.pomo museum to open up in trondheim, norway Opening on 15 February 2025, PoMo is actually a brand-new gallery in Trondheim, Norway, that will carry global modern-day and also present-day craft to the coastal area via a permanent selection as well as a growing system of brief shows. Her very first gallery project, designer as well as developer India Mahdavi are going to thoughfully improve Trondheim's Craft Nouveau Postal service building into a 4,000 sqm new landmark over five floors, in partnership with Norwegian architect Erik Langdalen. PoMo is going to open up along with a group exhibit labelled 'Postcards coming from the Future', working February 15th-- June 22nd, 2025. The gallery will display its own assortment with long-term displays and also 2 massive yearly shows, consisting of solo presentations as well as particular studies. Guest managers will definitely collaborate with PoMo's team to carry new viewpoints, and also a worldwide lender course will bring up partnership. Events and talks are going to contextualize the exhibitions, as well as an education and learning system are going to interact kids, youth, and also grownups, with collaborations prepared with analysis companies and also universities.Ugo Rondinone, our magic hour, 2003. PoMo selection, u00a9 Ugo Rondinone|image by Terje Trobe a partnership between india mahdvai as well as erik Langdalen Paris-based architect and also professional India Mahdavi is plunging into her first museum venture along with the progression and also restoration process of PoMo. Charged along with building a concept for the gallery in relationship along with architect Erik Langdalen, Mahdavi has actually used her trademark method to completely transform the historical property, built in 1911, into a contemporary space. PoMo is going to consist of three floors of show galleries, to house both short-term exhibits and permanent compilation displays a fluid and also inviting item room created to break barriers in between road, gallery and artworks adaptable basement areas dedicated to events as well as education and learning a library and research study space in the eaves of the building and also a receiving area as well as office on the top floor. Pulling inspiration coming from Trondheim's cityscape as well as history, and also Norwegian folk art and also craftsmanship, as well as the heritage of the old post office structure, India Mahdavi has actually created a vibrant as well as cheerful redesign that commemorates in-between locations as high as event areas: strong, colorful seconds will definitely accent PoMo from the cellar to the 4th floor, commonly turned on through arts pieces from the long-term assortment. 'I wanted this museum to really feel inviting and also inclusive, involving both the local area and the international craft group. It concerns reconnecting the regional community with the area center as well as their very own past history, while simultaneously offering a new expertise that invites the globe.' explanation u00a9 India Mahdavi Understood for his thoughtful restoration as well as conservation jobs, Erik Langdalen's design for PoMo are going to make it possible for record to speak, whilst concentrating on the future. Sustainability is at the forefront of Langdalen's technique, concentrating on the recovery and also re-use of historic as well as pre-existing structures if you want to minimize garden greenhouse gasoline emissions, develop historical anchoring and increase social commitment. 'When our experts were engaged in 2021, I quickly knew what ability the old primary general post office possessed as the environment for a brand new ambitious craft museum like PoMo. The job of interweaving the distinctive Craft Nouveau design along with brand new construction and also brand new technological remedies has actually been actually extremely expertly appealing, and has actually led to a lot of unique rooms for potential fine art adventures.' The India Mahdavi-designed PoMo will certainly launch with Postcards coming from the Future, a group exhibit featuring about one hundred works by 24 international musicians coming from its own new irreversible compilation and also significant international car loans. Covering all three event floors, the show draws ideas coming from the building's background as Trondheim's former core Postal service, utilizing the mail as a thematic analogy. Like artworks, postcards work as vessels for social and personal narration. The event will certainly consist of parts from the PoMo Collection together with distinctive works through artists including Fischli & Weiss, Isa Genzken, Matthew Angelo Harrison, Catherine Opie, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Susan Rothenberg, Andy Warhol, and also Monira Al Qadiri. The PoMo Selection, triggered by Monica as well as Ole Robert Reitan as well as including arts pieces from REITAN's assortment, focuses on diversity, originality, and worldwide portrayal. To address sex inequality in gallery assortments, at least 60% of its achievements are actually devoted to girls performers. The compilation consists of jobs by musicians including Louise Bourgeois, Katharina Fritsch, Simone Leigh, and also Sol LeWitt. u00a9 India MahdaviErik Langdalen|graphic u00a9 AHOIndia Mahdavi|image u00a9 Antoine Doyen job details: name: PoMo architects/ developers: India Mahdavi|@indiamahdavi, Erik Langdalen location: Trondheim, Norway.