Kristoffer Ørum
This text is generated. He decided what it generates from.
Local. Copenhagen and Aarhus, mostly.
Made by hand, mostly. Cut, cast, sanded, painted.
Works with machines that are confidently wrong.
Research. Somebody is going to have to examine it.
Science fiction, set last week.
An urban planning term for any previously developed land that is not currently in use. Brownfield Wonderland, 2022
Auto Navigate My History uses the digital archive of daily browsing as both source and medium. Auto Navigate My History, 2014
"Mundane Monsters" brought together three speculative and humorous everyday monsters in an installation at the artist-run exhibition space Bonamatic in Copenhagen. Mundane Monsters, 2023
The signs Prognose eller kaos (Prognosis or Chaos) and a second Leddyrsomsorg in the gallery. Leddyrsomsorg / Arthropod Care, 2026
Ørum's contribution used algorithmic depth estimation to analyse one of the recovered photographs and generate a three-dimensional interpretation. Depth Estimation, 2019
Affluence without abundance (2021) shown in Nyt Lys, a group exhibition at Sophienholm in Kongens Lyngby, 19 November 2025 to 25 January 2026. Affluence without abundance, 2025
Putin's Nose was a multi-year project that sought to turn surveillance systems' simplified identity categories and tools against themselves. Putin's Nose, 2019
I sat at a table in a crayfish costume, in front of a screen, and talked while speech recognition transcribed me and projected the transcript behind my head. A Human Pretending To Be An Artist Pretending To Be A Crayfish, 2022
The wireless transmissions and video projections created an atmosphere where technology and nature intersected in unexpected ways. 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
Two texts were airbrushed directly onto the wall using beetroot juice for the group exhibition *Qua Aqua* at Koldinggade 12 in Copenhagen. Qua Aqua (Beetroot Texts), 2017
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
The launch (December 7, 2024) consisted of a performative city walk, a community meal, and a concert with Christian Høgh, organized with f.eks. and supported by multiple cultural partners. Aalborg Is The Future, 2024
Over a period of 107 days, Anders Bojen and Kristoffer Ørum had a custom computer program rewrite the history of Roskilde in real time, from the town’s foundation by the Vikings in 980 to its present-day status as a world heritage site. Roskilde Parahistory, 2009
Instead of treating these models as definitive or universal, the project approaches them as partial and provisional—open to reinterpretation, modification, and play. Diffused States (Vancouver), 2025
The performance concludes with Google's speech recognition continuously but often mistakenly transcribing what the lecturer says, with colours changing rhythmically each time the text updates. Feathered Misconceptions, 2018
The hardware is produced through resource-intensive processes, and even the “local” is entangled in a global infrastructure. None of These Images Are of Me, 2025
With deepfakes and decentralised information sources, the photograph’s credibility as evidence is under renewed scrutiny. Watershed, 2025
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
The industrial spaces provided a striking backdrop for the reimagined objects and performances. Mundane Heroics, 2019
Mundane Heroics is a collaborative project by Kristoffer Ørum and Nilas Dumstrei. Mundane Heroics, 2019
Large halls and open foyers became stages for collaborative scenes, where the altered objects and role play merged into temporary sculptural environments. Mundane Heroics, 2019
Despite this, they were largely abandoned in favour of commercially driven binary architectures. Diffused States (Boston), 2025
The Kolding Creature was a virtual three-dimensional creature created from 3D scans of local Kolding pets and conversations with their owners. The Kolding Creature, 2021
A third video, A Song for Ming, was a karaoke track by Kristoffer Ærørum with music and performance by Josefine Struckmann. Djurs Øhav, 2020
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
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
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
Components included routers, antennas, and cables arranged alongside the biological forms. Signal_Crayfish, 2020
Affluence without abundance was a video installation featuring a giant 3D-printed oyster that presented a speculative future scenario where the earth is covered by an endless ocean and people live in giant oysters. Affluence without abundance, 2021
The work takes up how computer technology mediates our relationship to the physical world, creating hybrid zones where digital simulation and material reality intersect. Coffee Lake, 2019
The project used artificial intelligence not as a thinking entity, but as a tool filled with errors and biases that could inspire new ways of thinking. Frihed, Lighed Og Hip-Hop, 2023
The project treats everyday objects and routines as sites of discovery and narrative potential, turning personal and mundane experience into shared, speculative material. Day to Day Data, 2008
The exhibition posed a paradox about how we can become accustomed to living in a constantly changing world with technological trends that supplement, expand and reinforce reality with extra layers of information. Mundane Monsters, 2023
The video combines humor, science fiction, and speculative narratives in a single continuous run through unusual and imaginative topics. Search for Carrot ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence, 2006
"Monuments of a Fictional Past" is a project that imagines a past where Soviet edifices dotting the Latvian landscape have been replaced with AI-generated counterparts. Monuments of A Fictitious Past, 2024
Google ads for tessellax.com used keywords like AROS and Sculpture by the Sea. The Ballehage Woman, 2009
Hydrographic prints on cornstarch included text "NO pearls or seaweed in the toilets!!! they are getting clogged" (2021). Ebeltoft After The Flood, 2021
They draw on the advertising industry’s most simplified identity categories and support algorithmic preferences. None of These Images Are of Me, 2025
From advertising screens on buses to personal mobile phones, we are daily surrounded by lifelike computer-generated representations of physical phenomena. Melting State, 2020