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Talks, Workshops, Exhibits & Publications
Boris is an Oslo based artist that works within a wide range of the digital medium. From bending reclaimed technology, to making expressive wearables, to co-opting algorithms for individual introspection.
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Exhibits, Performances & Collections
Past
2023 — Apex Anima & FRZNTE
· Vill Vill Vest, Bergen
2023 — Bodies of Water
· UrbanSoundArt, Fredrikstad
2023 — Site Visits
· Teknisk Museum, Oslo
2022 — Apex Anima & FRZNTE
· Desertshore, Vienna
2022 — Apex Anima & FRZNTE
· Glasshouse, Rostock
2022 — Lure of Slowness
· Creativity & Cognition, Venice
2022 — Lure of Slowness
· Cosmic Rays Film Festival, North Carolina
2022 — Apex Anima & FRZNTE
· Sonic Morgue, Berlin
2022 — Site Visits
· Bærum Kunsthall, Oslo
2021 — Ontolica (CG, Support)
· Midpunkt, Reykjavik
2021 — Machines that judge us
· ADAF 2021, Athens
2021 — Apex Anima & FRZNTE
· Pop-Kultur, Berlin
2021 — Lure of Slowness
· Asker Museum, Asker
2021 — Life of a Building
· Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa
2021 — Lure of Slowness
· Kunstrom Skogen, Nærsnes
2021 — Nothing to See Here
· Linz FMR, Linz
2021 — Ontolica (CG, Support)
· Galleri Blunk, Trondheim
2020 — Machines that judge us
· Oslo Prosjektrom, Oslo
· Meta.Morf X, Online
2020 — FAEN Meta.Morf X (producer)
· Galleri KiT, Trondheim
2020 — FAEN Atelier Nord (producer)
· Atelier Nord, Oslo
2019 — Neon Cloud
· Y Oslo, Oslo
2019 — Monarch
· Wired to Wear, Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
2019 — Expiry Dates
· The Age of You, Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto
2019 — Cuerpxs de Luz
· Grace Exhibition Space, New York
· Kulturhuset, Oslo
2019 — News Interrupted
· Kulturhuset, Oslo
2019 — Machines that judge us
· AHO Gallery, Oslo
2019 — Machines that judge us
· Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
2019 — RF 2050
· Stockholm Design Week, Stockholm
2019 — Future Dialogues Now
· Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair, Stockholm
2018 — Scroll - A Magic of Maybe
· Live Art Festival, Shanghai
2018 — Machines that judge us
· V2_ Lab for the Unstable Media, Rotterdam
2018 — DARaLuz
· Cuerpxs Radicales, Brooklyn Museum, New York
2018 — Shadow Capture
· by:Larm 2018, Oslo
· Timelines, Teknisk Museum, Oslo
2017 — Neon Cloud
· RSD6, Oslo
2017 — Neon Cloud
· Elvelangs, Oslo
2017 — Expiry Dates
· EDIT, Toronto
2017 — Expiry Dates
· Facebook, Toronto
2016 — Quipucamayoc
· simultaneous performance, Cusco & Buenos Aires
2015 — Monarch
· Making Patterns, Eyebeam, New York
2015 — Monarch
· Electric Runway, Toronto
2015 — Monarch
· Vancouver Art Gallery, part of ISEA 2015, Vancouver
2015 — Monarch
· TEI 2015, Stanford
2015 — Monarch
· FASHIONOTES x WEARABLES, Toronto
Select Positions
Co-Founder
2023 — Now @ Ordinary Objects
Senior Creative Technologist
2022 — 2023 @ Bakken & Bæck
Fremtidspilot & Senior Advisor
2019 — 2021 @ Kulturtanken Kunstlab
Research Assistant
2013 — 2016 @ Social Body Lab
Residencies
- 2023: ITP Camp, ITP NYU, New York.
- 2020: ITP Camp, ITP NYU, Digital.
- 2019: ITP Camp, ITP NYU, New York.
- 2018: Summer Sessions, V2_ Lab for the Unstable Media, Rotterdam.
- 2018: ITP Camp, ITP NYU, New York.
- 2017: ITP Camp, ITP NYU, New York.
- 2015: ITP Camp, ITP NYU, New York.
Talks
- 2022: Will machines inherit the earth?, Grafill, Oslo
- 2021: Lure of Slowness, Futures of Living Technologies, Oslo
- 2019: DOUBLESPACE, Kulturhuset, Oslo
- 2018: Machines that Judge Us, Clojure/Conj, Durham NC
- 2018: Machines that Judge Us, Notam, Oslo
- 2017: Meatspace, Sketching in Hardware 2017, Detroit
- 2015: Introduction to Clojure, ITP Camp, New York
- 2015: Clojure, Sound, and Wearable Tech, Clojure West 2015, Portland OR
Workshops
- 2019: How Are We Talking About AI?, Workshop, ITP Camp, New York
- 2019: Web-Based Urban Projections, Workshop, ITP Camp, New York
- 2019: Visual Sarcasm, Workshop, ITP Camp, New York
- 2018: Kinetic Body Extensions for Social Interactions, TEI 2018, Stockholm
- 2015: Wearables and Collaborative Performance, Workshop, InterAccess, Toronto
- 2015: Bluetooth LE with the Light Blue Bean, Workshop, ITP Camp, New York
- 2015: Introduction to Bluetooth LE, Workshop, ITP Camp, New York
- 2014: Wearable Electronics, Teaching Assistant, Continuing Education, OCAD University.
Publications
- Elly Vadseth and Boris Kourtoukov. 2022. Lure of Slowness, Hydrological Rhythms. In Creativity and Cognition (C&C '22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 666–668. DOI
- Lee Jones, Greta Grip, and Boris Kourtoukov. 2022. The Life of a Building: Machine Knitting a Year of Visitor Data and Online Community Participation During a Pandemic. In Sixteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI ’22), February 13–16, 2022, Daejeon, Republic of Korea. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 5 pages. DOI
- Kate Hartman, Boris Kourtoukov, Izzie Colpitts-Campbell, and Erin Lewis. 2020. Monarch V2: An Iterative Design Approach to Prototyping a Wearable Electronics Project. Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 2215–2227. DOI
- Transitions, The PNEK Files, Interview with Zane Cerpina, Boris Kourtoukov, 2019
- Kate Hartman, Boris Kourtoukov, and Erin Lewis. 2018. Kinetic Body Extensions for Social Interactions. In Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI ’18). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 736- 739. DOI
- 12 Tools We Can’t Live Without for Making Wearables, Make Magazine, Kate Hartman & Boris Kourtoukov
- Body Boards, Make Magazine, also in print.
- Kate Hartman, Jackson McConnell, Boris Kourtoukov, Hillary Predko, and Izzie Colpitts-Campbell. 2015. Monarch: Self Expression Through Wearable Kinetic Textiles. In Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction (TEI ’15). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 413-414. DOI