Kristoffer Ørum

Kristoffer Ørum

Works with animals that have not agreed to it.

Digital art.

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

An archive with gaps in it, kept by the person who made the gaps.

A documentary practice. Every work here has an address and a date.

Science fiction, set last week.

As one deciphers mud from the ground that has been smeared onto the wall in the shape of geometric letterforms, dust from the building site made up of particles that were once buildings enters one's lungs. Brownfield Wonderland, 2022

The fact that they are made with local AI is important, because it provides a certain independence from the major platforms and makes it possible to work with the technology on my own terms. None of These Images Are of Me, 2025

Components included routers, antennas, and cables arranged alongside the biological forms. Signal_Crayfish, 2020

Diffused States was part of the Data Fluencies exhibition curated by Roopa, on the diverse ways artists engage with, resist, or reimagine data. Diffused States (Boston), 2025

An actor dressed as The Ballehage Woman roamed the underbush of Marselisborg Forest near the Ballehage neighbourhood every night at dusk for a month. The Ballehage Woman, 2009

Rooted in histories of low-resource computing and community-run networks, the project repositions AI as a tool for collective experimentation and situated knowledge-making. Diffused States (Lexington), 2025

The installation is accompanied by a series of AI-generated postcards that reimagine Viking life in the style of idealised holiday imagery. The Good, the Lost, and the Beautiful, 2025

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

Tank Hip-Hop established the methodology of using counterfactual storytelling to construct alternative Danish histories. Tank Hip-Hop, 2022

The 3d printed copies of fragments from the construction site have become a sort of digital “ghosts”. Brownfield Wonderland, 2022

The work was part of "Partners," an experimental exhibition at Vejle Kunstmuseum that paired seven artists with seven local associations. Everyday Heroes, 2019

Signal Crayfish was presented as part of "Monstrous Machines," an exhibition on why new technologies provoke fear and how this impacts our perception of technology. Signal_Crayfish, 2021

The code sets the procedure, but the visual outcomes remain emergent and unpredictable. Watershed, 2025

The collaboration involved fieldwork where Ørum spent time with the role-playing association in their regular activities, including battles in Hansted Forest and gaming sessions. Everyday Heroes, 2019

The installation was designed as an interactive multimedia experience that required visitors to engage with cutting-edge technology within a gallery setting. Mundane Monsters, 2022

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

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

I also do it because I, as a white, established, middle-aged male artist, embody many of the privileges and blind spots that shape both the world and the art world. None of These Images Are of Me, 2025

Caught between constant computer-generated simulations of destruction and status quo institutions, it becomes difficult to imagine that the welfare state can be replaced by something different and better. Melting State, 2020

Rather than recognising faces, it was trained exclusively to see noses or beetroot-like patterns. Putin's Nose, 2019

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

The signal crayfish served as a figure for both biological invasion and technological infiltration. Signal_Crayfish, 2021

The installation included a manipulated deep fake video featuring politician Pernille Vermund discussing invasive species. Signal_Crayfish, 2020

Seven artists selected local associations they wanted to collaborate with, moving naturally within the same field of interest but from different backgrounds. Everyday Heroes, 2019

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

Mundane Monsters was presented as part of Epsilon Spires' 2022 programming, which included 68 events focused on bringing cutting-edge creative work from around the world to southern Vermont. Mundane Monsters, 2022

The project continued themes from the "Putin's Nose" project, extending nose-based investigations into performative and participatory formats. According to the Nose, 2021

"REVISIT: EROTIK" revisited Overgaden's 1989 "EROTIK" exhibition, which featured 48 female photographers and drew 100,000 visitors. Sucker Trick, 2017

Ørum's installation used speech recognition technology integrated into sculptural objects that resembled common household items. Listening Without Ears, 2019

This Brownfield Wonderland might very well appear once again when this project is long forgotten, and current norms of what is useful and productive are forgotten. Brownfield Wonderland, 2022

All works intentionally carry imperfections — too many fingers, floating houses, distorted details — which reveal their fictional origins. Hvidovre Makes Good Times Better, 2025

It weaves together factual history, fiction, and AI-generated imagery to imagine a meeting between hip-hop’s pursuit of individual freedom and the labor movement’s collective struggle for better conditions. Aalborg Is The Future, 2024

The installation was produced specifically for Interdimensionale II at Gammelgaard (September 2020) using three 4K video players (Raspberry Pi 4), three IIYAMA B2888UHSU screens, and video rendering services from foxrenderfarm.com. Melting State, 2020

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

The project examined the invasive signal crayfish species currently displacing native Danish freshwater crayfish. Signal_Crayfish, 2020

The book presents ten different pattern scenarios, ranging from animal vision and camouflage to government propaganda through patterned textiles. Once We All Walk through Solid Objects, 2007

Lesson plans, assessment structures and financial data are translated into dynamic graphics, situating the institution in relation to broader societal forces and its individual members. A Body Has Many Members, 2012

Aarhus'er #1 doesn't offer a single reading of what was or what could be. Aarhus'er #1, 2025

The exhibition opened on Friday, November 8th, 2019. Listening Without Ears, 2019

This approach shares a lineage with experimental practices such as Surrealist automatic writing and collage. Watershed, 2025

Putin's Nose
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