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Rainbow Soccer by Asbjorn Lonvig

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:35:29 MST

Desmond Tutu the archbishop emeritus named South Africas People the Rainbow Nation. The Rainbow Nation and the Rainbow Continent welcome the Rainbow Football.

Jaco in South Africa by Asbjorn Lonvig

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:13:03 MST

Hi, I am a Grey Parrot and I live in the Monte Casino Bird Park in Johannesburg.
My name is Jaco.
Every Wednesdays I fly to Cape Town to visit my cousins.
I love flying and I enjoy the magnificent scenery of South Africa and talk to all my animal friends during the trip. Zebras, Flamingos, Penguins, Elephants, Giraffes, and not forgetting the king of the animals, King Lion III.
Last Wednesday I saw people were building new stadiums. The soccer world cup is being held in South Africa in 2010. The world is coming home to Africa, the cradle of humankind, the place where the story of our species started. It is - you could say - the home of all humanity.
The first animal I spotted from up there was Zebastian the Zebra. He is proudly holding up the flag of the Republic of South Africa. You can see Zebastian in the top left-hand corner with the flag. He knows about what the colors of the Republic of South Africa's flag symbolize:
Red symbolizes the struggle for freedom,
Black and White symbolize the different peoples of South Africa,
Yellow symbolizes the countrys mineral wealth, and
Green and Blue symbolize the countrys fertility and its magnificent scenery and wildlife.
Zebastian has two zebra friends. They are looking forward to attending the soccer world cup.

The Rainbow Flamingos have an interesting story to tell. Desmond Tutu - you know, the former archbishop who is always smiling, called South Africas people the Rainbow Nation. That was because of the countrys wonderfully diverse, colourful, and utterly unique society.
Not only that, but South Africas National Motto is "Unity in Diversity".

The two Rainbow Flamingos made a Rainbow Football - a Rainbow Soccer Ball - to celebrate the Rainbow Nation and its wonderful motto.
Zebras and Flamingos are very common in South Africa. But you might not have expected Penguins. Penguins live in Australia, South America, and South Africa - not just the South Pole. The Penguin P is showing us Africa, and pointing out where South Africa is situated.

As I flew over the savannah I spotted Tall Charlie, who is a giraffe. Tall Charlies favorite food is the acacia tree and its leaves. He can easily manage to eat leaves 18 feet off the ground.
Normally giraffes have brown spots. Tall Charlie however has red spots. On New Years Eve a few years ago, a hunter had a pot of red paint - and he wanted to have some fun. One, Two, Three - soon he had painted Tall Charlies spots red!
Tall Charlie was amused - the red spots could easily be removed, he thought. But as things turned out - the red paint would not come off.
And a few months later Tal Charlie had a son. His name was Not So Tall Charlie and he had red spots, too&
So if you see a Giraffe with red spots in a Zoo or Circus or on the Savannah, you can be certain, it is Tall Charlie or one of his descendants.

As I flew back from Cape Town I followed the East coast of South Africa. I really enjoyed the spectacular Wilderness National Park between Cape Town and Port Elisabeth.
I saw four Baby Elephants dancing around the famous Baobab Tree. This famous tree is also called boab, boaboa, bottle tree, upside-down tree, and monkey bread tree.
Some baobabs are reputed to be many thousands of years old, which is however difficult to verify as the wood does not produce annual growth rings as trees do normally.

As I came back to Monte Casino Bird Park in Johannesburg I met Bernhard, the mischievous Monkey. He knows all about the soccer world cup tournament stadiums and has made his own map of the soccer world cup stadiums in South Africa.
The stadiums are in Cape Town, Durban, two in Johannesburg, Mangaung/Bloemfontein, Port Elizabeth, Nelspruit, Polokwane, Rustenburg, and Tshwane/Pretoria.

King Lion III, the king of the animals, has got the ultimate job.
He has been asked to present the trophy to the winner of the soccer world cup in South Africa.
I look forward to shaking hands with the Brazilians, said King Lion III with a crafty lion smile.

The Fittings Specialist and Robert Robot by Asbjorn Lonvig

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:32:31 MST

The Fittings Specialist and Robert Robot

The Fittings Specialist by Asbjorn Lonvig

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:25:30 MST

The Fittings Specialist and Robert Robot

Robert Robot by Asbjorn Lonvig

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:01:48 MST

The Fittings Specialist and Robert Robot

Little Belt Bridge - Sunrise by Asbjorn Lonvig

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:46:23 MST

A bridge between Jutland and Funen in Denmark. Just after sunrise.

The Blue Cow and The Red Carrot by Asbjorn Lonvig

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:11:55 MST

This is about teaching young kids about how much CO2 is released from production and consuming foods. The Blue Cow and the Red Carrot hold a chart (Source: www.fvm.dk - Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries. Foodstuffs climate imprint.) that shows foodstuff climate imprint. Unfortunately the Blue Cow has the highest foodstuff climate imprint. The Red Carrot however has the lowest. The Blue Cow imprint is 200 times higher that the imprint of the Red Carrot. Then remember when you go to a restaurant and want to reduce CO2 release your medium rare steak must be subtituted by a medium rare carrot.

Toro Toro by Asbjorn Lonvig

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:58:02 MST

Probably the first neoclassical Spanish rock opera instrumental with Arabic overtones ever written.

Bridgetown Crossover by Asbjorn Lonvig

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:53:13 MST

Bridgetown Crossover. Portland in Oregon is famous for its bridges at least 15 there are. Portland has therefore got the nickname Bridgetown. A name ending on town is a good music name. Just think of Motown. John Dodge is producing crossover music, that is music blended from different genres.

Golden Gay by Asbjorn Lonvig

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:43:26 MST

You will see the rainbow flag in many places in San Francisco. The gays have adopted this flag as a gay identification. The art work Golden Gay is inspired by the gay society in San Francisco.

Blog Entry - September 08, 2008

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:15:37 MST

New kids' clothing brand LONVIG by MINYMO - Autumn 2008 Collection

In Aarhus, Denmark at Café Slabberas on 6 September 2008.

Today my destination was Aarhus. At Café Slabberas, 26 Frederiksgade in Aarhus at 10 a.m.

It was early in the morning.

I was preparing myself for the event.

My wife rushed into the gallery where I was - she had heard some "voices".

Calm down, calm down - it is nothing but me practicing - reading out loud the fairy tale "Lucca and Sam in the Zoo...".

After a couple of rehearsals I was confident.

At Café Slabberas I was welcomed by beautiful ladies.

A computer with fast internet was ready.

Everything was ready.

Depending on what happened, I had 3 possibilities.

Reading out loud, signing the mini poster "9 Bernhards" and showing www.LONVIG-by-MINYMO.com on the internet.

Signing of mini poster "9 Bernhards" was a hit. This was what I spent most of the time doing this 6 September 2008 in Aarhus.

I contacted the parents, wrote the name of their child down at the left and signed down to the right.

This was the perfect way to enter a conversation, and when I told that the new kids' clothing brand LONVIG by MINYMO was based on my fairy tales and fairy tale character - a very positive contact was established. And I probably talked, and talked, and talked...

For a start the computer was used - but it was not necessary to pass the message.

I talked to a Chinese, I talked to a German, I talked to one from Greenland and one from my home city Hedensted. I talked to one from Frederikshavn and a lot from Aarhus. Among the people from Aarhus there was one from a kindergarten.

I asked all of them to take a closer look at the wonderful kids' clothing in the LONVIG by MINYMO line.

I asked them to go home and read out loud my fairy tales on the web site.

I asked them to take a closer look at the web site with its book shop, shoe shop, poster shops, clock shop, fairy tale theatre, jigsaw puzzle games etc.

For a star I talked to people entering the second floor.

Later I went down into the outdoor Café Slabberas to ensure that all visitors got a poster for their children.

I talked to a granddad - he was an IT nerd - I showed the fairy tale theatre to him. This granddad had 3 grand kids and there is no doubt that he soon has built fairy tale theatres for them.

A young lady, she was called Karin, she owned a poster store at Sct. Clemens Torv not far away. She loved Bernhard. I have sent an e-mail to her and we will see what happens.

Only one "9 Bernhards" mini poster was left at closing time. At 4 p.m.

The last poster was dedicated Tristan and his parents. But they did not show up.

I'll see to that Tristan gets his poster.

I had talked to people since 10 a.m. - interrupted only by a wonderful brunch, which Café Slabberas served.

And then an unknown number of espressos and café americanos during the day.

I was tired but very happy, that my message was passed so very easily.

When you do such things - and especially if you are a little aggressive - you might have a negative response from some.

Not one responded negatively - everybody was happy and thanked me for doing it...

Super!

Sincerely,

Asbjorn Lonvig

Lille Fejringhus

43 Fejringhusvej

8722 Hedensted

Denmark

+45 7589 0477

lonvig@mail.dk

And now I am very excited to hear the response from the 58 image projector show with Beatles music on church organ which started on 29 August 2008.

It has been shown every night at 9 p.m. during the Aarhus Festival. The Aarhus Festival ends 7 September 2008.

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Blog Entry - August 26, 2008

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:35:21 MST

New organic kids' clothing brand LONVIG by MINYMO,

based on Danish fairy tale writer and illustrator Asbjorn Lonvig's

fairy tales and fairy tale characters, is now in stores and internet stores. Size 74 to 110.

The autumn 2008 line introduces the fairy tale character Bernhard, a whimsical monkey.

See more about it on www.LONVIG-by-MINYMO.com.

Among other things you can read and download the fairy tales.

See where you can buy the kids' clothing - in stores or internet stores - click here.

If you are a store, an internet store or an agent please contact LONVIG by MINYMO (Export Manager Jesper Maansson's e-mail address)

for authorization to sell the brand.

Below you can see photos of wonderful kids in the amazing kids' clothing:

Blog Entry - October 07, 2007

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 10:22:14 MST

I am continuously trying to find new ways to communicate art.
On 24 August 2007 during the Hedensted by Night festival, I and organist Carsten Thomsen performed an ART EVENT.
It started shortly after sunset at 9.05 p.m. and it ended with a fireworks display at 11 p.m.
By means of a projector, a computer and other equipment I showed my recent art works in size 20 x 30 feet on the top of the crystal white Hedensted Church Tower.
At the same time organist Carsten Thomsen played an organ concert.
Beatles music of course.

A brand new composition of 18 Beatles melodies was created for this purpose.
This composition is conceived and performed from the point of departure which my art represents Colorful Simplicity.
Never before has Beatles music been interpreted in this way. Colorful Simplicity.
The Beatles' music is played very true to the Beatles' original concept of the music, but without the organist focusing on anything else but communicating the Beatles' music to the audience melodically in a seemingly effortless performance.
Very close to the essential ideas of the Beatles music are the ideas of my art.

I had the idea about this Art Event and the Parochial Church Council of Hedensted Church has supported the idea all the way through, morally and financially.
The council's intention was to emphasize the roomy church, the roomy Christianity.
To emphasize that the church is a cultural centre on many levels.

120 art works in 7 categories were shown in 2 sessions of 40 minutes leaving 20 seconds to show each art work on the church tower:
Christ and Christianity: Christ, Christ Blue, San Francesco, Adam and God inspired by Michelangelo's Creation of Adam on the ceiling of The Sistine Chapel in the Vatican in Rome, Sagrada Familia by Gaudi etc.
New Hedensted Motifs: Interpretation of the huge metallic sculpture by the motor way (by Asbjorn Lonvig), The Mayor's Wife's Golf Hat, The TV2 Antenna at Kragelund Common, The Windmill at Agersboel Manor House, Agersboel Manor House, Hedensted Church The Priest's Tie, The Sexton's Mug, Postcard to Ant Oda, US Postal Stamp with Hedensted Church, Oester Snede Church, Sindbjerg Church, Williamsborg Manor House, Korning Church, inspiration from Gl. Sole etc.
Motifs from the surrounding area: Vejle, Haderslev, Aarhus etc...Vejle Inlet Bridge, Niels Kjeldsens Helmet, The Egtved Girl's Belt, Boerkop Water Mill, Haderslev Cathedral, Cafe Faust, 22 North Street (Jyske Bank), 7 North Street (Kreditforeningen Danmark), Aros Aarhus Art Museum, The City Hall Tower in Aarhus, Aarhus Theatre, The Mansard House in The Old Town in Aarhus, Marselisborg Palace, Aarhus Cathedral, St. Clemens Courtyard, 1 Cathedral Place (Nykredit)
Beautiful houses in the surrounding area: Churches, Palaces, Manor Houses....Oerumgaard Manor House, Rohden Manor House, Ussinggaard Manor House, Loendal Manor House etc.
Denmark: Christiansborg Palace, Erich Erichsens Mansion at the Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen (Den Danske Bank), 2 Guardsmen, The Ugly Duckling, Post Denmarks Post Box, Tranekaer Palace, Koldinghus Castle Ruin etc.
The world: Guggenheim? in New York, Victorian house in San Francisco, Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay Area, Killer Wales in The Pacific Ocean, Grand Canyon seen from a helicopter, Chicagos Gangster Past in 1920s, Canadian Maple Leaves, Toronto Skyline, Thunderbird from British Columbia, Mona from Paris, Champs Elysees in Paris, Septumus Severus Arch in Roman Forum, Rome, Spanish Bull, Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtnis Kirche in Berlin etc.
The Mystery of The Orient: Is the theme of Hedensted by Night...motifs from Fujiyama, Tokyo, The Wall of China, Shanghai, Mount Everest, Mediterranean etc.

As a spectator you saw these motifs quietly slide across the church tower while the Beatles music was sent out over huge loudspeakers from Nordic Rentals A/S.

Nordic Rental A/S.
Nordic Rentals A/S is one of Denmarks leading rental and production companies within the field of technology for show business.
Nordic Rentals provide solutions which include budgeting, dimensioning, planning, rental, crew, transport and on site project management, while also possessing considerable experience from the planning and running of tours and other events internationally.
Nordic Rentals assume responsibility for all aspects of the heavy backstage work which goes into creating the perfect concert experience.

Nordic Rentals references show that Nordic Rentals A/S has the capacity and expertise needed to handle anything from the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen to major business conferences, fashion shows, theatre musicals and small scale solo performances.

The Beatles.
The Beatles music that was performed:
1) Yesterday
2) All My loving
3) A Hard Day's Night
4) Norwegian Wood
5) Blackbird
6) Eleanor Rigby
7) Penny Lane
8) With A Little Help from My Friends
9) Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
10) Leaving Home
11) A Day in the Life
12) Lady Madonna
13) All You Need is Love
14) The Fool on the Hill
15) Hey Jude
16) Let it Be
17) Imagine
18) When I'm 64 + Yesterday

There were two sessions with a break.
I showed my fairy tale characters during the brake: Octo-Pus the Cuttlefish, Crab-Mac-Claw the Crab, Frederic The Frog, Elias the Elephant, Farmer Jack etc.

We intend to explore the results of the synergy between my art and organist Carsten Thomsens Beatles inspired music in the near future.
More music composed in "colorful simplicity"?
A childrens song book with "colorful simplicity" songs based on my fairy tale characters and with whimsical texts?

The recording company REFLEKS considers publishing a DVD with the Beatles on organ and my show on the church tower. For this purpose the Beatles on organ might be directed even more towards "Colorful Simplicity".

Response - happy.
I'm so happy this event turned out to be a tremendous success.
Lots of people saw it.
People from Denmark and abroad said: "Great experience", "Wonderful" and much more.
"Inspiring", was a general feed back.

Letters, e-mail, phone calls tell me it was worth all the trouble.

Later in the evening the church disappeared in the dark night and you could see noting but the white screen with my art works in the sky and it seemed like the music made it fly.
And Peter O. was excited and he said: "Second to none, not even to Jean Michel Jarre".
Jean Michel Jarre is a famous French musician, who performs huge events using electronic music effects and light effects in spectacular places.

The minister who had supported the event in many ways was happily jumping up and down in the churchyard aisels smoking lots of cigarettes, mumbling strange words.

Our sound technician, who recently worked for Madonna and Rolling Stones was excited, too he shook my hand and said: "So cool".

You had to be present.
No photo, no CD, no video would ever be able to tell the story about this event.
You had to be present.
To see the art works in colorful simplicity shown on the church tower in simple shapes and bright colors, 120 motifs one by one every 20 seconds with a little bit of text.
To stand there listening to the Beatles music in colorful simplicity played expertly on the organ and presented in sublime sound quality in a specter of 50 to 18000 Hz.
To be present in a state of religious silence with this combination of impressions totally overwhelms you. So, the photos above only intend to document that the event took place. To the left "Vejle Inlet Bridge" projected on the church tower and to the right the organ virtuoso in action.

What's next - Thoughts?
Based on my cooperation with Nordic Rentals, which has powerful projectors (many times stronger than the one I used on the church tower) and huge screens, which can produce sound that makes birds somersault, which in short can support any event with sound and light.
Based on my cooperation with organist Carsten Thomsen.
Based on that most of my art is digital and can be projected anywhere.
The only limit is my imagination.......

The only limit is my imagination.
Every Thursday, starting tonight from 19 to 22, I'll show the images and play the music from the church tower art event as well as past and future art events in my gallery in "Lille Fejringhus". The art events are shown on a wide screen size 118.1 x 88.6 inches with a 3000 lumen HP projector and managed by a HP computer. The music is presented by a Bang & Olufsen stereo amplifier and 2 large loudspeakers.
And?
And?
And?
And?
An art event in Aarhus Cathedral showing my art works with Aarhus motifs and more on a huge screen in the square in front of the cathedral, while Carsten Thomsen skillfully plays the Beatles concert on the organ with loudspeakers in the square?
An art event in Haderslev Cathedral showing my art works with Haderslev motifs and more on a huge screen in the square in front the cathedral, while organist Carsten Thomsen skillfully plays the Beatles concert on the organ with loudspeakers in the square?
An art event in the Christiansborg Palace Church showing my art works and more on a huge screen in the square in front of the church, while organist Carsten Thomsen skillfully plays the Beatles concert on the organ with loudspeakers in the square?
And?
And?
And?
A huge white cloth waving in the wind hanging down as a screen to show my art works high above and across Fifth Avenue outside St. Patrick's Cathedral where organist Carsten Thomsen expertly plays the Beatles concert with loudspeaker on the pavements of Fifth Avenue?
And?
And?
And?
Auditoriums at US Colleges and Universities - followed by an interactive lecture?
And?
And?
And?

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Blog Entry - October 07, 2007

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 10:17:24 MST

You can order print on demand* directly
- in Seattle at Imagekind.com
- in Palo Alto at Zazzle.com (including T-shirts, ties, mugs, caps etc.)
- in Salt Lake City at ArtWanted.com
- in San Francisco at ArtistRising.com
- in New York City at FineArtAmerica.com (Asbjorn Lonvig)
- in New York City at FineArtAmerica.com (Lille Fejringhus Gallery)
- in Paris, France at Poosteers.com

*) Print on demand means:
You find the motif you want to buy on the internet,
you order it and you pay it with your creditcard,
the print in printed for you,
the print is sent to your address directly.

Blog Entry - March 09, 2007

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:33:08 MST

Art Gallery Support

Now Motifs to Children have been added.
Art Gallery Support is a new tool based on new technologies brought to art galleries from a unique triumvirate:
ImageKind.com, Seattle - Zazzle.com, San Jose - Asbjorn Lonvig

Art Gallery Support supports art galleries with facilities that makes it easy to order
ready to resell Asbjorn Lonvig motifs.
Art Gallery Support makes a large range of merchandise products to each motif available to art galleries.
Art galleries can customize these merchandise products with their name, exhibition information etc.
Among the merchandise products is an easy to customize poster.
Additional merchandise products are easily made available upon request.
An easy to customize brochure in a Word Document can be downloaded.

Supported are the best and most popular Asbjorn Lonvig motifs.
General motifs AND motifs to children.

Here are the general motifs:

See www.lonvig.dk/art-gallery-support.htm
for further information on general motifs.
AND.
Here are the motifs to children:

See www.lonvig.dk/art-gallery-support-motifs-to-children.htm
for further information on motifs to children.

Sincerely,
Asbjorn Lonvig
"Lille Fejringhus"
43 Fejringhusvej
8722 Hedensted
Denmark

Blog Entry - March 09, 2007

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:31:55 MST

Art Gallery Support
A new tool based on new technologies brought to art galleries from a unique triumvirate:
ImageKind.com, Seattle - Zazzle.com, San Jose - Asbjorn Lonvig

Art Gallery Support supports art galleries with facilities that makes it easy to order
ready to resell Asbjorn Lonvig motifs.
Art Gallery Support makes a large range of merchandise products to each motif available to art galleries.
Art galleries can customize these merchandise products with their name, exhibition information etc.
Among the merchandise products is an easy to customize poster.
Additional merchandise products are easily made available upon request.
An easy to customize brochure in a Word Document can be downloaded.

Below are the best and most popular Asbjorn Lonvig motifs, which are supported
by Art Gallery Support.

See www.lonvig.dk/art-gallery-support.htm for further information.

Sincerely,
Asbjorn Lonvig
"Lille Fejringhus"
43 Fejringhusvej
8722 Hedensted
Denmark

Blog Entry - March 09, 2007

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:30:53 MST

Buy Mugs with Asbjorn Lonvig Surround Art Motifs.
Buy the Mugs at Zazzle.com in San Jose, CA. There are more than 100 different Mugs.
Below I have selected a few - click on a Mug.

Have a nice day.

Sincerely,
Asbjorn Lonvig
artist, designer etc.
http://www.lonvig.dk/
http://www.lonvig.biz/

Blog Entry - March 09, 2007

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:29:56 MST

Buy Mouse Pads with Asbjorn Lonvig motifs.
Buy the Mouse Pads at Zazzle.com in San Jose, CA. There are more than 100 different Mouse Pads.
Below I have selected a few - click on a Mouse Pad.

Have a nice day.

Sincerely,
Asbjorn Lonvig
artist, designer etc.
http://www.lonvig.dk/
http://www.lonvig.dk/
http://www.lonvig.biz/

Blog Entry - March 09, 2007

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:28:54 MST

Buy Fairy Tale motifs printed on hats.
Motifs from my Fairy Tales.
Buy the hats at Zazzle.com in San Jose, CA - you can order more than 100 different hats.
Below I have selected a few - click on a hat.

Have a nice day.

Sincerely,
Asbjorn Lonvig
artist, designer etc.
http://www.lonvig.dk/
http://www.lonvig.dk/
http://www.lonvig.biz/

Blog Entry - March 09, 2007

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:27:44 MST

Buy Asbjorn Lonvig motifs printed on shirts.
You buy the shirts from Zazzle.com/lonvig* you can order more than 100 different motifs.
Below I have selected a few on which you can click and order directly.

Click on a motif!

You will find all my MERCHANDISE products on my web site or on Art Portals.
If you or your child want other of my motifs on shirts - just send me an e-mail.

Have a nice day.

Sincerely,
Asbjorn Lonvig
artist, designer etc.
http://www.lonvig.dk/
http://www.lonvig.dk/
http://www.lonvig.biz/

Zazzle.com is working with on-demand manufacturing
and they handle exhibiting my MERCHANDISE products, ordering, payment and delivery on your address...