india mahdavi to rejuvenate famous general post office as PoMo art museum in norway

.pomo museum to open in trondheim, norway Opening on 15 February 2025, PoMo is actually a new gallery in Trondheim, Norway, that will certainly deliver worldwide contemporary as well as present-day fine art to the coastal city via a long-lasting assortment as well as an evolving course of temporary exhibitions. Her initial gallery project, architect and also designer India Mahdavi will thoughfully completely transform Trondheim’s Craft Nouveau Post Office developing into a 4,000 sqm brand-new landmark over five floors, in partnership along with Norwegian designer Erik Langdalen. PoMo will open up along with a team exhibit titled ‘Postcards coming from the Future’, functioning February 15th– June 22nd, 2025.

The gallery is going to feature its own selection with permanent display screens as well as two large-scale annual exhibits, consisting of solo presentations and also thematic questionnaires. Attendee curators will team up with PoMo’s group to carry new point of views, as well as a global loaning system are going to sustain partnership. Activities and speaks will contextualize the exhibitions, and also a learning course will definitely engage kids, youth, as well as adults, with alliances planned with investigation institutions as well as universities.Ugo Rondinone, our magic hour, 2003.

PoMo collection, u00a9 Ugo Rondinone|graphic through Terje Trobe a cooperation in between india mahdvai as well as erik Langdalen Paris-based designer and developer India Mahdavi is actually starting her very first museum project along with the growth and improvement process of PoMo. Tasked along with building an outlook for the museum in alliance along with architect Erik Langdalen, Mahdavi has actually administered her signature technique to enhance the famous structure, constructed in 1911, right into a present-day room. PoMo is going to include 3 storeys of event galleries, to house both momentary events as well as irreversible selection displays a liquid and accepting entry room designed to malfunction barricades in between street, museum as well as arts pieces flexible basement spaces devoted to celebrations and education a collection and also study room in the eaves of the building as well as a reception room and office space on the top floor.

Drawing ideas coming from Trondheim’s cityscape and also background, and also Norwegian folk fine art and craftsmanship, and the heritage of the old post office property, India Mahdavi has designed a vibrant and also joyful renovation that celebrates in-between locations as much as exhibition rooms: strong, vivid seconds will accent PoMo coming from the basement to the fourth flooring, commonly triggered by arts pieces from the long-lasting assortment. ‘I desired this gallery to experience welcoming as well as broad, involving both the nearby area as well as the global craft group. It has to do with reconnecting the neighborhood community along with the metropolitan area center and also their personal past history, while simultaneously using a fresh expertise that accepts the planet.’ example u00a9 India Mahdavi Recognized for his thoughtful restoration and also conservation ventures, Erik Langdalen’s style for PoMo will certainly enable past to speak, whilst paying attention to the future.

Durability is at the cutting edge of Langdalen’s method, paying attention to the rehab and re-use of famous and pre-existing properties to minimize green house fuel emissions, produce historical anchoring and also rise social devotion. ‘When our team were taken part in 2021, I instantly recognized what ability the old primary general post office possessed as the setting for a brand new enthusiastic craft gallery like PoMo. The job of interweaving the distinguishing Art Nouveau construction along with brand new architecture and also new technological answers has actually been incredibly properly appealing, and also has actually resulted in a number of one-of-a-kind areas for future craft experiences.’ The India Mahdavi-designed PoMo will definitely release with Postcards coming from the Future, a team event featuring roughly 100 works by 24 global artists coming from its own brand new long-lasting selection as well as considerable global finances.

Extending all 3 show floors, the program attracts motivation from the building’s past as Trondheim’s previous core General post office, utilizing the postcard as a thematic metaphor. Like artworks, mails work as ships for social as well as personal narration. The exhibit will certainly feature pieces from the PoMo Collection together with noteworthy jobs through artists like Fischli &amp Weiss, Isa Genzken, Matthew Angelo Harrison, Catherine Opie, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Susan Rothenberg, Andy Warhol, as well as Monira Al Qadiri.

The PoMo Assortment, launched through Monica as well as Ole Robert Reitan as well as featuring artworks from REITAN’s assortment, pays attention to diversity, originality, as well as international representation. To address sex discrimination in gallery selections, at least 60% of its own achievements are committed to females performers. The selection includes jobs through performers like Louise Bourgeois, Katharina Fritsch, Simone Leigh, and Sol LeWitt.

u00a9 India MahdaviErik Langdalen|image u00a9 AHOIndia Mahdavi|image u00a9 Antoine Doyen job facts: label: PoMo architects/ designers: India Mahdavi|@indiamahdavi, Erik Langdalen place: Trondheim, Norway.