Kristoffer Ørum
Local. Copenhagen and Aarhus, mostly.
Collaborative. Most of it was made with other people.
The machines are collaborators and cannot be credited.
A documentary practice. Every work here has an address and a date.
An archive with gaps in it, kept by the person who made the gaps.
An artist who makes things up about real places.
The project involved both the creation of a physical artist's book and a 3D-printed sculptural element integrated into the cover design. Signal_Crayfish, 2021
In this scenario, data does not flow through opaque corporate pipelines, but diffuses through neighbourhood workshops, shared servers, and informal archives. Diffused States (Vancouver), 2025
A book, "Kolindsund fremtidsturistguide," was published by forlaget majlund in 2022 (ISBN 9788793882096) in connection with the work. Djurs Øhav, 2020
The work involved creating AI-generated posters and videos that depicted an alternative Danish history where the labour movement and 1990s hip-hop culture merged. Frihed, Lighed Og Hip-Hop, 2023
One was an animated video about life inside an oyster. Djurs Øhav, 2020
These objects were then animated through role play and staged as collective tableaux, blurring the line between workshop and public presentation. Mundane Heroics, 2019
It takes the current development of the site of the art space as its point of departure, arguing for the often-overlooked qualities and potential of brownfield sites like it. Brownfield Wonderland, 2022
Like Haraway, I believe the only honest critique must come from a situated place—knowledge that is always embodied, compromised, and grounded in specific contexts. None of These Images Are of Me, 2025
Over a period of 107 days, Anders Bojen and Kristoffer Ørum had a custom computer program rewrite the history of Roskilde in real time, from the town’s foundation by the Vikings in 980 to its present-day status as a world heritage site. Roskilde Parahistory, 2009
A "Sucker Trick" is a magic trick where the magician offers false clues to hide what they are actually doing. Sucker Trick, 2017
The photo album was discovered among the salvaged items when the ship was recovered. Depth Estimation, 2019
This does not mean that vulnerability is shared equally—some bodies are more exposed than others—but that we might begin in a recognised mess rather than in ideals of purity. None of These Images Are of Me, 2025
I make portraits because I would like to avoid them, but I know they are part of the game on which I depend. None of These Images Are of Me, 2025
Standard interfaces are optimised for speed, reducing engagement to rapid recognition. Watershed, 2025
The Kolding Creature was a virtual three-dimensional creature created from 3D scans of local Kolding pets and conversations with their owners. The Kolding Creature, 2021
Components included routers, antennas, and cables arranged alongside the biological forms. Signal_Crayfish, 2020
As the lecture unfolded, the lecturer (actor Kristian Husted) gradually transformed from a detached academic into a man consumed by his subject. The Pattern In Us All, 2007
Et Andet Rum 2 is a site-specific 3D animation by Anders Bojen and Kristoffer Ørum. Et Andet Rum 2, 2009
The familiar rhythm of news consumption—fast, frictionless, designed for scanning—is replaced by movement through a spatial terrain. Watershed, 2025
The project emphasizes local DIY spirit, encouraging citizens to reimagine Hvidovre’s past and future. Hvidovre Makes Good Times Better, 2025
In Helsinki, at the ANTI Contemporary Art Festival the project unfolded in the streets and open squares of the city centre. Mundane Heroics, 2019
jerklædte Misforståelser (Feathered Misconceptions) is a fifteen-minute associative performance commissioned by Ny Carlsberg Fondet for their annual celebration of their founder on 28 February 2018. Feathered Misconceptions, 2018
Previous iterations of Freedom, Equality and Hip-hop have appeared at Kongegaarden (Korsør), Sydhavn Station (Copenhagen), Friisland (Copenhagen Nordhavn), Survival Kit Biennial (Riga, Latvia), and F.eks. (Aalborg). Hvidovre Makes Good Times Better, 2025
Rather than corporate development, this speculative trajectory imagines ternary computing as evolving through grassroots cultures of experimentation and resistance. Diffused States (Boston), 2025
The Video was Presented as part of Illumenarts, the work took the form of a thriller-like visual sequence in which digital structures spread and evolve. Once We All Walk through Solid Objects, 2007
"Sucker Trick" is a collaboration between visual artist Kristoffer Ørum, magician Claus Mulbjerg, and architect Tomas Skovgaard. Sucker Trick, 2017
Bænkebider flok (Woodlouse Flock) on the floor. Leddyrsomsorg / Arthropod Care, 2026
The work was installed in the lobby of the National Danish Broadcaster (DR) as part of Glowing Climate, organized by Illumenarts in 2009. The Wave, 2009
The project operated on several levels with "lines of flight" into the city, online, and in local media. According to the Nose, 2021
Diffused States was presented as part of *Data Fluencies: Tributaries*, curated by Roopa Vasudevan, which brought together artists working on the ways data can be resisted, rerouted, or reimagined outside dominant narratives. Diffused States (Vancouver), 2025
Sometimes he has time to update it, sometimes he does not.
By working with AI models trained on biased and incomplete datasets, DIFFUSED STATES engages with both their limitations and their possibilities. Diffused States (Vancouver), 2025
On YouTube, the video “Ballehage Woman Sighting” shows the figure moving through Marselisborg Forest. The Ballehage Woman, 2009
The voices are those of the people who live in them. Affluence without abundance, 2025
The work also examines how digital interaction can transform learning. Disbelieving Gravity, 2013
It considers what AI might look like if it evolved through neighbourhood initiatives, recycled consumer hardware, and community-specific datasets, moving at the pace of shared maintenance rather than commercial urgency. Diffused States (Lexington), 2025
The installation examined the concept of the "monstrous machine" - creatures that cross borders and assemble opposing parts, blurring categories to challenge perceptions of ourselves and technology. Signal_Crayfish, 2021
Ørum's contribution used algorithmic depth estimation to analyse one of the recovered photographs and generate a three-dimensional interpretation. Depth Estimation, 2019
The work is presented as a factual lecture, framed through the perspective of a former shipyard worker experiencing Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS), a neurological disorder that distorts the perception of body size and spatial scale. A Subjective History of Gdańsk, 2011
A central relief on the reconstructed stone, possibly once a hammer, is reimagined here as a spray can, folding historical reference into playful anachronism. The Good, the Lost, and the Beautiful, 2025