Kristoffer Ørum
Digital art.
Research. Somebody is going to have to examine it.
The website keeps itself up to date. He does not.
A record-keeper. The website is the work.
Science fiction, set last week.
A programmer who picks the wrong algorithm on purpose.
A "Sucker Trick" is a magic trick where the magician offers false clues to hide what they are actually doing. Sucker Trick, 2017
It ran across two buildings in Ringsted: the artist-run Ringsted Galleriet on Bøllingsvej 15, and the blood-sampling department of Midt- og Vestsjællands Hospital on Bøllingsvej 30. Leddyrsomsorg / Arthropod Care, 2026
The project involved citizen participation in creating the final artwork, with local residents contributing both their pets' physical forms and personal stories. The Kolding Creature, 2021
The exhibition was the second presentation by OXER and was supported by Statens Kunstfond. Depth Estimation, 2019
Bænkebider betragtere (Woodlouse Observers), the title of the ones placed around the hospital. Leddyrsomsorg / Arthropod Care, 2026
The project was based on historical facts and scientific data. Djurs Øhav, 2020
The machinic as a format for both production and display runs as a common thread through his practice. Coffee Lake, 2019
Each contribution provided insight into the often hidden or indirect references shaping contemporary art. Auto Navigate My History, 2014
Philosopher Donna Haraway has called this illusion a “god trick”: a view from nowhere that claims to see everything. None of These Images Are of Me, 2025
The project challenged both artists and associations to step out of their comfort zones and rethink their practices. Everyday Heroes, 2019
The work was exhibited at Museet for Samtidskunst in Roskilde, Denmark, from 13 January to 19 March 2006. Search for Carrot ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence, 2006
The installation drew connections between magic, architecture and eroticism through practices of showing and hiding. Sucker Trick, 2017
Standard interfaces are optimised for speed, reducing engagement to rapid recognition. Watershed, 2025
Custom software automated the browsing process by reading from the recorded history file and simulating user clicks. Auto Navigate My History, 2014
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
They function as my avatars on social networks in an ongoing performative investigation. None of These Images Are of Me, 2025
It is in this indeterminate time and space the Brownfield Wonderland exists as it attempts to reimagine the post-industrial brownfield. Brownfield Wonderland, 2022
By framing the narrative as a myth, the artists connected the story of The Ballehage Woman to broader experiences of people excluded from society due to norms around appearance and behavior in Denmark. The Ballehage Woman, 2009
The work was exhibited at ARoS Public's communication centre on the third floor from May to July 2021, alongside works by Danish and international artists including Lawrence Lek, Morehshin Allahyari, Stephanie Dinkins, and others. Signal_Crayfish, 2021
While gentrification night favour one imagined future out of all the others that could have come about, the ongoing struggle of whose imaginaries will be realised, and whose will be kept as potential or unrealistic futures, remains. Brownfield Wonderland, 2022
It is based on the belief that there is no inevitability to the current process of gentrification, it is simply one choice taken out of a million other possible ways we could develop our cities. Brownfield Wonderland, 2022
Hverdagens Helte (Everyday Heroes) consists of a series of interactive sculptures created in collaboration with Vitar Horsens Rollespilslaug (role-playing association). Everyday Heroes, 2019
Television screens were also installed, showing interviews that had been produced through workshop-based role play. Invisible Objects, 2016
Created in 2019, the work was exhibited by Radar Contemporary as an online piece. Vladimir's Tongue, 2020
It presented a dystopian scenario where computer-generated body fragments and singing microwave ovens suggested a post-human future. The End of the Universe as We Know It?, 2007
The performance has also been given at Domen, Aarhus (2021), at Performancerum, Aarhus (2023), and at Kalmar Art Museum, Kalmar (2023). A Human Pretending To Be An Artist Pretending To Be A Crayfish, 2022
A third video, A Song for Ming, was a karaoke track by Kristoffer Ærørum with music and performance by Josefine Struckmann. Djurs Øhav, 2020
Each day, Watershed collects images from international news websites and subjects them to a watershed segmentation algorithm. Watershed, 2025
The installation included various nose-related works including "My Nose", "Nose detector", and "Nose Archive", alongside "Face of Russia". Putins Nose, 2018
The exhibition allowed passersby to experience the animation in the context of the public street, at the junction of site-specific art and urban space. Et Andet Rum 2, 2009
The project aimed to examine new forms of dialogue in contemporary art on different terms than previously known. Everyday Heroes, 2019
The work renders the fragile and transient qualities of soap in digital animation, turning an everyday material into a dynamic, projected environment. Soap Particles, 2005
Occasionally she would enter well-lit areas briefly before disappearing when confronted. The Ballehage Woman, 2009
As a user zooms in on a fragment, its pixel structure reveals itself, breaking the illusion of seamlessness. Watershed, 2025
The work featured 3D-printed signal crayfish models, USB-connected gadgets, and digital manipulations. Signal_Crayfish, 2020
Until redevelopment started a few years ago, the area had somehow managed to escaped both commercial and municipal interest. Brownfield Wonderland, 2022
The installation drew from actual environmental concerns about invasive species whilst incorporating fictional elements related to digital communication networks and surveillance technologies. Signal_Crayfish, 2020
The English word cancer comes from the Greek for crab: the swollen veins around a tumour were thought to resemble a crab's limbs. A Human Pretending To Be An Artist Pretending To Be A Crayfish, 2022
The book is ring-bound and its plates are 3D-printed. Signal_Crayfish, 2026
Social media platforms like Facebook transform faces into points in coordinate systems, and from these coordinates people are classified as terrorists, defined as specific consumer types, or deemed irrelevant. Putin's Nose, 2019