Alexandra Murray-Leslie
Om
BACKGROUND AND AREAS OF EXPERTISE
From my early years as an art student in Melbourne, Australia to practicing as an artist in the vibrant scenes of Singapore, Tokyo, San Francisco & Europe, my journey has never been that of a traditional academic. As a co-founder of the art band Chicks on Speed, I've collaboratively extended the domains of art, ARTivism, fashion, pop music and technology. This path led me to pursue a Ph.D. at Creativity and Cognition Studios, Department of Engineering and IT, The University of Technology Sydney, where my focus on analogue & digital musical body-centric Instrument creation for performance has solidified my commitment to merging craft with technological sustainovation.
Currently serving as a Professor of Digital Performance at the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art, NTNU, my endeavors reach well beyond the conventional bounds of academia, interfacing directly with industry. A notable example of this was my advisory role at the Sonar Festival in Barcelona (Sonar +D), where I advised on Artistic Research and Entrepreneurship. This role exemplifies my dedication to nurturing synergies between the academic world, pop music, art and industry, to build innovative collaborations, aiming to create a symbiotic relationship that drives forward and blurs the boundaries of each field.
Moreover, my commitment to public engagement and educational enrichment is exemplified through my honorary Professor appointment at the University of Technology Sydney's School of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering and IT. Here, I continue to engage with collaborative cutting-edge research and development, fostering a bridge that not only spans across scientific disciplines but also connects academia directly with the broader community.
I´m currently a curator at A Shaded View on Fashion Film 17, Dover St Market Paris and I´m also a member The Academic Network for Palestine at NTNU.
CURRENT & PAST RESEARCH PROJECTS
July. 2019—Dec. 2026 Real-Time Telematic Audiovisual Improvisation (Project code: PKU-2021/10039). Funded by the The Norwegian Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education.
April. 2020-Dec. 2024 KLIMAFORSK project MEATigation: Towards sustainable meat-use in Norwegian food practices for climate mitigation. The project is a collaboration across the Social Sciences Humanities and Art, Norwegian business and cultural actors with the aim to explore and transform Norwegian food practices towards reducing meat use. Research Council of Norway (RCN) 303698. Director: Senior Researcher Sophia Efsthatiou, (NTNU, Norway).
MEDIA COVERAGE & OUTREACH
FAZE Redaktion (2025, June). Chicks on Speed: 5LP-Box-Set inklusive neuem Album angekündigt. FAZEmag. Available at: https://www.fazemag.de/chicks-on-speed-5lp-box-set-inklusive-neuem-album-angekuendigt/
Pearis, B. (2025, June 6). Chicks on Speed prep 1st album in a decade as part of career-spanning box set, share "MEAT&drag" video. BrooklynVegan. Available at: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/chicks-on-speed-prep-1st-album-in-a-decade-as-part-of-career-spanning-box-set-share-meatdrag-video/
Sinusoidal Music (2025, January 8) ‘“TECHNO WORLDS”: Kolkata sees a one of a kind techno music exhibition’, Sinusoidal Music. Available at: https://sinusoidalmusic.com/news/techno-worlds-kolkata-sees-a-one-of-a-kind-techno-music-exhibition/
Are We on Air (2024, November) Weekly interview series by Arman Naféei [Radio Program], Los Angeles. Available at: https://podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/ep-111-chicks-on-speed/id1509599164?i=1000677788331
Are We on Air (2024, November) Weekly interview series by Arman Naféei [Radio Program], Los Angeles. https://podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/ep-111-chicks-on-speed/id1509599164?i=1000677788331
Cano, S. (2024, October) ‘Chicks on Speed convierte el EACC en una fiesta multisensorial: "Simulamos un sueño, porque es el único lugar donde nadie nos controla"’, Nomepierdoniuna, 1 October. Available at: https://www.nomepierdoniuna.net/chicks-on-speed-convierte-el-eacc-en-una-fiesta-multisensorial-simulamos-un-sueno-porque-es-el-unico-lugar-donde-nadie-nos-controla/
FM4 (2024, August) ‘Fuzzstock 2024: Dort ist das Wetter immer schön und gut´, https://fm4.orf.at/stories/3043146/
Forskning
RTAI Realtime Telematic Audiovisual Improvisation
SEAR Socially Engaged Art Research
Publikasjoner
2026
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Logan, Melissa.
(2026)
ELECTRONIC MUSIC IN SPAIN (1995-2015) - A photographic retrospective by Nathalie Paco, narrated by the protagonists of the electronic music scene.
Verkami
Populærvitenskapelig monografi
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Johnson, Leslie Jeanne;
Solberg, Tor-Ada;
Glas, Kathi.
(2026)
Intersections and nodes in the margins of UKRAINA TV’s experiment into UTOPIA by Chicks on Speed & collaborators with UKRAINA TV.
Stream Art Network (SAN) Magazine
Populærvitenskapelig artikkel
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Efstathiou, Sophia;
Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki.
(2026)
Curating for Controversy: Crearation, Overidentification, Objektinstruments and Pop Sloganeering as Art-Based Strategies for Critical Controversy Studies.
Vitenskapelig kapittel
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Efstathiou, Sophia;
Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki.
(2026)
What Curators Know Art and Science in the Museum.
Bloomsbury Academic
Lærebok
2023
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Dom, Liz;
Logan, Melissa. E..
(2023)
My Last Will.
Walther Koenig
Utstillingskatalog
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki.
(2023)
Sleep Synthesis by Chicks on Speed and Collaborators, The Irreplaceable Human – Conditions of Creativity in the Age of AI,.
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Utstillingskatalog
2022
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki.
(2022)
Techno Worlds.
Hatje Cantz Verlag
Utstillingskatalog
2021
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Brandtsegg, Øyvind;
Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki.
(2021)
FEEDBACK: Vibrotactile Materials Informing Artistic Practice.
Vitenskapelig kapittel
2020
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki.
(2020)
Costuming the Foot: A Designer/Performer's Personal Artistic Methods.
Vitenskapelig kapittel
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Holscher, Petra;
Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki.
(2020)
.Jewelery.
Arnoldsche
Utstillingskatalog
2019
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Schnugg, Claudia;
Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki.
(2019)
Creating ArtScience
Collaboration - Bringing Value to Organizations.
Palgrave Macmillan
Populærvitenskapelig monografi
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Logan, Melissa. E..
(2019)
SCREAM APP´S COLLECTION by Chicks on Speed 2012-2013.
Populærvitenskapelig kapittel
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki.
(2019)
Theatrical performances with Objet Connex 500 3d printer; making computer enhanced footwear prototypes.
Vitenskapelig kapittel
2018
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Johnston, Andrew.
(2018)
The liberation of the feet: De-making the high-heeled
shoe for theatrical audio-visual expression.
Vitenskapelig kapittel
Tidsskriftspublikasjoner
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Johnson, Leslie Jeanne;
Solberg, Tor-Ada;
Glas, Kathi.
(2026)
Intersections and nodes in the margins of UKRAINA TV’s experiment into UTOPIA by Chicks on Speed & collaborators with UKRAINA TV.
Stream Art Network (SAN) Magazine
Populærvitenskapelig artikkel
Bøker
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Logan, Melissa.
(2026)
ELECTRONIC MUSIC IN SPAIN (1995-2015) - A photographic retrospective by Nathalie Paco, narrated by the protagonists of the electronic music scene.
Verkami
Populærvitenskapelig monografi
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Efstathiou, Sophia;
Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki.
(2026)
What Curators Know Art and Science in the Museum.
Bloomsbury Academic
Lærebok
-
Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Dom, Liz;
Logan, Melissa. E..
(2023)
My Last Will.
Walther Koenig
Utstillingskatalog
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Schnugg, Claudia;
Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki.
(2019)
Creating ArtScience
Collaboration - Bringing Value to Organizations.
Palgrave Macmillan
Populærvitenskapelig monografi
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Holscher, Petra;
Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki.
(2020)
.Jewelery.
Arnoldsche
Utstillingskatalog
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki.
(2023)
Sleep Synthesis by Chicks on Speed and Collaborators, The Irreplaceable Human – Conditions of Creativity in the Age of AI,.
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Utstillingskatalog
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki.
(2022)
Techno Worlds.
Hatje Cantz Verlag
Utstillingskatalog
Del av bok/rapport
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Efstathiou, Sophia;
Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki.
(2026)
Curating for Controversy: Crearation, Overidentification, Objektinstruments and Pop Sloganeering as Art-Based Strategies for Critical Controversy Studies.
Vitenskapelig kapittel
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Brandtsegg, Øyvind;
Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki.
(2021)
FEEDBACK: Vibrotactile Materials Informing Artistic Practice.
Vitenskapelig kapittel
-
Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Johnston, Andrew.
(2018)
The liberation of the feet: De-making the high-heeled
shoe for theatrical audio-visual expression.
Vitenskapelig kapittel
-
Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Logan, Melissa. E..
(2019)
SCREAM APP´S COLLECTION by Chicks on Speed 2012-2013.
Populærvitenskapelig kapittel
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki.
(2019)
Theatrical performances with Objet Connex 500 3d printer; making computer enhanced footwear prototypes.
Vitenskapelig kapittel
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki.
(2020)
Costuming the Foot: A Designer/Performer's Personal Artistic Methods.
Vitenskapelig kapittel
Undervisning
Emner
Formidling
2026
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Foredrag
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Intervju
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KonferanseforedragMurray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Efstathiou, Sophia; Dziadkiewicz, Roman. (2026) COStumisation: Hybrid Bodies and StreamArt across Watermelon Studios, an Analogue/Digital collaboration between Chicks on Speed and UKRAiNATV - keynote presentation Critical Costume Conference. Critical Costume 2026, Costume interfaces and interdisciplinary entanglements
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KonferanseforedragMurray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2026) Real Time Telematic Audiovisual Improvisation (RTAI) keynote presentation. ARTISTIC RESEARCH FORUM Lillehammer
2025
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AviskronikkMurray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2025) Chicks on Speed: Wir sind die Kunst, published in the journal Weltkunst, issue 247/25, October 2025, publisher Zeitverlag Gerd Bucerius.
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Annen presentasjonMurray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Efstathiou, Sophia; Raonic, Aleksandra; Hussein, Bassam. (2025) NTNU Community - TEAM ART (Cooking as ACTION: Art|Architecture, Anamnesis, Appetite, Aesthetics and Agency in Food-Based Artistic Research). C.R.A.F.T. Community, Resistance, Art, Food, Translocal Tales
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ForedragMurray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2025) Feet of Noise: From Pan Sonic to Computational Footwear (a homage to Mika Vanio). Museum of Sound
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KonferanseforedragMurray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Efstathiou, Sophia. (2025) Slow Song Science: Methods for real-time cross-disciplinary research collaboration. 16th SAR International Conference on Artistic Research
2024
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KonferanseforedragMurray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2024) From Affective Computing to Artistic Intelligence: Rethinking Body-Centred Devices for Musical Expression in Telematic Pop Performance. DRHA conference (Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts) 2024 BANAL DEVICES Everyday technology in globalized technocultures
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KonferanseforedragEfstathiou, Sophia; Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Driessen, Clemens. (2024) Instrumentalise Me! - A logocrashing pop hit. Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S) and the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) joint meeting
2023
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Foredrag
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ForedragMurray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Dziadkiewicz, Roman. (2023) Synthesize live by Alex Murray-Leslie & Roman Dziadkiewicz & Chicks on Speed & UKRAiNATV. 14TH SAR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2023
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ForedragMurray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Frank, Tina; Ferguson, Sam; Bakken, Sivert; Sivertsen, Eirik Selnæs; Johansen, Tor Arne; Roros, Anneli; glas, kathi; Efstathiou, Sophia; Einarsdottir, Unnur Andrea. (2023) Deep Dark Oceans Music Video project - datavisualisation of Hyperspectral data in collaboration with Department of Engineering Cybernetics and Creativity and Cognition Studios, University of Technology Sydney. Ocean
2020
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KonferanseforedragMurray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2020) Art-Science Residencies. Art-Science Residencies: Methodologies and Experience Feedbacks
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KonferanseforedragMurray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2020) Digitally Enhanced Foot-orthotics to Revolutionise Artistic Swimming. TRONDHEIM INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE FOR ART & TECHNOLOGY, METAMORPH X, DIGITAL WILD Conference
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KonferanseforedragMurray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2020) The network, the pandemic and telematic performance. ECOLOGY, SITE AND PLACE, PITEÅ PERFORMING ARTS BIENNIAL
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KonferanseforedragMurray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2020) Corona Improv Sessions, experiences in Telematic Performance making. Physically distant: online talks on telematic performance
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ForedragMurray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2020) The Women in Media Art: Telematic Performance. Ars Electronica Festival
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KonferanseforedragMurray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Haarsaker, Nina Katrine; González, María; PISTOUFIDIOU, ANASTASIA. (2020) Bioplastics and Biodegradable materials for sustainable and circular design. ARTEC Seminar Series
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KonferanseforedragMurray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2020) costuming the foot, shoes have the potential to deliver a psychological autonomy as well as a political status in performance. Costume Agency, Critical Costume
2019
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KonferanseforedragMurray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Efstathiou, Sophia. (2019) Facing the Gesamtkunstwerk foot first. 'Artists, Designers and the Philosophers we Love'
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ForedragBrandtsegg, Øyvind; Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. (2019) Chicks on Speed in conversation with Øyvind Brandtsegg. Big Challenge
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ForedragMusiol, Hanna; Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2019) Spectral Landscapes: Senses, Archives, Cocreation. ARTEC Seminar Series
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KonferanseforedragMurray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2019) Gesamtkunstwerk: Thinking Through Making and Performing (computer enhanced footwear prototypes). INDISCIPLINES