Tuesday, February 15, 2005

Beijing...Cambridge...Dallas...run in Art News 16 February 2005.

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"in Beijing" is the title of this image. Once I went for a walk in Beijing - in China you know. Walking from one sightseeing to another. A Chinese boy followed me - walked besides me. He was cutting my silhouette with his scissors. We did not stop - we kept walking - rather quickly. Then the Chinese boy stopped me and he showed me the silhouette. I was amazed. And I bought the cut. I still don't understand, that the boy could do my silhouette so precise, so quick - walking fast. It took place in Tiananmen Square. My visit to Beijing was shortly after the blood shed in Tiananmen Square. The blood shed that has come to symbolize the triumph of the spirit over brute force. I was one of the fist people visiting China after these events. I'll tell you what "in Beijing" has to do with my new Corner Project, or we might more ambitiously call it my Channel Concept. It is about writing articles and other news in a blog exclusively used by me and the visitors of an online gallery, newsletter, newspaper, magazine or some other portal. Comments and questions from visitors will then create an Interactive Lecture like situation. The first project is launched tomorrow at ArtistsRepublik.com in Cambridge, UK. Yesterday I hosted a new domaine www.lonvig.org at Planet's in Dallas Texas. www.lonvig.org is primarily for promoting writings and lecturing. Finally I'll tell you how I obtain back linking to http://www.lonvig.org/.


An Asbjorn Lonvig Corner Project or Channel Concept. It is about writing articles and other news in a blog exclusively used by me and the visitors of an online gallery, newsletter, newspaper, magazine, or any other portal. Comments and questions from visitors will then create an Interactive Lecture like situation. The first project is launched tomorrow at ArtistsRepublik.com in Cambridge, UK. In cooperation with CEO Craig Cornwall from ArtistsRepublik.com I have developed the project. I have built a blog with a logo, I build it in www.blog.com, which generates RSS and ATOM news feeds and in the right side of the blog I create a link and a description of the client. When the blog has been submitted to 25 directories and aggregators (Feedster, Syndic8, Newsisfree, Newsknowledge, Moreover etc.) they are in many cases forwarded to search engines. Blogs and single posts are often found via search engines. Therefore I place the artistsrepublik.com's banner and link in the top of each post. This will generate a lot of traffic because of the great variety of words in the articles. The more articles on different subjects, the more traffic is generated to ArtistsRepublik.com. I'll post to the blog with articles and other news as often as I have agreed to with the client. Craig Cornwall have asked me to do it whenever I have any news. Even if my articles often are controversial they of course must not be detrimental to the client in any way. But. What the .... does "in Beijing" have to do with this? You see - "in Beijing" is the logo of the channel. The story about "in Beijing" will be the first post to the blog tomorrow. See ArtistsRepublik.com's Asbjorn Lonvig Corner.


"in Beijing" is an image from my China Selection - let me make a brief presentation:



What is http://www.lonvig.org/???


lonvig.org was launched yesterday with news, articles, blogs, storytelling, fairy tales, poems, interactive lectures - all my writings and lecturing. And of course an exclusive Art Exhibition of thoroughly selected art works. I have hosted www.lonvig.org at The Planet's in Dallas, Texas. The Planet's (http://www.theplanet.com/) data centers are among the best connected hosting facilities in the world. See the front page of www.lonvig.org. Colorful Simplicity in art as in life - to work in simple shapes and bright colors, even when you write, even when you play music, even when you.... Colorful Simplicity is what i do. The expectations to this new art initiative are high, high, high. It'll increase my internet presence enormously - I hope! I obtain back linking to www.lonvig.org by offering visitors to add an image on their web site. I have prepared the exact HTML with image, links etc.

See the five images
Victorian House - San Francisco USA
Queen Charlotte Sound - British Columbia Canada
Septimus Severus - Rome Italy
You raise me up - Jakarta Indonesia
Pig Faced Butterfly Fish - Noosa Queensland Australia

Wednesday, February 2, 2005

I loved your Blog "Once upon a time..."

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I loved your Blog about one project leading to another & another & so on!! Am in the middle of a difficult project & your Blog encouraged me!! I also grew up on the Andersen fairy tales & love them dearly! Thanks for a beautiful, colorful & dynamic dose of encouragement!!!



Ellen Fisch

Long Island

New York

BA in art from Brooklyn College

MA in art from New York University

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