphic u00a9 Antoine Doyen project info: title: PoMo designers/ designers: India Mahdavi|@indiamahdavi, Erik Langdalen place: Trondheim, Norway.