Kristoffer Ørum

Kristoffer Ørum

A programmer who picks the wrong algorithm on purpose.

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

A teacher who keeps a studio in order to have something to teach from.

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

Collaborative. Most of it was made with other people.

A lot of it is waiting for a render to finish.

The installation asked speculative questions: Can you remember when Prime Minister Helle Thorning played a DJ set in Parliament instead of giving an opening speech? Frihed, Lighed Og Hip-Hop, 2023

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

Children and young people modified everyday objects such as chairs, umbrellas, tools, or clothing into hybrid sculptural forms. Mundane Heroics, 2019

Local rumours, past dreams, and forgotten figures merge with the town’s documented history across media: an interactive video installation, posters, sound works, and music. Hvidovre Makes Good Times Better, 2025

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

The Danish Arts Foundation's support enabled the presentation of the work in Vermont, introducing international digital art practices to the local community. Mundane Monsters, 2022

Signal_Crayfish takes the invasive signal crayfish, which displaces native Danish freshwater species and communicates chemically across distance, and sets it beside human communication technology. Would You Like to Know More, 2017

The project continued to develop as a multi-year work, with subsequent presentations including "Mr. Frihed, Lighed Og Hip-Hop, 2023

They contribute to a narrowing of bodily representations that is far more damaging in the long run than strange AI slippage. None of These Images Are of Me, 2025

The two videos alternate: when one plays, the other rests. Leddyrsomsorg / Arthropod Care, 2026

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

In their new form they remain recognisable both as having been a part of structures that no longer exist and as potential building blocks for future structures. Brownfield Wonderland, 2022

The goal is not to retell the news but to reorganise its visual material according to a logic other than the ones to which we have become habituated. Watershed, 2025

By reinserting them into the same online environments where facial recognition is used for surveillance, marketing and classification, the project subtly disrupted how automated systems construct a digital identity. Recognised Faces, 2014

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

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

This video asks a question that sits at the heart of our digital lives: how do we appear to a machine? Speaker 1, 2026

Pages were loaded sequentially or at random, with intervals that gave visitors time to recognise and reflect on the material. Auto Navigate My History, 2014

Instead of showing only what is lost when a human is translated into data, these moments offer a new perspective. Speaker 1, 2026

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

Installation took place aboard Svartlöga ship functioning as gallery space. Ebeltoft After The Flood, 2021

The event included a Collective Art Talk on Sunday at 13:00 CET in collaboration with Outside Collective. According to the Nose, 2021

For the exhibition opening, Vitar Horsens Rollespilslaug performed an InCrowd game at the art museum, bringing their practice directly into the gallery space. Everyday Heroes, 2019

While not free from environmental impact, this approach reflects an effort to minimize resource use and ecological harm in the project’s production. Hvidovre Makes Good Times Better, 2025

Each map focuses on a section of pavement filled with overlooked details such as cigarette butts, coffee spills, chewing gum and small weeds. Topographies of the Insignificant, 2010

As Rosi Braidotti has written, critique of the “tyranny of the unified subject” cannot be separated from the fact that we constantly reproduce the very idea of it. None of These Images Are of Me, 2025

Part of Ørum’s ongoing project "Freedom, Equality, and Hip-Hop", the work engages AI technologies (Flux.1, Stable Diffusion 3.5) to construct histories that never were. Aalborg Is The Future, 2024

The selected sites appear to lack history or unique features, yet they contain complex layers of information and hidden connections. Topographies of the Insignificant, 2010

The installation used various media to investigate how technology shapes our understanding of faces, identity, and political figures. Putins Nose, 2018

The project invited citizens to have their pets gently scanned to contribute to a composite digital monster that would inhabit the area around Borchs Gård in Kolding city centre. The Kolding Creature, 2021

The project reflected on the transformation of the district: once a mixed working-class and industrial area, now rapidly becoming an upscale residential neighbourhood. City Planning, 2010

The familiar rhythm of news consumption—fast, frictionless, designed for scanning—is replaced by movement through a spatial terrain. Watershed, 2025

The game turns on how the concept of gravity is embedded in language, metaphors, and everyday actions. Disbelieving Gravity, 2013

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

The sculptures were inspired by the role-players' own objects and toolkit, translating elements from their gaming practice into interactive art objects. Everyday Heroes, 2019

Some elements are only revealed through exploration, others remain invisible, and a hidden part of the project can be discovered by persistent visitors. Topographies of the Insignificant, 2010

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

Signal_Krebs was an installation work presented in the group exhibition "Navigeringer – På kanten af en verden i forandring". Signal_Crayfish, 2020

In the post-totalitarian context of Latvia, where memory is often manipulated for political purposes, the work offers a reminder that the past is not fixed and demonstrates the fluidity of historical narratives. Monuments of A Fictitious Past, 2024

The virtual creature remained accessible in the Borchs Gård area until 1 March 2022, allowing ongoing public engagement with the augmented reality artwork. The Kolding Creature, 2021

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