.pomo gallery to open up in trondheim, norway Opening on 15 February 2025, PoMo is actually a new gallery in Trondheim, Norway, that will certainly bring worldwide present day and modern craft to the coastal area via a long-term assortment and an evolving program of short-term exhibitions. Her very first gallery project, engineer as well as developer India Mahdavi are going to thoughfully change Trondheim’s Craft Nouveau Post Office constructing in to a 4,000 sqm brand new landmark over 5 floorings, in cooperation with Norwegian designer Erik Langdalen. PoMo will open up along with a team event titled ‘Postcards from the Future’, functioning February 15th– June 22nd, 2025.
The gallery will definitely feature its own compilation via long-lasting shows as well as 2 massive annual exhibits, including solo discussions and also thematic polls. Visitor curators will definitely collaborate with PoMo’s staff to deliver new point of views, and also an international lender program will sustain collaboration. Activities as well as speaks will certainly contextualize the shows, and also an education system are going to interact youngsters, young people, as well as adults, with collaborations planned along with study companies and universities.Ugo Rondinone, our magic hr, 2003.
PoMo collection, u00a9 Ugo Rondinone|graphic by Terje Trobe a partnership between india mahdvai as well as erik Langdalen Paris-based designer and designer India Mahdavi is actually plunging into her 1st museum project along with the growth as well as improvement method of PoMo. Entrusted along with building an outlook for the museum in relationship along with architect Erik Langdalen, Mahdavi has used her trademark method to transform the famous property, built in 1911, right into a contemporary space. PoMo will certainly include three storeys of event showrooms, to house both brief exhibits and also long-lasting compilation screens a fluid as well as accepting item space made to malfunction obstacles between street, museum and also artworks pliable basement areas committed to events and also education a library and investigation space in the eaves of the structure and a receiving room and office space on the attic.
Pulling creativity from Trondheim’s cityscape as well as record, and also Norwegian folk fine art and workmanship, as well as the legacy of the old general post office property, India Mahdavi has made a lively and also joyful restoration that celebrates in-between places as high as show areas: strong, vibrant moments are going to accent PoMo from the basement to the fourth floor, usually turned on through arts pieces coming from the long-term selection. ‘I preferred this gallery to feel welcoming and also broad, engaging both the local community and the international craft crowd. It concerns reconnecting the local area area with the metropolitan area facility and their own history, while all at once delivering a new adventure that welcomes the globe.’ illustration u00a9 India Mahdavi Understood for his considerate renovation as well as conservation jobs, Erik Langdalen’s layout for PoMo will certainly make it possible for record to talk, whilst paying attention to the future.
Durability is at the leading edge of Langdalen’s strategy, focusing on the recovery and re-use of famous as well as pre-existing structures if you want to minimize greenhouse fuel discharges, make historical anchoring as well as boost social commitment. ‘When our team were actually engaged in 2021, I instantly knew what ability the aged primary general post office had as the environment for a new ambitious craft museum like PoMo. The work of weaving the distinguishing Craft Nouveau architecture alongside brand-new architecture and also brand-new technological solutions has actually been actually quite properly engaging, and also has actually resulted in an amount of unique areas for potential craft expertises.’ The India Mahdavi-designed PoMo will definitely introduce with Postcards from the Future, a team exhibition including about 100 works through 24 international artists coming from its new irreversible compilation as well as notable worldwide financings.
Stretching over all 3 show floorings, the show pulls inspiration from the property’s record as Trondheim’s previous core General post office, making use of the mail as a particular metaphor. Like arts pieces, postcards work as ships for social as well as personal narration. The exhibition will definitely consist of parts coming from the PoMo Collection alongside distinctive works through musicians such as Fischli & Weiss, Isa Genzken, Matthew Angelo Harrison, Catherine Opie, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Susan Rothenberg, Andy Warhol, and also Monira Al Qadiri.
The PoMo Compilation, launched through Monica and Ole Robert Reitan and also including art work coming from REITAN’s assortment, pays attention to range, creativity, and worldwide representation. To attend to gender inequality in gallery compilations, at least 60% of its own acquisitions are devoted to females artists. The selection features works through artists such as Louise Bourgeois, Katharina Fritsch, Simone Leigh, and Sol LeWitt.
u00a9 India MahdaviErik Langdalen|image u00a9 AHOIndia Mahdavi|picture u00a9 Antoine Doyen venture facts: label: PoMo designers/ developers: India Mahdavi|@indiamahdavi, Erik Langdalen place: Trondheim, Norway.