Kristoffer Ørum

Kristoffer Ørum

Digital art.

Most of it was built on other people's work.

A PhD student. Human-AI Collaboration, Copenhagen University, until 2028.

Research. Somebody is going to have to examine it.

Made by hand, mostly. Cut, cast, sanded, painted.

Not research. The works were made first and explained afterwards.

Erikson’s model of personality development, a voice-over chronicles formative experiences in their lives. AutoBiography, 2011

The work has been presented in lectures at universities, on AI, welfare mythologies and hope through the creative misuse of digital infrastructure. Frihed, Lighed Og Hip-Hop, 2023

According to the Nose was a walking protocol that provided opportunities to consider what life would look like if you were a nose. According to the Nose, 2021

In return, humans care for the oysters through cleaning, feeding, and gentle maintenance. Affluence without abundance, 2021

Hollow but convincing memories of the potential of what was before, not unlike 3d architectural renderings whose apparent realism hides the hollow and malleable nature of 3d graphics. Brownfield Wonderland, 2022

The work was structured as a natural history museum display. 3D-printed models represented crayfish body parts modified with technological elements. Signal_Crayfish, 2020

A "Sucker Trick" is a magic trick where the magician offers false clues to hide what they are actually doing. Sucker Trick, 2017

The exhibition featured wall art contributions by artist Anders Reventlov alongside AI-generated narratives. Mr. Spray, 2024

It is this everyday, digital infra-ordinary that Watershed makes tangible. Watershed, 2025

Each email contained a unique, computer-generated text announcing fictional construction projects — ranging from the plausible to the fantastic. City Planning, 2010

As tension builds, the man gradually dissolves into the screen, becoming one with the flickering patterns. Once We All Walk through Solid Objects, 2007

None are permanent, but all leave residues—sonic, material, or narrative. Monuments of a Fictional Past (Kraków Edition), 2025

The machinic as a format for both production and display runs as a common thread through his practice. Coffee Lake, 2019

The postcards extend this blending of eras, presenting scenes where identity, memory, and cultural imagination converge and transform. The Good, the Lost, and the Beautiful, 2025

"It Sings for Us of What We Might Become" is a specially commissioned performative lecture presented as part of the symposium "ScreenShots: Desire and Automated Image" at Kunsthal Aarhus. It Sings for Us of What We Might Become, 2019

At that time, Denmark experienced economic growth and falling unemployment, and society was marked by optimism and collective visions of a better future — hopes that are harder to find today. Hvidovre Makes Good Times Better, 2025

The work was exhibited at Vejle Kunstmuseum from March to August 2020, then at Holstebro Kunstmuseum from September 2020 to January 2021. Signal_Crayfish, 2020

The exhibition text calls them blind creatures watching over the exhibition and the people in it. Leddyrsomsorg / Arthropod Care, 2026

Disbelieving Gravity is an interactive online game created for the Net.Specific exhibition Communication Paths. Disbelieving Gravity, 2013

The broadcasts cover subjects including singing carrots, earthquakes, the colonization of outer space, and a theory of everything. Search for Carrot ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence, 2006

The work featured electromagnetic pick-ups installed within body parts of a 3D-printed signal crayfish, comparing fears of digital transformation with concerns about invasive species. Signal_Crayfish, 2021

Coffee Lake is a video installation combining computer-generated video with animated text, created for the group exhibition "Machine sans nom" at Bonamatic. Coffee Lake, 2019

Through these monstrous and bizarre creatures, the work addressed our relationship to more familiar creatures and digital systems that we share the modern technological world with. Mundane Monsters, 2023

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

The pieces incorporated Wi-Fi network names printed on crayfish bodies, casting the invasive species as a digital hybrid creature living within communication networks. Signal_Crayfish, 2020

A sink was reconstructed containing pasta, while spaghetti was modelled from FIMO clay. Invisible Objects, 2016

The Ballehage Woman was created by Anders Bojen and Kristoffer Ørum for the outdoor sculpture exhibition Sculpture by the Sea, organised by AROS Museum in Aarhus in 2009. The Ballehage Woman, 2009

The Good, the Lost, and the Beautiful is a reconstruction of the Lee-stone, one of nine runestones believed to have been lost in the Copenhagen Fire of 1728. The Good, the Lost, and the Beautiful, 2025

Taniguchi of veggie-science.org, part of the daytodaydata.com project. Cosmic Carrot, 2005

The exhibition was noted for providing a rare opportunity to interact with cutting-edge technology in a gallery setting. Mundane Monsters, 2022

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

The animation recreates the street outside the former artist-run space, projecting a computer-generated scene onto a screen covering the window. Et Andet Rum 2, 2009

At the hospital: Gør din pligt og kræv din udredning (Do Your Duty and Demand Your Assessment) and Diagnose gør stærk (Diagnosis Makes You Strong) in the corridor, Frihed, lighed & symptom (Liberty, Equality & Symptom) in the waiting room. Leddyrsomsorg / Arthropod Care, 2026

Text panels presented both accurate biological information and fabricated technical specifications. Signal_Crayfish, 2020

None of us escape this system by pretending we are not part of it. None of These Images Are of Me, 2025

Guests were invited to renegotiate their role — not just as viewers, but as potential participants in a system of storytelling, symbols, and rituals that reframed both the neighbourhood and the museum as shared sites of imagination. Game Continent, 2010

The work was reviewed in The Brooklyn Rail and included in a panel discussion about interspecies publications created during the pandemic. Signal_Crayfish, 2021

Over the past year, I have created a series of self-portraits using locally run AI. None of These Images Are of Me, 2025

In this counterfactual history, data is not extracted at scale but circulated within communities, adapting to local needs, languages, and cultural references. Diffused States (Lexington), 2025

The exhibition opening coincided with Brattleboro's monthly Gallery Walk and was followed by an outdoor screening of skateboarding and surfing documentaries. Mundane Monsters, 2022

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