.pomo museum to open up in trondheim, norway Position on 15 February 2025, PoMo is a brand-new museum in Trondheim, Norway, that are going to deliver worldwide modern-day and present-day fine art to the seaside urban area via an irreversible assortment and also an evolving course of temporary shows. Her very first gallery job, designer and also developer India Mahdavi will thoughfully improve Trondheim’s Art Nouveau Post Office building into a 4,000 sqm new site over 5 floorings, in cooperation along with Norwegian engineer Erik Langdalen. PoMo will open along with a group event titled ‘Postcards from the Future’, running February 15th– June 22nd, 2025.
The museum will definitely exhibit its own assortment by means of permanent shows as well as pair of large annual shows, featuring solo presentations and also thematic polls. Visitor conservators will definitely team up along with PoMo’s group to bring new standpoints, and also a global finance system will nourish collaboration. Occasions as well as talks are going to contextualize the exhibits, and also an education system will interact little ones, youth, and also adults, with partnerships considered along with study companies and universities.Ugo Rondinone, our magic hour, 2003.
PoMo compilation, u00a9 Ugo Rondinone|picture through Terje Trobe a cooperation in between india mahdvai and erik Langdalen Paris-based designer as well as professional India Mahdavi is embarking on her very first museum task along with the advancement and restoration procedure of PoMo. Entrusted with cultivating a concept for the museum in collaboration with architect Erik Langdalen, Mahdavi has actually used her signature method to change the famous property, constructed in 1911, right into a contemporary area. PoMo will definitely consist of 3 floors of event galleries, to house both brief exhibitions and permanent collection screens a fluid and also welcoming item area developed to malfunction barricades in between road, gallery and also art work versatile cellar areas dedicated to celebrations and also education a public library as well as study room in the eaves of the property as well as a receiving area and office on the attic.
Pulling inspiration from Trondheim’s cityscape as well as background, as well as Norwegian folk fine art and also workmanship, and the heritage of the old general post office property, India Mahdavi has actually made a vivid and joyful makeover that commemorates in-between areas as high as exhibition areas: daring, colorful instants will definitely stress PoMo coming from the cellar to the 4th floor, commonly triggered by art work from the permanent compilation. ‘I wished this gallery to really feel welcoming and comprehensive, interacting both the local area neighborhood as well as the worldwide craft group. It concerns reconnecting the regional community along with the area centre and also their very own history, while simultaneously providing a new experience that welcomes the planet.’ illustration u00a9 India Mahdavi Understood for his thoughtful reconstruction and also conservation ventures, Erik Langdalen’s design for PoMo will make it possible for background to speak, whilst paying attention to the future.
Durability goes to the center of Langdalen’s approach, concentrating on the recovery as well as re-use of historic and also pre-existing properties so as to lower greenhouse fuel discharges, create historic anchoring and also rise social commitment. ‘When our company were actually taken part in 2021, I immediately comprehended what possibility the aged primary general post office possessed as the environment for a new eager fine art gallery like PoMo. The job of weaving the distinguishing Art Nouveau architecture along with new architecture and brand-new technical services has been quite properly stimulating, and has actually caused an amount of one-of-a-kind spaces for potential fine art knowledge.’ The India Mahdavi-designed PoMo will definitely launch along with Mails coming from the Future, a team exhibit including roughly 100 jobs by 24 international musicians from its new permanent compilation and notable global finances.
Reaching all 3 event floors, the program attracts ideas coming from the building’s history as Trondheim’s former main General post office, using the postcard as a thematic allegory. Like arts pieces, mails act as vessels for social and exclusive storytelling. The exhibition will certainly consist of parts coming from the PoMo Collection together with remarkable works through artists such as Fischli & Weiss, Isa Genzken, Matthew Angelo Harrison, Catherine Opie, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Susan Rothenberg, Andy Warhol, and Monira Al Qadiri.
The PoMo Assortment, triggered by Monica and Ole Robert Reitan as well as featuring art work coming from REITAN’s collection, pays attention to range, creativity, as well as international representation. To resolve gender discrimination in museum compilations, at least 60% of its own achievements are committed to girls performers. The compilation consists of jobs by musicians including Louise Bourgeois, Katharina Fritsch, Simone Leigh, and Sol LeWitt.
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