.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 carry worldwide present day and also modern art to the seaside city through a permanent selection as well as an advancing course of short-term exhibitions. Her very first museum project, architect and professional India Mahdavi are going to thoughfully improve Trondheim’s Fine art Nouveau Postal service creating into a 4,000 square meters brand-new landmark over five floors, in collaboration along with Norwegian engineer Erik Langdalen. PoMo is going to open up with a team exhibit labelled ‘Postcards from the Future’, running February 15th– June 22nd, 2025.
The museum will certainly feature its compilation through irreversible displays and also two massive annual exhibitions, featuring solo discussions and thematic polls. Guest conservators will certainly team up with PoMo’s group to bring fresh perspectives, and also an international loaning course will sustain cooperation. Events and also speaks will definitely contextualize the exhibitions, and an education plan will interact little ones, youth, and grownups, along with partnerships considered along with investigation companies as well as universities.Ugo Rondinone, our magic hr, 2003.
PoMo selection, u00a9 Ugo Rondinone|graphic through Terje Trobe a cooperation in between india mahdvai and also erik Langdalen Paris-based engineer and developer India Mahdavi is plunging into her first gallery job along with the advancement as well as redesign procedure of PoMo. Tasked along with establishing a vision for the gallery in relationship with engineer Erik Langdalen, Mahdavi has actually applied her trademark strategy to transform the historic property, constructed in 1911, in to a contemporary space. PoMo will include 3 floors of show showrooms, to house both brief shows and also irreversible selection screens a liquid as well as welcoming entry space developed to break barricades in between street, gallery and also arts pieces adaptable cellar areas committed to activities as well as learning a public library and study space in the eaves of the building and also a reception space as well as workplace on the top floor.
Pulling ideas from Trondheim’s cityscape as well as history, in addition to Norwegian folk craft as well as workmanship, and also the legacy of the outdated general post office building, India Mahdavi has actually developed a vivid and joyful renovation that celebrates in-between regions as high as exhibit areas: daring, colorful seconds are going to accent PoMo coming from the cellar to the fourth flooring, typically switched on by artworks coming from the long-lasting assortment. ‘I preferred this museum to experience inviting and also inclusive, involving both the local community and the global art crowd. It concerns reconnecting the nearby neighborhood along with the area centre and their personal background, while all at once giving a new expertise that accepts the globe.’ explanation u00a9 India Mahdavi Recognized for his considerate repair and conservation ventures, Erik Langdalen’s style for PoMo will definitely permit background to speak, whilst focusing on the future.
Sustainability is at the leading edge of Langdalen’s strategy, concentrating on the treatment as well as re-use of historical and pre-existing properties in order to decrease garden greenhouse fuel discharges, create historic anchoring and boost social commitment. ‘When our company were engaged in 2021, I right away understood what ability the aged major post office possessed as the environment for a new eager craft museum like PoMo. The job of weaving the distinguishing Art Nouveau architecture alongside brand new design and also new technological services has been incredibly properly appealing, as well as has actually resulted in a number of unique areas for future art knowledge.’ The India Mahdavi-designed PoMo will definitely launch with Mails coming from the Future, a group exhibit including roughly 100 jobs through 24 global performers coming from its new permanent assortment and considerable international loans.
Extending all three exhibit floorings, the show draws inspiration coming from the building’s past history as Trondheim’s former core Postal service, using the mail as a thematic allegory. Like arts pieces, postcards function as vessels for social as well as personal storytelling. The show will certainly feature pieces from the PoMo Assortment alongside noteworthy jobs by musicians including 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, launched by Monica as well as Ole Robert Reitan as well as including art work coming from REITAN’s collection, focuses on diversity, originality, and international portrayal. To deal with sex discrimination in museum assortments, at the very least 60% of its acquisitions are dedicated to ladies performers. The selection consists of works by performers such as Louise Bourgeois, Katharina Fritsch, Simone Leigh, as well as Sol LeWitt.
u00a9 India MahdaviErik Langdalen|photo u00a9 AHOIndia Mahdavi|image u00a9 Antoine Doyen project info: name: PoMo designers/ professionals: India Mahdavi|@indiamahdavi, Erik Langdalen place: Trondheim, Norway.