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Indepth Arts News:
"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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