In 1997, The Icelandic Love Corporation (ILC)—Sigrún Hrólfsdóttir, Dóra Ísleifsdóttir, Jóní Jónsdóttir, and Eirún Sigurðardóttir—produced a photographic and video work documenting a performative process in which the artists transformed one another into cakes. Using materials such as whipped cream, chocolate, mayonnaise, and pink icing, the group staged an action exclusively for the camera, without a live audience, at the Living Art Museum in Reykjavík.

The work comprises four life-size color photographs, each depicting one completed “cake” in profile, and four video works that document the making of each cake, filmed from an alternative angle. Together, the photographs and videos foreground both the finished tableau and the labor and gestures involved in its production.

Women Good Enough to Eat / Girnilegar konur was the first work by ILC to be acquired by a museum, entering the collection of The Reykjavík Art Museum. The work was also awarded Best Artwork by visitors at the exhibition Art ’97 at Hafnarhúsið, Reykjavík. Since its initial presentation, the work has been exhibited internationally, including at Kunsthalle Wien and Kjarvalsstaðir.

ILC accompanied the work with the following text:

“A great feast is any housewife’s pride. She really makes an effort to make everything irresistible. She offers many different dishes and tries to please and serve everybody.
In her spare time, she takes good care of herself and her appearance.
She conquers the world with cosmetics and whipped cream.
The way to the heart goes through the stomach.”