Snöfrid Ruby Distillery

Ylva Ogland

• Swiss Institute
• 495 Broadway # 3
• Tuesday, November 3 - Sunday, November 8, times vary

“The Ruby is for the core of Lust…for the connection to the uncontrolled controlled.” The artist’s mirror twin will enter the earthly world through an ancient alchemical process, made present as a distillate of rubies, aided by Emily Sundblad, Lucie Fontaine, Dimitris Papadatos, The Keeper, Johan Hjerpe, Mackenzie Schneider, Gianni Jetzer, RoseLee Goldberg, Tairone Bastien, Defne Ayas, Angelo Plessas, Marina Folkidis, Margaret Lee, and Secret Guest Helper. “We serve me from the distillery, so that you can drink me.”  -Snöfrid, Treriksröset, 02-10-2009.

Ylva Ogland (b. Umeå, Sweden 1974) and her Mirror Twin Snöfrid (b. Treriksröset, on the border between Sweden, Finland and Norway). “Existential Individuation, Earth is the platform of Life what is new and what is? What is behind and what is beyond? We have traveled and so far and met people over the last year in Tokyo, Basel, the  Galaxies, Miami, Berlin, Stockholm, the Heaven, Naples, Hydra, the Ocean, Athens, Tourette, Shanghai, behind the Mirrors, Bergen, New York, and by the Siegessäule for Eternal Life.” Snöfrid, Treriksröset 10072009 www.ylvaogland.com

Co-presented by Swiss Institute-Contemporary Art and Performa. Support provided by IASPIS. Part of Lust Weekend.

Nov. 3-7, 4-8pm; Nov. 8, 2-8pm

FREE / Must ring bell at street to enter