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until 1987
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FAIRY-TALE POSTERS FOR THE TELECOMPANY
Illustrations
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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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THE MESSAGE POUCH
Books
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Images from this often referred to as a classic of Icelandic children’s literature |
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1988
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1989
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Bookworks
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Text from this book, published by VOSS FORLAG in Amsterdam |
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Bookworks
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Text from this book, published by VOSS FORLAG in Amsterdam |
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BANKFORM
Small sculptures and installations
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Eight similar installations were made for a bank, based on a well known form and even better known material. |
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MORE SPECIFIC
Videos
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The script from this long lost video, made in Maastricht |
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1990
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SELFPORTRAIT (From the selfportrait series)
Paintings, drawings and stolen goods
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From a large series of signed and stamped pages, cut out from fashion magazines. |
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YOUR PORTRAIT (ALL IN) NOW 200 FRANKS ONLY
Performances
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Working as a street artist in a respectable exhibition creates many questions |
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Sculptures (out there)
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A suggestion of an underground house, following the tradition of old icelandic architecture |
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1991
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Collages and cuts
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Arranged prints of Dorés bible illustrations (16) |
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THE POCKET THEATRE
Radio
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Few scripts (from a collection of short plays for radio) |
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BRIDGE (Goes)
Sculptures (out there)
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Foundations of a bridge either under construction or falling down |
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1992
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AN ANGEL IN THE AUDIENCE
Books
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Few examples from this collection of Pocket Plays |
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ART/TRASH (Reykjavik)
Paintings, drawings and stolen goods
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Organised mixture of images and objects from the artists studio, version #1 |
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ART/TRASH (Växjö)
Paintings, drawings and stolen goods
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Organised mixture of images and objects from the artists studio, version #2 |
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1993
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Collages and cuts
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Photoworks, showing life models as classical, broken statues (with Larus Karl Ingason) |
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NEO-GEO READY MADES
Paintings, drawings and stolen goods
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Ready Made prints on paper, suggesting an image of the immediate surroundings |
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Paintings, drawings and stolen goods
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A collaborative work of artistic tapestry where Thorsteinsson tried in vain to work in a creative way with the sculpture artist next to him |
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Small sculptures and installations
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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. |
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Small sculptures and installations
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A simple gesture of showing the real situation of a grown man. |
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Theatre
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The three first scenes from this popular play based on ThThs children’s book |
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1994
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Interactive installations
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Photo- and sculpture installation dealing with the image, the myth and the reality of the fireman |
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Photo installations
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A huge exhibition of collected and home made portraits in combination with poetry on postcards (With Birgir Andresson, Leifur Thorsteinsson and Ingibjorg Bjornsdottir) |
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CHILDRENS HOUR
TV
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In two years ThTh made more than 50 scripts for the main children program on State TV |
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1995
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PICTURES IN FRAMES
Paintings, drawings and stolen goods
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Just what it says... |
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Photo installations
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Photos, life size, showing three homeless figures with empty background (With Arnaldur Halldorsson) |
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Photo installations
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Examples from a photo installation where people were encouraged to find a better way to use the exhibition spaces |
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Sculptures (out there)
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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 |
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Sound installations
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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) |
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Theatre
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The three first scenes from a play written for the Theatre of the Icelandic School of Drama |
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THE POCKET THEATRE
A Priest talks to a Convict
TV
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The script with some images from one of the 14 pocket plays already performed on TV |
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1996
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Collages and cuts
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“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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Interactive installations
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Valuables from unknown persons on display in a museum. In exchange they could pick museum pieces to have around at home. |
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Interactive installations
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In a huge international exhibition in Denmark visitors could call all the cities sponsoring the show and thank the inhabitants for their contribution |
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Paintings, drawings and stolen goods
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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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Four performances staged in a museum by four women’s societies selling cakes and presents |
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Photo installations
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Collection of images, sent by almost all women named Maria in the artists hometown, installed as in a chapel. |
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO ART
(Newspaper)
Photo installations
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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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ACTIVITIES
Photos and prints
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Photos, illustrating the domestic life of the artists hometown (With Arnaldur Halldorsson) |
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ONE MINUTE IMAGES
Sound installations
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15 one-minute answers given by 15 anonymous persons on questions about life and death (with Thorsteinn J.) |
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1997
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Interactive installations
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A video announces the opening of an office where the general public can get professional help to make their dreams come true |
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Photos and prints
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Frames from TV news, showing icelandic diplomats in front of icelandic paintings, printed on canvas. |
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TOUCH (Akureyri, 30. 12. 1997)
Photos and prints
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Photos showing physical contact of different people. (With Hordur Geirsson) |
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1998
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Books
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Three first chapters from this prize winning novel, soon to be published in Germany, Denmark, Spain and Greece |
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Interactive installations
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Images from a flower shop made in a Paris museum where guests could buy fresh flowers for the unknown creative persons in their life |
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Performances
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Finally mapping the homes of the Icelandic Celebrities and announcing the birth of Reykjaviks own Sunset Boulevard, made in collaboration with artist Joni Jonsdottir |
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Photos and prints
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Examples of 16 postcards printed and installed in a church, for an exhibition dedicated to Maria Magdalena |
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Sculptures (out there)
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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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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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Images from a concert the guests had to enjoy through locked doors, since they arrived too late to get in. |
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Theatre
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The three first scenes from a drama, written for one of the most interesting theatre groups in Iceland |
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1999
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Photo installations
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Installation on United Airlines flight between LA and NY, USA. Gallery Hallsson |
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Photos and prints
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Ink-jet prints/photos showing models between extremely white sheets (With Arnaldur Halldorsson and Helena Jonsdottir) |
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Videos
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A documentary on eight individuals in a heavy neighbourhood in a well known European city (With Olafur Johannesson and Ragnar Santos) |
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Interactive installations
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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
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Books
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Image of the cover from the last bestseller about Betterby |
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Performances
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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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Sound installations
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“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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Videos
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A mockumentary on disappeared swedish girl, made in collaboration with five art students |
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Videos
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Documentation of 37 swedes being shot by imaginary bullets while left alone in a room |
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2001
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Videos
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Latest version of the work shot in Milano, Italy, in cooperation with film maker Helena Jonsdóttir |
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2002
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2002
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120-minute contemporary drama, soon to be introduced at the Royal Court Theatre in London |
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various and ongoing
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BOOKWORKS
Editions
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Few examples of bookworks and other editions. |
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Editions
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Few examples of postcards published for various reasons |
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