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Books
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THE MESSAGE POUCH1986 |
Images from this often refered to as a classic of Icelandic childrens literature | ||
AN ANGEL IN THE AUDIENCE1992 |
Few examples from this collection of Pocket Plays | ||
MY NAME IS BETTERBY BUT YOU CAN CALL ME BOBO1998 |
Three first chapters from this prize winning novel, soon to be published in Germany, Denmark, Spain and Greece | ||
ARE YOU BETTERBY? I HAVE AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE2000 |
Image of the cover from the last besteller about Betterby | ||
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Bookworks
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GAMES1989 |
Text from this book, published by VOSS FORLAG in Amsterdam | ||
JOKES1989 |
Text from this book, published by VOSS FORLAG in Amsterdam | ||
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Collages and cuts
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CORRECTIONS (Doré)1991 |
Arranged prints of Dorés bible illustrations (16) | ||
STATUS1993 |
Photoworks, showing life models as classical, broken statues (with Larus Karl Ingason) | ||
ACADEMIES1996 |
“Class photos from four important icelandic academies; one grocers shop, a shoemakers, a second hand bookshop and a menswear shop (With Pall A. Palsson and Rannveig Helgadottir)” | ||
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Editions
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BOOKWORKSongoing |
Few examples of bookworks and other editions. | ||
POSTCARDSongoing |
Few examples of postcards published for various reasons. | ||
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Illustrations
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FAIRY-TALE POSTERS FOR THE TELECOMPANY1985 |
These posters were the main reason publishers invited Thorsteinsson to make his own childrens book. A year later the Message Pouch was published. | ||
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Interactive installations
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THE A-SHIFT1994 |
Photo- and sculpture installation dealing with the image, the myth and the reality of the fireman | ||
EXCHANGED WORKS1996 |
Valuables from unknown persons on display in a museum. In excange they could pick museum pieces to have around at home. | ||
PHONE1996 |
In a huge international exhibition in Denmark visitors could call all the cities sponsoring the show and thank the inhabitants for their contribution | ||
DREAM OFFICE1997 |
A video announces the opening of an office where the general public can get professional help to make their dreams come true | ||
FOR THE UNKNOWN ARTIST1998 |
Images from a flower shop made in a Paris museum where guests could buy fresh flowers for the unknown creative persons in their life | ||
YOUR FREE TRIP TO ICELAND19992000 |
In an exhibition in Germany one of the visitors could win a free trip to Iceland for two persons. He arrived 9 months later with his friend and finished the artwork | ||
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Paintings, drawings and stolen goods
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SELFPORTRAIT (From the selfportrait series)1990 |
From a large series of signed and stamped pages, cut out from fashion magazines. | ||
ART/TRASH (Reykjavik)1992 |
Organised mixture of images and objects from the artists studio, version #1 | ||
ART/TRASH (Växjö)1992 |
Organised mixture of images and objects from the artists studio, version #2 | ||
NEO-GEO READY MADES1993 |
Ready Made prints on paper, suggesting an image of the immediate surroundings | ||
REFILL1993 |
A collaborative work of artistic tapistry where Thorsteinsson tried in vain to work in a creative way with the sculpture artist next to him | ||
PICTURES IN FRAMES1995 |
Just what it says... | ||
BLUE PICTURES1996 |
The artists attempts to make sellable art, mainly to finance a more ambitious exhibition coming up | ||
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Performances
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YOUR PORTRAIT (ALL IN) NOW 200 FRANKS ONLY1990 |
Working as a street artist in a respectable exhibition creates many questions | ||
NEXT BAZAAR IS ON SATURDAY AT 3 O´CLOCK1996 |
Four perfomances staged in a museum by four women’s societies selling cakes and presents | ||
101 REYKJAVIK STAR STREET-MAP1998 |
Finally mapping the homes of the Icelandic Celebrities and announcing the birth of Reykjaviks own Sunset Bouleward, made in collaboration with artist Joni Jonsdottir | ||
MUSIC HALL2000 |
Solving the problem of the Music Hall discussion in Helsinki, by making a big one by the Töölönlahti Bay, made with help from FINNAIR, an Opera choir and composer TAPANI RINNE | ||
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Photo installations
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MARILYN1999 |
Installation on United Airlines flight between LA and NY, USA. Gallery Hallsson | ||
POETRIOTICS1994 |
A huge exhibition of collected and home made portraits in combination with poetry on postcards (With Birgir Andresson, Leifur Thorsteinsson and Ingibjorg Bjornsdottir) | ||
WELCOME1995 |
Photos, life size, showing three homeless figures with empty background (With Arnaldur Halldorsson) | ||
YOU NAME IT1995 |
Examples from a photo installation where people were encouraged to find a better way to use the exhibition spaces | ||
IMAGES OF MARY1996 |
Collection of images, sent by almost all women named Maria in the artists hometown, installed as in a chapel. | ||
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO ART (Newspaper)1996 |
Printing 12 innocent faces in a newspaper once a week for 6 weeks, thanking them for their contribution to art caused many questions for at least 72 persons. (With Stefan J Hafstein) | ||
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Photos and prints
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ACTIVITIES1996 |
Photos, illustrating the domestic life of the artists hometown (With Arnaldur Halldorsson) | ||
ICELANDIC ART1997 |
Frames from TV news, showing icelandic diplomats in front of icelandic paintings, printed on canvas. | ||
TOUCH (Akureyri, 30. 12. 1997)1997 |
Photos showing physical contact of different people. (With Hordur Geirsson) | ||
SEARCHING FOR MARIA MAGDALENA IN GOES1998 |
Examples of 16 postcards printed and installed in a church, for an exhibition dedicated to Maria Magdalena | ||
VISITING HOUR1999 |
Ink-jet prints/photos showing models between extremely white sheets (With Arnaldur Halldorsson and Helena Jonsdottir) | ||
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Radio
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THE POCKET THEATRE19911992 |
Few scripts (from a collection of short plays for radio) | ||
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Sculptures (out there)
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HOUSE1990 |
A suggestion of an underground house, following the tradition of old icelandic architecture | ||
BRIDGE (Goes)1991 |
Foundations of a bridge either under construction or falling down | ||
LERKI/BIRKI1995 |
A bold attempt to create a new type of tree by fixing two different types togheter, made under strong influence of recent achivements in science | ||
LANDMINES1998 |
Planted land mines in a German city - both the German way and the chaotic way | ||
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Small sculptures and installations
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BANKFORM1989 |
Eight similar installations were made for a bank, based on a well known form and even better known material. | ||
SANDSCAPE1993 |
A piece that was made in Sweden and later got lost on it´s way to Iceland. This is most likely the only existing version of it. | ||
SITUATION (Shoes)1993 |
A simple gesture of showing the real situation of a grown man. | ||
BATHOUSE1998 |
A dedication to the Bathouse, a health spa in Reykjavik meant only for women, made in collaboration with Linda Petursdottir, former Miss World | ||
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Sound installations
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO ART (Tower)1995 |
A tower, very much in the tradition of border control posts, announced the gratitude to the real sponsors: the individual tax payers. (With Studio Granda architects) | ||
ONE MINUTE IMAGES1996 |
15 one-minute answers given by 15 anonymous persons on questions about life and death (with Thorsteinn J.) | ||
SONG CONCERT1998 |
Images from a concert the guests had to enjoy through locked doors, since they arrived too late to get in. | ||
HOME SWEET HOME2000 |
“A real live recording from an icelandic bedroom gives pedestrians some ideas while passing the museum; only to be heard outside opening hours.” | ||
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Theatre
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THE MESSAGE POUCH1993 |
The three first scenes from this popular play based on ThThs children’s book | ||
TALESPIN1995 |
The three first scenes from a play written for the Theatre of the Icelandic School of Drama | ||
ME AND MY BOY1998 |
The three first scenes from a drama, written for one of the most interesting theatre groups in Iceland | ||
AND BJÖRK, OF COURSE...2002 |
120-minute contemporary drama, soon to be introduced at the Royal Court Theatre in London | ||
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TV
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CHILDRENS HOUR19941996 |
In two years ThTh made more than 50 scripts for the main children program on State TV | ||
THE POCKET THEATRE19951996 |
The script with some images from one of the 14 pocket plays already perfomed on TV | ||
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Videos
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MORE SPECIFIC1989 |
The script from this long lost video, made in Maastricht | ||
JESUS IS CLOSER TO HOME1999 |
A documentary on eight individuals in a heavy neighbourhood in a well known European city (With Olafur Johannesson and Ragnar Santos) | ||
DOCUMENT ON DISAPPEARANCE2000 |
A mockumentary on a disappeared swedish girl, made in collaboration with five art students | ||
THE MOST REAL DEATH (by three bullets)2000 & 2001 |
Documentation of 37 swedes being shot by imaginary bullets while left alone in a room (2000) & latest version shot in Milano, Italy (2001), in cooperation with film maker Helena Jonsdottir | ||
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