.pomo gallery to open up in trondheim, norway Position on 15 February 2025, PoMo is actually a brand-new gallery in Trondheim, Norway, that are going to take global modern and present-day craft to the coastal city through a long-term assortment and a developing program of brief events. Her first museum project, architect and also designer India Mahdavi are going to thoughfully completely transform Trondheim’s Craft Nouveau Postal service building in to a 4,000 square meters brand new landmark over 5 floors, in collaboration with Norwegian architect Erik Langdalen. PoMo is going to open with a team exhibit entitled ‘Postcards from the Future’, running February 15th– June 22nd, 2025.
The gallery will certainly feature its own selection through long-term shows and also pair of large-scale yearly exhibitions, featuring solo presentations as well as thematic surveys. Guest conservators are going to work together with PoMo’s crew to deliver new viewpoints, as well as a global finance plan will definitely sustain partnership. Celebrations and also talks are going to contextualize the events, as well as an education and learning course will interact youngsters, young people, as well as adults, with partnerships considered with investigation companies and also universities.Ugo Rondinone, our magic hr, 2003.
PoMo collection, u00a9 Ugo Rondinone|picture through Terje Trobe a cooperation between india mahdvai and also erik Langdalen Paris-based engineer and also professional India Mahdavi is embarking on her very first gallery venture along with the progression and improvement process of PoMo. Tasked with cultivating a perspective for the museum in alliance with architect Erik Langdalen, Mahdavi has used her signature method to transform the historic property, integrated in 1911, right into a present-day space. PoMo is going to consist of three floors of show exhibits, to house both short-term events and also long-lasting collection display screens a liquid and inviting item space designed to break down barriers in between road, museum and artworks flexible cellar rooms dedicated to celebrations and learning a public library and also study area in the eaves of the structure and a receiving area and also office on the top floor.
Pulling creativity coming from Trondheim’s cityscape as well as history, in addition to Norwegian folk art and craftsmanship, and the tradition of the old general post office property, India Mahdavi has developed a lively and cheerful restoration that commemorates in-between locations as much as event rooms: strong, multicolored moments are going to punctuate PoMo from the basement to the 4th floor, frequently switched on by art work from the permanent assortment. ‘I wanted this gallery to really feel welcoming and inclusive, involving both the local area neighborhood and also the international art crowd. It concerns reconnecting the regional neighborhood along with the urban area center as well as their personal history, while concurrently supplying a fresh adventure that welcomes the world.’ sample u00a9 India Mahdavi Recognized for his helpful reconstruction and also preservation jobs, Erik Langdalen’s design for PoMo will certainly enable history to communicate, whilst focusing on the future.
Durability is at the forefront of Langdalen’s technique, concentrating on the recovery and re-use of famous and pre-existing structures if you want to decrease garden greenhouse fuel exhausts, create historic anchoring as well as increase social devotion. ‘When our company were actually engaged in 2021, I promptly comprehended what potential the old main general post office possessed as the environment for a brand new eager art gallery like PoMo. The job of weaving the distinct Fine art Nouveau architecture in addition to new design and brand-new technical services has actually been incredibly skillfully interesting, and also has actually caused a lot of one-of-a-kind spaces for potential art experiences.’ The India Mahdavi-designed PoMo are going to introduce along with Postcards coming from the Future, a team exhibition featuring about one hundred jobs through 24 global performers coming from its own brand-new long-lasting collection as well as significant worldwide finances.
Spanning all 3 show floorings, the series pulls motivation coming from the structure’s history as Trondheim’s past main Post Office, utilizing the mail as a particular metaphor. Like arts pieces, postcards serve as vessels for social and also exclusive storytelling. The show will definitely feature parts from the PoMo Compilation along with distinctive jobs by artists 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 Selection, started by Monica as well as Ole Robert Reitan and also featuring arts pieces from REITAN’s collection, focuses on variety, creativity, and also worldwide depiction. To deal with gender inequality in gallery collections, at the very least 60% of its own achievements are devoted to females artists. The assortment consists of works through artists including Louise Bourgeois, Katharina Fritsch, Simone Leigh, and Sol LeWitt.
u00a9 India MahdaviErik Langdalen|photo u00a9 AHOIndia Mahdavi|photo u00a9 Antoine Doyen task information: title: PoMo architects/ developers: India Mahdavi|@indiamahdavi, Erik Langdalen location: Trondheim, Norway.