Kristoffer Ørum

Kristoffer Ørum

Local. Copenhagen and Aarhus, mostly.

Science fiction, set last week.

Mostly it is admin.

The machines are collaborators and cannot be credited.

A portraitist. None of the portraits are of him.

Digital art.

The Pattern In Us All (2007) was a lecture performance created by Anders Bojen & Kristoffer Ørum at the University of Copenhagen. The Pattern In Us All, 2007

Created in 2019, the work was exhibited by Radar Contemporary as an online piece. Vladimir's Tongue, 2020

These narratives, blending hope and fiction, are both plausible and subtly flawed, exposing their computer-generated origins while opening new ways to reimagine the past and future. Aalborg Is The Future, 2024

Spray was the third part of a multi-year project that began with "Tank Hip-Hop" at Retro Avantgarde in Kongegaarder and continued with "Freedom, Equality, and Hip-Hop" at Sydhavn Station in November 2023. Mr. Spray, 2024

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

These unsolicited “press releases” became part of the ongoing re-imagining of Amager by local government, private enterprise, and other forces. City Planning, 2010

This breaks with the idea of a coherent and authentic artistic subject—an illusion that the art market is still deeply dependent on. None of These Images Are of Me, 2025

The question it starts from is what kinds of monuments we need today. Monuments of a Fictional Past (Kraków Edition), 2025

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

The Kolding Creature was unveiled on 30 October 2021 as part of a Kunstwalk featuring multiple artists working in Kolding city centre. The Kolding Creature, 2021

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

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

The exhibition contributed to ongoing discussions about AI, storytelling, and alternative histories. Mr. Spray, 2024

The project extended across the museum basement, a nearby grocery store, and surrounding public lawns. Game Continent, 2010

The exhibition was curated by museum inspector Pernille Rom Bruun and featured partnerships between artists and associations including nature conservation, bird watching, boxing, gliding, gymnastics, and rabbit breeding groups. Everyday Heroes, 2019

Layers of paint, repurposed tools, and collective modifications create temporary architectural shifts, reflecting the rhythms of everyday life and shared space. Even the City Dreams of Being Another, 2025

In art and activism, humour has repeatedly functioned as a way of exposing the absurdity of power—from Dadaist performances to contemporary meme cultures. None of These Images Are of Me, 2025

Its on-screen lyrics tell the factual story of a 507-year-old clam killed during the scientific process of determining its age. Djurs Øhav, 2020

These objects continuously monitored conversations in the gallery space, converting spoken words into text through automated transcription systems, then physically printing the transcribed text. Listening Without Ears, 2019

Enigmatic posters appear in public spaces where these structures were never erected, and a website hosts an archive with weekly updates on images and stories. Monuments of A Fictitious Past, 2024

The work featured a large, curved canvas onto which the magician's hands were projected. Sucker Trick, 2017

The performance questions traditional notions of heroic bodies and monochrome histories, imagining instead non-heroic bodies in soft, feathered institutions that function as part of a collective ecosystem. Feathered Misconceptions, 2018

It is in this indeterminate time and space the Brownfield Wonderland exists as it attempts to reimagine the post-industrial brownfield. Brownfield Wonderland, 2022

The resulting text alternated between objective and scientific passages and poetic or raving narratives. Roskilde Parahistory, 2009

I participate in the system myself because it can grant me access to freedom and resources. None of These Images Are of Me, 2025

Each contribution provided insight into the often hidden or indirect references shaping contemporary art. Auto Navigate My History, 2014

Rather than proposing a return to older models, Watershed treats this uncertainty as an opportunity: a chance to experiment with new arrangements of familiar material, to test how different structures shape perception. Watershed, 2025

The project challenged both artists and associations to step out of their comfort zones and rethink their practices. Everyday Heroes, 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

The exhibition featured artists working in watercolor and gouache—a medium known for its fluidity and delicate textures—even when their usual practice includes sculptural, video, photographic, or installation-based work. Qua Aqua (Beetroot Texts), 2017

The same book was shown in Interspecies Futures at the Center for Book Arts, New York, in 2021. Signal_Crayfish, 2026

Strange audio players and distorted timelines hint at other ways things could have turned out, with hip-hop positioned not as a fixed genre or imported form, but as a set of evolving principles. Aarhus'er #1, 2025

The project also speaks to a transitional moment. Watershed, 2025

We are collectively searching for new grammars of public discourse. Watershed, 2025

Working with AI models trained on biased data, the project asks how such systems can still be repurposed to imagine collective and collaborative futures. Diffused States (Boston), 2025

The augmented reality component allowed viewers to see additional digital layers through their smartphone cameras, revealing hidden "monsters" that existed only in the augmented space. Mundane Monsters, 2022

Signal_Crayfish was exhibited at Center for Book Arts from April to June 2021 as part of "Interspecies Futures ," curated by Oscar Salguero. Signal_Crayfish, 2021

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

It aligns with the idea that technology, even when shaped by exclusionary structures, can be repurposed towards shared imagination, local autonomy, and slower forms of innovation. Diffused States (Vancouver), 2025

The project draws inspiration from the largely forgotten history of ternary computing—an alternative to binary systems that operates on three states: true, false, and unknown. Diffused States (Boston), 2025

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