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[February 28th 2002]
Pressrelease
Places of Worship
The Icelandic Love Corporation
March 2nd - March 22nd
Opening reception with performance March 2nd,
7-11pm
the leisure club MOGADISHNI
Artillerivej 40 house 9 stair b floor 4
DK 2300 Copenhagen
tel. +45 32 54 35 35
fax. +45 32 54 35 45
Wed thru Fri 12-5pm, sat 12-3pm
mail@mogadishni.com
www.mogadishni.com
It is a great pleasure to present the solo exhibition "Places
of Worship" by The Icelandic Love Corporation (Iceland). The
first exhibition by ILC in Denmark ever!
The Icelandic Love Corporation is a group of three artists; Sigrún
Hrólfsdóttir (1973), Jóní Jónsdóttir
(1972), and Eirún Sigurardóttir (1971). They have
been working together since they graduated from the Icelandic College
of Arts and Crafts in 1996. Since then they have lived and studied
in New York, Berlin, Copenhagen and Reykjavík and are now
famous for their performances and installations.
"Places of Worship": "In the inside world there are sacred
places. They range from being soft and light to hard and tough.
They are white punk. In the outside world, places of worship are
dangerous. A spiders web is a natural masterpiece, a beautiful construction,
a deathtrap ", ILC 2002.
"In a cynical, corrupt era the Icelandic Love Corporation stand
firm in their belief that love redeems us all. This is adhered to
without irony and in the full knowledge of the potential brutality
of the human race. That1s not to say they are serious about all
this. Their work is fueled by champagne, a natural capacity for
mayhem and a devout respect for Dolly Parton. From the beginning,
their performances have been marked by an irreverence for the traditional
gravity of the art form and an unusual and touching affection for
their audience. It1s as if they really want to communicate. In the
work that brought them to national attention in Iceland they kissed
each other live on television before one of them pressed her lips
to the screen and kissed the entire nation".
(from unconditional love (and the corporate stance), Francis
Mckee, 2002.
At the opening The Icelandic Love Corporation will do the performance
"Melody".
We welcome you in the gallery.
The leisure club MOGADISHNI
Artillerivej 40 house 9 stair b floor 4
DK 2300 Copenhagen
tel. +45 32543535
fax. +4532543545
mail@mogadishni.com
www.mogadishni.com
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