.pomo museum to open in trondheim, norway Opening on 15 February 2025, PoMo is actually a brand-new museum in Trondheim, Norway, that are going to deliver international present day and also modern art to the seaside urban area through a long-term compilation as well as a developing plan of short-term exhibits. Her initial museum job, architect and also designer India Mahdavi will thoughfully transform Trondheim's Craft Nouveau Post Office developing right into a 4,000 square meters brand new spots over five floorings, in collaboration along with Norwegian architect Erik Langdalen. PoMo will open along with a group exhibition titled 'Mails from the Future', working February 15th-- June 22nd, 2025. The gallery will display its assortment through long-term display screens and also 2 large-scale yearly events, featuring solo presentations and also particular questionnaires. Attendee curators will definitely collaborate with PoMo's crew to take new perspectives, and an international loan system will certainly sustain collaboration. Celebrations and also speaks are going to contextualize the shows, as well as an education system are going to engage kids, young people, as well as adults, with partnerships planned with research study companies and also universities.Ugo Rondinone, our magic hour, 2003. PoMo selection, u00a9 Ugo Rondinone|picture by Terje Trobe a collaboration in between india mahdvai and also erik Langdalen Paris-based architect and also professional India Mahdavi is actually embarking on her first gallery project along with the progression as well as restoration method of PoMo. Entrusted with creating a vision for the gallery in partnership along with engineer Erik Langdalen, Mahdavi has actually applied her trademark technique to change the historic structure, constructed in 1911, in to a modern space. PoMo will certainly feature three floors of exhibit showrooms, to house both momentary exhibitions and long-lasting collection shows a fluid and also accepting item room designed to break down barriers in between road, gallery as well as art work versatile cellar rooms committed to events and education and learning a library and analysis area in the eaves of the structure as well as a receiving room and office on the top floor. Attracting inspiration from Trondheim's cityscape and past history, as well as Norwegian folk craft as well as craftsmanship, and also the legacy of the old post office property, India Mahdavi has made a lively and also cheerful redesign that commemorates in-between locations as long as event spaces: vibrant, multicolored moments will accent PoMo from the cellar to the 4th floor, often switched on by arts pieces coming from the long-term assortment. 'I desired this museum to really feel welcoming and also inclusive, interacting both the nearby community and also the international fine art group. It's about reconnecting the local area neighborhood with the metropolitan area facility and also their very own history, while simultaneously delivering a fresh experience that accepts the globe.' illustration u00a9 India Mahdavi Understood for his considerate renovation and also preservation projects, Erik Langdalen's layout for PoMo will definitely make it possible for history to speak, whilst paying attention to the future. Sustainability goes to the center of Langdalen's strategy, focusing on the recovery as well as re-use of famous and pre-existing properties to minimize greenhouse gasoline exhausts, create historical anchoring and boost social devotion. 'When we were participated in 2021, I instantly understood what capacity the old principal general post office possessed as the environment for a brand-new ambitious craft museum like PoMo. The work of weaving the distinguishing Fine art Nouveau architecture together with new construction as well as brand-new technological services has actually been actually extremely professionally appealing, as well as has led to a variety of one-of-a-kind spaces for future fine art adventures.' The India Mahdavi-designed PoMo will certainly release along with Mails coming from the Future, a group exhibition featuring roughly one hundred works by 24 global musicians from its brand new long-term selection and also considerable worldwide lendings. Extending all three show floorings, the series attracts inspiration coming from the building's past history as Trondheim's former main Post Office, making use of the mail as a thematic allegory. Like artworks, postcards serve as vessels for social as well as personal storytelling. The show will feature items from the PoMo Assortment alongside significant works by performers like Fischli & Weiss, Isa Genzken, Matthew Angelo Harrison, Catherine Opie, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Susan Rothenberg, Andy Warhol, and also Monira Al Qadiri. The PoMo Selection, started by Monica and also Ole Robert Reitan as well as featuring artworks coming from REITAN's selection, focuses on range, creativity, and also worldwide portrayal. To address sex discrimination in gallery compilations, a minimum of 60% of its own acquisitions are actually committed to females performers. The assortment consists of jobs by musicians like Louise Bourgeois, Katharina Fritsch, Simone Leigh, as well as Sol LeWitt. u00a9 India MahdaviErik Langdalen|graphic u00a9 AHOIndia Mahdavi|photo u00a9 Antoine Doyen venture information: title: PoMo engineers/ professionals: India Mahdavi|@indiamahdavi, Erik Langdalen location: Trondheim, Norway.