The Icelandic Love Corporation created this large-scale performance, outside, late at night under a full moon at The Reykjavík Winter Festival, Light in the Dark, 2002.

The Reykjavík Fire Department and an opera diva joined forces to create the magnificent spectacle on the frozen swamp by the Nordic House. This was a choreography of heavy machinery, blinking lights, screaming noise, fireworks and water. Showing a tender, loving moment between the red pair, servants of life and rescue.

Frosty night, starry sky.
The machinery arrives.
The tiny humans inside it.

Shadows and fear
of a neverending winter.
Burn in the heat of love.

The ultimate couple.
Two of a kind.
Taller than everyone.

The chain of beauty is a well-trained team.
One link in the chain is a voice that tells the story.
And the chain of moments goes on forever.

PERFORMANCE PLAN
1. All gather at the station at 20:00 hr.
2. Ladder Engine and Ambulance leave the station at 20:45 and wait behind Building X.
3. At 21:00, 2 fire engines and a ladder engine depart from the station blasting their sirens.
4. They arrive and take their positions according to plan. They turn on all spotlights.
5. Firemen set up their hoses according to plan.
6. The other ladder engine is summoned from its hiding place.
7. This ladder engine places itself opposite its "darling".
8. When ladders are ready, they start rising, and high in the sky they "kiss".
9. Firemen positioned at the top of the ladders, shoot up a flare.
10. Then they pump water in high arcs from their hoses.
11. Pumps on the ground make parallel arcs.
12. Now all engines and lights are shut down.
13. All available men gather side by side at the front of the "stage".
14. An opera diva in disguise steps out from the line. She sings about burning love.
15. ILC comes out from their fire truck. They give a short speech.
16. ILC opens bottles of champagne. An ambulance picks them up and they drive off.
17. 21:18 this performance is over.

The performance was documented and edited as a two-channel video (15 min and 30 sec), now in the Reykjavík Art Museum Collection.

The artwork was commissioned by the city of Reykjavík, pairing artists to work with city services. The event was open to the public and gathered a large crowd.

The Icelandic Love Corporation: Eirún Sigurðardóttir, Jóní Jónsdóttir and Sigrún Hrólfsdóttir.
21 Firefighters from The Reykjavík Fire Department
Mezzosoprano: Anna Sigríður Helgadóttir
Filmmaker: Thorgeir Gudmundsson