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india mahdavi to restore historic general post office as PoMo art gallery in norway

.pomo museum to open up in trondheim, norway Opening on 15 February 2025, PoMo is a brand new museum in Trondheim, Norway, that will definitely carry global modern and modern art to the seaside city with an irreversible selection as well as a developing program of momentary exhibits. Her 1st gallery project, engineer and also professional India Mahdavi will thoughfully improve Trondheim's Craft Nouveau Postal service creating in to a 4,000 square meters brand new spots over 5 floors, in collaboration with Norwegian designer Erik Langdalen. PoMo is going to open up along with a team exhibition entitled 'Postcards from the Future', running February 15th-- June 22nd, 2025. The museum will definitely display its selection with irreversible screens and 2 large-scale annual exhibits, including solo discussions and also particular surveys. Guest managers are going to collaborate along with PoMo's group to take fresh viewpoints, and an international borrowing program will definitely nourish collaboration. Occasions as well as talks will certainly contextualize the exhibits, as well as a learning program will definitely engage children, young people, as well as grownups, along with collaborations prepared along with analysis organizations and also universities.Ugo Rondinone, our magic hr, 2003. PoMo compilation, u00a9 Ugo Rondinone|photo by Terje Trobe a partnership in between india mahdvai as well as erik Langdalen Paris-based engineer as well as designer India Mahdavi is embarking on her 1st museum venture with the progression as well as restoration procedure of PoMo. Charged with creating a concept for the gallery in collaboration along with architect Erik Langdalen, Mahdavi has actually administered her trademark technique to enhance the historic structure, installed 1911, right into a modern area. PoMo will definitely include three floors of show showrooms, to house both momentary exhibitions and also long-term assortment displays a fluid and inviting item space created to break down obstacles in between road, gallery and also art work pliable basement rooms devoted to activities and also education and learning a library and also study space in the eaves of the structure and a reception space and also office space on the top floor. Attracting creativity from Trondheim's cityscape as well as history, as well as Norwegian folk craft and also workmanship, and the heritage of the old general post office property, India Mahdavi has actually made a vivid and also cheerful remodelling that celebrates in-between locations as high as show rooms: strong, colorful moments will definitely punctuate PoMo from the basement to the 4th flooring, often switched on through arts pieces from the long-term assortment. 'I desired this gallery to feel welcoming as well as comprehensive, engaging both the local community and also the international art group. It's about reconnecting the local area area with the urban area center and also their own past, while simultaneously supplying a fresh expertise that invites the globe.' sample u00a9 India Mahdavi Recognized for his helpful repair as well as conservation jobs, Erik Langdalen's style for PoMo will certainly permit background to communicate, whilst paying attention to the future. Durability is at the forefront of Langdalen's strategy, paying attention to the treatment as well as re-use of famous and also pre-existing buildings so as to decrease garden greenhouse gasoline emissions, produce historical anchoring as well as rise social dedication. 'When we were taken part in 2021, I immediately comprehended what capacity the aged primary postal service had as the setup for a brand new enthusiastic craft museum like PoMo. The work of interweaving the unique Craft Nouveau architecture alongside brand-new construction as well as new technical answers has been actually quite properly interesting, and has resulted in a variety of unique rooms for future art knowledge.' The India Mahdavi-designed PoMo are going to launch with Postcards from the Future, a team exhibition featuring around 100 jobs by 24 international artists coming from its new irreversible compilation and considerable international car loans. Spanning all 3 exhibit floorings, the program attracts ideas coming from the building's background as Trondheim's previous core General post office, using the mail as a thematic analogy. Like art work, mails serve as vessels for social and also exclusive narration. The exhibit will feature parts coming from the PoMo Assortment along with significant jobs by musicians like Fischli &amp 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 including art work from REITAN's assortment, pays attention to diversity, creativity, and worldwide depiction. To take care of sex disparity in museum compilations, at least 60% of its own acquisitions are actually committed to ladies musicians. The collection includes jobs through artists like Louise Bourgeois, Katharina Fritsch, Simone Leigh, and also Sol LeWitt. u00a9 India MahdaviErik Langdalen|graphic u00a9 AHOIndia Mahdavi|photo u00a9 Antoine Doyen project facts: label: PoMo engineers/ professionals: India Mahdavi|@indiamahdavi, Erik Langdalen site: Trondheim, Norway.