.pomo gallery to open in trondheim, norway Opening on 15 February 2025, PoMo is actually a brand-new gallery in Trondheim, Norway, that will certainly take global present day and contemporary craft to the coastal city via a long-lasting compilation and also a progressing program of momentary events. Her 1st gallery job, engineer and also developer India Mahdavi will thoughfully change Trondheim's Craft Nouveau Post Office building right into a 4,000 square meters new landmark over 5 floors, in collaboration along with Norwegian designer Erik Langdalen. PoMo will certainly open up along with a group show labelled 'Mails coming from the Future', operating February 15th-- June 22nd, 2025. The gallery will certainly showcase its own compilation with long-lasting shows as well as 2 large-scale yearly exhibits, including solo discussions as well as particular polls. Guest curators will collaborate along with PoMo's team to take new viewpoints, and also a global loan system will definitely foster partnership. Celebrations as well as speaks will certainly contextualize the exhibitions, as well as an education system will definitely engage kids, young people, and also adults, along with collaborations considered along with research study companies and also universities.Ugo Rondinone, our magic hour, 2003. PoMo compilation, u00a9 Ugo Rondinone|graphic through Terje Trobe a collaboration between india mahdvai and also erik Langdalen Paris-based engineer as well as developer India Mahdavi is embarking on her very first gallery venture with the development as well as renovation method of PoMo. Tasked with establishing a goal for the gallery in alliance with designer Erik Langdalen, Mahdavi has used her trademark approach to enhance the historical structure, installed 1911, right into a contemporary room. PoMo will feature 3 floors of event exhibits, to house both short-term shows and irreversible selection display screens a liquid and also accepting entry area made to break down barricades in between road, gallery and artworks versatile basement rooms committed to events and also education and learning a public library as well as analysis room in the eaves of the structure as well as a reception space and office on the attic. Pulling inspiration coming from Trondheim's cityscape and also past, and also Norwegian folk craft and also workmanship, as well as the legacy of the aged general post office property, India Mahdavi has developed a vivid as well as cheerful renovation that commemorates in-between places as much as event rooms: daring, multicolored seconds will definitely punctuate PoMo from the basement to the 4th flooring, usually switched on by artworks coming from the irreversible compilation. 'I wanted this gallery to experience inviting and also comprehensive, interacting both the local area area and the global craft crowd. It concerns reconnecting the nearby area along with the metropolitan area center as well as their personal past, while at the same time delivering a new expertise that accepts the globe.' illustration u00a9 India Mahdavi Recognized for his helpful restoration and conservation projects, Erik Langdalen's layout for PoMo will make it possible for past history to speak, whilst paying attention to the future. Sustainability goes to the cutting edge of Langdalen's strategy, focusing on the rehabilitation and also re-use of famous and also pre-existing buildings if you want to reduce green house gas emissions, create historic anchoring as well as increase social dedication. 'When we were actually taken part in 2021, I instantly recognized what potential the aged primary general post office possessed as the setup for a new ambitious fine art museum like PoMo. The job of weaving the distinguishing Craft Nouveau construction along with new architecture as well as brand-new technical solutions has actually been actually extremely professionally engaging, and has actually led to a lot of special areas for future craft experiences.' The India Mahdavi-designed PoMo will certainly release along with Mails coming from the Future, a team exhibition including about one hundred jobs by 24 international performers coming from its new irreversible compilation and also notable international lendings. Spanning all 3 event floors, the program draws inspiration from the structure's past as Trondheim's previous core Post Office, making use of the mail as a particular analogy. Like arts pieces, mails work as vessels for public as well as exclusive narration. The show will include items from the PoMo Selection along with notable works through artists including Fischli & Weiss, Isa Genzken, Matthew Angelo Harrison, Catherine Opie, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Susan Rothenberg, Andy Warhol, and Monira Al Qadiri. The PoMo Compilation, started by Monica and Ole Robert Reitan and also featuring artworks coming from REITAN's collection, pays attention to diversity, creativity, and worldwide representation. To address sex discrimination in museum compilations, a minimum of 60% of its achievements are actually devoted to females musicians. The compilation consists of works by artists like Louise Bourgeois, Katharina Fritsch, Simone Leigh, and also Sol LeWitt. u00a9 India MahdaviErik Langdalen|picture u00a9 AHOIndia Mahdavi|image u00a9 Antoine Doyen project info: name: PoMo architects/ developers: India Mahdavi|@indiamahdavi, Erik Langdalen area: Trondheim, Norway.