.pomo museum to open in trondheim, norway Opening on 15 February 2025, PoMo is a brand-new gallery in Trondheim, Norway, that will certainly bring international contemporary as well as contemporary craft to the coastal area by means of a long-term collection and also a growing program of short-term events. Her very first gallery project, designer and developer India Mahdavi will thoughfully enhance Trondheim's Fine art Nouveau General post office building in to a 4,000 square meters brand new landmark over 5 floors, in cooperation with Norwegian designer Erik Langdalen. PoMo will certainly open with a team exhibit titled 'Mails from the Future', operating February 15th-- June 22nd, 2025. The museum will definitely feature its own collection via long-term displays and pair of massive yearly exhibits, featuring solo discussions as well as thematic polls. Attendee conservators will collaborate along with PoMo's group to deliver fresh standpoints, and an international finance plan will certainly sustain collaboration. Celebrations and talks will definitely contextualize the exhibitions, and also an education and learning course will interact youngsters, young people, and also adults, with partnerships organized with investigation organizations and universities.Ugo Rondinone, our magic hr, 2003. PoMo assortment, u00a9 Ugo Rondinone|graphic by Terje Trobe a cooperation in between india mahdvai and erik Langdalen Paris-based engineer and professional India Mahdavi is actually plunging into her 1st gallery task along with the growth as well as improvement process of PoMo. Charged along with creating a goal for the gallery in alliance with designer Erik Langdalen, Mahdavi has actually administered her signature approach to enhance the famous structure, integrated in 1911, into a contemporary room. PoMo will include three floors of show exhibits, to house both momentary events as well as long-term collection shows a fluid and welcoming entry room created to break down barriers in between street, museum and also arts pieces pliable basement rooms committed to celebrations and also education a public library and research area in the eaves of the property and also a reception space and also office space on the top floor. Drawing motivation coming from Trondheim's cityscape and also past, in addition to Norwegian folk art as well as craftsmanship, and also the heritage of the outdated postal service property, India Mahdavi has created a lively as well as cheerful restoration that celebrates in-between areas as long as event rooms: vibrant, colorful minutes are going to punctuate PoMo from the cellar to the fourth floor, commonly switched on through arts pieces coming from the permanent compilation. 'I preferred this museum to feel welcoming and also inclusive, involving both the local area area as well as the global art crowd. It concerns reconnecting the nearby neighborhood along with the area facility and their very own record, while simultaneously providing a new expertise that accepts the planet.' illustration u00a9 India Mahdavi Understood for his helpful restoration and preservation projects, Erik Langdalen's layout for PoMo will permit past to speak, whilst focusing on the future. Sustainability goes to the leading edge of Langdalen's method, concentrating on the recovery as well as re-use of famous and pre-existing properties in order to lower green house gasoline emissions, generate historic anchoring and also increase social commitment. 'When our experts were actually engaged in 2021, I right away comprehended what possibility the old primary general post office had as the environment for a brand-new enthusiastic fine art gallery like PoMo. The work of weaving the distinct Craft Nouveau design along with brand-new construction as well as new technological solutions has actually been actually extremely expertly interesting, as well as has actually led to a variety of distinct rooms for potential fine art adventures.' The India Mahdavi-designed PoMo will definitely introduce along with Mails from the Future, a group exhibition including around 100 jobs through 24 international musicians coming from its new long-lasting selection and substantial worldwide lendings. Reaching all 3 show floors, the series draws ideas from the structure's history as Trondheim's previous central General post office, using the postcard as a particular analogy. Like arts pieces, mails act as ships for public and also exclusive storytelling. The exhibit is going to feature items coming from the PoMo Selection along with remarkable works through musicians such as 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 through Monica and also Ole Robert Reitan and also featuring art work coming from REITAN's assortment, focuses on variety, creativity, and also international portrayal. To attend to gender disparity in museum assortments, at the very least 60% of its acquisitions are actually devoted to ladies performers. The compilation includes works by performers such as Louise Bourgeois, Katharina Fritsch, Simone Leigh, and Sol LeWitt. u00a9 India MahdaviErik Langdalen|photo u00a9 AHOIndia Mahdavi|graphic u00a9 Antoine Doyen venture facts: name: PoMo architects/ designers: India Mahdavi|@indiamahdavi, Erik Langdalen site: Trondheim, Norway.