"Asbjorn Lonvig: Monumental Sculpture Dedicated to Red Cross Refugees"
2002-01-28 until 2002-02-01
Undervaerket Art Center
Randers, , DK Denmark

In January 2002 Asbojn Lonvig will be a Visiting Teacher in a project called Stories, from ear to eye where he will inspire refugees to create a huge sculpture and present an exhibition for this sculpture. Once the project is complete the participants are now artists, not refugees. At the same time Lonvig will interview these new artists about their lives, print these stories and place them inside the sculpture. The stories will be presented in an e-book on the artists and the Red Cross web sites.

As Asborjn Lonvig states,My idea is to make a huge sculpture in simple shapes and bright colors, an optimistic sculpture and put the refugees bad memories inside the sculpture. Not to forget their past, it can not be forgotten, bud to make a emblem in their minds, which will pop up before or at the same time as the bad memories. The e-book will be illustrated by a lot of pictures of the genesis of the sculpture. The sculpture will be built of water proof materials in order to be exhibited outdoor later. I know these are high ambitions, but that is what art is for. A part of the project is of course to communicate this vision to the Danish Society - that is why we make the exhibition. Jorgen Poulsen, Red Cross Denmark or Bertel Haarder, Minister of Refugees etc. will be asked to open the exhibition.

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