by year

(for a complete listing refer to the Curriculum Vitae)

until 1987
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
various and ongoing

until 1987

FAIRY-TALE POSTERS FOR THE TELECOMPANY

Illustrations

These posters were the main reason publishers invited Thorsteinsson to make his own childrens book. A year later the Message Pouch was published.
THE MESSAGE POUCH

Books

Images from this often referred to as a classic of Icelandic children’s literature
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1988

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1989

GAMES

Bookworks

Text from this book, published by VOSS FORLAG in Amsterdam
JOKES

Bookworks

Text from this book, published by VOSS FORLAG in Amsterdam
BANKFORM

Small sculptures and installations

Eight similar installations were made for a bank, based on a well known form and even better known material.
MORE SPECIFIC

Videos

The script from this long lost video, made in Maastricht
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1990

SELFPORTRAIT (From the selfportrait series)

Paintings, drawings and stolen goods

From a large series of signed and stamped pages, cut out from fashion magazines.
YOUR PORTRAIT (ALL IN) NOW 200 FRANKS ONLY

Performances

Working as a street artist in a respectable exhibition creates many questions
HOUSE

Sculptures (out there)

A suggestion of an underground house, following the tradition of old icelandic architecture
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1991

CORRECTIONS (Doré)

Collages and cuts

Arranged prints of Dorés bible illustrations (16)
 
THE POCKET THEATRE

Radio

Few scripts (from a collection of short plays for radio)
BRIDGE (Goes)

Sculptures (out there)

Foundations of a bridge either under construction or falling down
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1992

AN ANGEL IN THE AUDIENCE

Books

Few examples from this collection of Pocket Plays
 
ART/TRASH (Reykjavik)

Paintings, drawings and stolen goods

Organised mixture of images and objects from the artists studio, version #1
ART/TRASH (Växjö)

Paintings, drawings and stolen goods

Organised mixture of images and objects from the artists studio, version #2
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1993

STATUS

Collages and cuts

Photoworks, showing life models as classical, broken statues (with Larus Karl Ingason)
NEO-GEO READY MADES

Paintings, drawings and stolen goods

Ready Made prints on paper, suggesting an image of the immediate surroundings
REFILL

Paintings, drawings and stolen goods

A collaborative work of artistic tapestry where Thorsteinsson tried in vain to work in a creative way with the sculpture artist next to him
SANDSCAPE

Small sculptures and installations

A piece that was made in Sweden and later got lost on its way to Iceland. This is most likely the only existing version of it.
SITUATION (Shoes)

Small sculptures and installations

A simple gesture of showing the real situation of a grown man.
THE MESSAGE POUCH

Theatre

The three first scenes from this popular play based on ThThs children’s book
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1994

THE A-SHIFT

Interactive installations

Photo- and sculpture installation dealing with the image, the myth and the reality of the fireman
POETRIOTICS

Photo installations

A huge exhibition of collected and home made portraits in combination with poetry on postcards (With Birgir Andresson, Leifur Thorsteinsson and Ingibjorg Bjornsdottir)
CHILDRENS HOUR

TV

In two years ThTh made more than 50 scripts for the main children program on State TV
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1995

PICTURES IN FRAMES

Paintings, drawings and stolen goods

Just what it says...
WELCOME

Photo installations

Photos, life size, showing three homeless figures with empty background (With Arnaldur Halldorsson)
YOU NAME IT

Photo installations

Examples from a photo installation where people were encouraged to find a better way to use the exhibition spaces
LERKI/BIRKI

Sculptures (out there)

A bold attempt to create a new type of tree by fixing two different types together, made under strong influence of recent achievements in science
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO ART
(Tower)

Sound installations

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)
TALESPIN

Theatre

The three first scenes from a play written for the Theatre of the Icelandic School of Drama
THE POCKET THEATRE

A Priest talks to a Convict

TV

The script with some images from one of the 14 pocket plays already performed on TV
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1996

ACADEMIES

Collages and cuts

“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)”
EXCHANGED WORKS

Interactive installations

Valuables from unknown persons on display in a museum. In exchange they could pick museum pieces to have around at home.
PHONE

Interactive installations

In a huge international exhibition in Denmark visitors could call all the cities sponsoring the show and thank the inhabitants for their contribution
BLUE PICTURES

Paintings, drawings and stolen goods

The artists attempts to make sellable art, mainly to finance a more ambitious exhibition coming up
NEXT BAZAAR IS ON SATURDAY AT 3 O'CLOCK

Performances

Four performances staged in a museum by four women’s societies selling cakes and presents
IMAGES OF MARY

Photo installations

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)

Photo installations

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)
ACTIVITIES

Photos and prints

Photos, illustrating the domestic life of the artists hometown (With Arnaldur Halldorsson)
ONE MINUTE IMAGES

Sound installations

15 one-minute answers given by 15 anonymous persons on questions about life and death (with Thorsteinn J.)
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1997

DREAM OFFICE

Interactive installations

A video announces the opening of an office where the general public can get professional help to make their dreams come true
ICELANDIC ART

Photos and prints

Frames from TV news, showing icelandic diplomats in front of icelandic paintings, printed on canvas.
TOUCH (Akureyri, 30. 12. 1997)

Photos and prints

Photos showing physical contact of different people. (With Hordur Geirsson)
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1998

MY NAME IS BETTERBY BUT YOU CAN CALL ME BOBO

Books

Three first chapters from this prize winning novel, soon to be published in Germany, Denmark, Spain and Greece
FOR THE UNKNOWN ARTIST

Interactive installations

Images from a flower shop made in a Paris museum where guests could buy fresh flowers for the unknown creative persons in their life
101 REYKJAVIK STAR STREET-MAP

Performances

Finally mapping the homes of the Icelandic Celebrities and announcing the birth of Reykjaviks own Sunset Boulevard, made in collaboration with artist Joni Jonsdottir
SEARCHING FOR MARIA MAGDALENA IN GOES

Photos and prints

Examples of 16 postcards printed and installed in a church, for an exhibition dedicated to Maria Magdalena
LANDMINES

Sculptures (out there)

Planted land mines in a German city - both the German way and the chaotic way
BATHOUSE

Small sculptures and installations

A dedication to the Bathouse, a health spa in Reykjavik meant only for women, made in collaboration with Linda Petursdottir, former Miss World
SONG CONCERT

Sound installations

Images from a concert the guests had to enjoy through locked doors, since they arrived too late to get in.
ME AND MY BOY

Theatre

The three first scenes from a drama, written for one of the most interesting theatre groups in Iceland
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1999

MARILYN

Photo installations

Installation on United Airlines flight between LA and NY, USA. Gallery Hallsson
VISITING HOUR

Photos and prints

Ink-jet prints/photos showing models between extremely white sheets (With Arnaldur Halldorsson and Helena Jonsdottir)
JESUS IS CLOSER TO HOME

Videos

A documentary on eight individuals in a heavy neighbourhood in a well known European city (With Olafur Johannesson and Ragnar Santos)
YOUR FREE TRIP TO ICELAND

Interactive installations

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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2000

ARE YOU BETTERBY? I HAVE AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE

Books

Image of the cover from the last bestseller about Betterby
MUSIC HALL

Performances

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
HOME SWEET HOME

Sound installations

“A real live recording from an icelandic bedroom gives pedestrians some ideas while passing the museum; only to be heard outside opening hours.”
DOCUMENT ON DISAPPEARANCE

Videos

A mockumentary on disappeared swedish girl, made in collaboration with five art students
THE MOST REAL DEATH 2000
(by three bullets)

Videos

Documentation of 37 swedes being shot by imaginary bullets while left alone in a room
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2001

THE MOST REAL DEATH 2001
(by three bullets)

Videos

Latest version of the work shot in Milano, Italy, in cooperation with film maker Helena Jonsdóttir
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2002

AND BJÖRK, OF COURSE...

2002

120-minute contemporary drama, soon to be introduced at the Royal Court Theatre in London
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various and ongoing

BOOKWORKS

Editions

Few examples of bookworks and other editions.
POSTCARDS

Editions

Few examples of postcards published for various reasons
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