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Alexandra Murray-Leslie

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Alexandra Murray-Leslie

Professor
Trondheim Academy of Fine Art
Faculty of Architecture and Design

alexandra.n.murray-leslie@ntnu.no
+4748406971‬ Trondheim Academy of Fine Art, Innherredsveien 7, Inngang A, 7014 Trondheim
MUSIC CHICKS ON SPEED & COLLABORATORS
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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 is my advisory role at A Shaded View on Fashion Film, Dover St Market Paris, where I curate in the field of Artistic Research. This role exemplifies my dedication to nurturing synergies between the academic world, pop music, art, critical fashionable costume 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 member of the Global Movement to Gaza (GMTG), an international network of artists, academics and civil society actors engaged in humanitarian solidarity.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

July. 2019—Dec. 2025 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

Dalí Foundation. (2026, November). Chicks on Speed: Interview with Alex Murray-Leslie. Dalí News – Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí. Forthcoming.

Winkler, T. (2026, January). Feministisches Kunstkollektiv: Aufregend uneindeutig [Feature on Chicks on Speed / Alex Murray-Leslie]. Amnesty Journal, Januar–März 2026. Available at: https://www.amnesty.de/sites/default/files/2025-12/Amnesty-Journal-Januar-Maerz-2026.pdf

O'Brien, L. (2025, October). The Strange World Of… Chicks On Speed. The Quietus. Available at: https://thequietus.com/interviews/strange-world-of/chicks-on-speed-best-music/

Zeitverlag Gerd Bucerius. (2025, October 10). Utopia: Chicks on Speed & Collaborators [Feature with images]. Weltkunst, Nr. 247/25. Available at: https://shop.zeit.de/WELTKUNST-247-25-Sonderheft-Muenchen/50889

Murray-Leslie, A. (2025, April 14). Ausstellung und neues Album: Die Chicks on Speed sind zurück. BR24 / Bayerischer Rundfunk. Available at: https://www.br.de/nachrichten/kultur/ausstellung-und-neues-album-die-chicks-on-speed-sind-zurueck,UztaOws

Murray-Leslie, A. (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/

Taz Redaktion. (2025, October 22). Voll gut, voll drüber: Chicks on Speed. taz – die tageszeitung. Available at: https://taz.de/Voll-gut-voll-drueber-Chicks-on-Speed/!6118325/

Radio Goethe. (2025, November 15). Interview with Chicks on Speed. Radio Goethe – The German Voice. Available at: https://www.radiogoethe.org/en/blog-reader/interview-with-chicks-on-speed.html

Goethe-Institut. (2026, April 25). TECHNO WORLDS — Final Sampling. Goethe-Institut / Power Station of Art, Shanghai. Available at: https://www.goethe.de/en/kul/bku/tec/auo/sha.html

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

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/ 

RISIKO Magazine. (2024, January). Issue 4 Pop!. https://shop.lodownmagazine.com/product/risiko-issue-4-pop
 
Goethe Institute. (2024, January). Techno Worlds Exhibition, Chicks on Speed. https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/kul/liv/tec/art/chi.html
 
Ocula. (2023, November). Denmark’s Louisiana Museum Ponders Humanity’s Obsolescence. https://ocula.com/magazine/art-news/louisiana-museum-ponders-human-obsolescence/
 
Kunstavisen. (2023, November). Lyd og stillhet i Lofoten. https://kunstavisen.no/artikkel/2023/lyd-og-stillhet-i-lofoten
 
Art Forum. (2023, November). What are the conditions of creativity in the age of AI? https://artguide.artforum.com/artguide/louisiana-museum-of-modern-art-1629/the-irreplaceable-human-212458
 
The Quietus. (2023, February). Sound & Vision: Broken Music Vol. 2 Explores Records By Artists. https://thequietus.com/articles/32581-broken-music-vol-2-hamburger-bahnhof-berlin-review
 
Show Studio. (2023, November). Paris´Dover Street Market welcomes A Shaded View on Fashion Film. https://showstudio.com/news/paris-dover-street-market-welcomes-a-shaded-view-of-fashion-film-festival
 
WWD. (2023, November). ASVOFF’s 15th Edition to Kick Off Under Sponsorship of French Culture Ministry. https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-features/a-shaded-view-on-fashion-film-festival-asvoff-french-culture-ministry-1235912016/
 
Eflux. (2023, October). Museum of Sound, Maaretta Jaukkari Foundation. https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/568313/museum-of-sound/
 
Zeit Online. (2023, June). Mein letzter Wille - Künstler loten ihr Vermächtnis aus. https://www.zeit.de/news/2023-06/30/mein-letzter-wille-kuenstler-loten-ihr-vermaechtnis-aus
 
NRK. (2023, February).  The lust of the flesh: An exhibition characterized by humor and excess, delightfully free from moralistic pointing fingers. https://www.nrk.no/anmeldelser/anmeldelse_-_more-meat-less-meat_-pa-trondheim-kunstmuseum-1.16299813
 

 

 

Competencies

  • Construction of musical instruments
  • Music video
  • Performance Intelligence
  • Pop Music
  • Popular Culture
  • Queer Drag Feminism
  • Research Songs
  • Telematic performance

Research

RTAI Realtime Telematic Audiovisual Improvisation

RTAI is a multi‑year artistic research project led by Alex Murray‑Leslie that develops new frameworks, tools and pedagogies for live, networked performance across distance.

SEAR Socially Engaged Art Research

The Research Group for Socially Engaged Art (SEAR) at NTNU investigates how art and art-based methods can engage with and respond to pressing societal challenges.

Publications

  • Chronological
  • By category
  • All publications registered in NVA

2026

  • 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
    Popular science monograph
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Dziadkiewicz, Roman; Johnson, Leslie Jeanne; Solberg, Tor-Ada; Glas, Kathi; Logan, Melissa E.. (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
    Popular science article
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2026) TECHNO WORLDS Beijing.
    Visual arts
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2026) Fashion Intelligence.
    Film
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Efstathiou, Sophia; Dziadkiewicz, Roman; Glas, Kathi; Einarsdottir, unnur andrea; solberg, tor-ada. (2026) ORLAN & Chicks on Speed telematic and streamart performance, Museum Villa Stuck Munich.
    Performing arts
  • Efstathiou, Sophia; Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2026) Curating for Controversy: Crearation, Overidentification, Objektinstruments and Pop Sloganeering as Art-Based Strategies for Critical Controversy Studies.
    Academic chapter
  • Efstathiou, Sophia; Rogers, Hannah Star; Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2026) What Curators Know Art and Science in the Museum. Bloomsbury Academic
    Textbook
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Busch, Annett; Arigbabu, Ayodele; Suijkerbuijk, Martinus. (2026) Stochastic Dreams by Ayodele Arigbabu in collaboration with Martinus Suijkerbuijk, curated by Alex Murray-Leslie and Annett Busch.
    Exhibition
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Efstathiou, Sophia; Johnson, Leslie Jeanne. (2026) COSmos of FUNology by Chicks on Speed & Collaborators.
    Performing arts
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Efstathiou, Sophia; Busch, Annett; Bayesteh, Mohammad; Johnson, Leslie Jeanne; Dziadkiewicz, Roman; Logan, Melissa E.; frank, tina; Arigbabu, Ayodele. (2026) UTOPIA Chicks on Speed and collaborators, Museum Villa Stuck Munich.
    Exhibition
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Gangvik, Espen; Cerpina, Zane; Busch, Annett; Arigbabu, Ayodele; Kukreja, Samrridhi. (2026) Meta.Morf. Future Manifestos. Trondheim Electronic Arts Centre
    Exhibition catalogue
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2026) TECHNO WORLDS Shanghai.
    Exhibition

2025

  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. (2025) Community Action Center Soundtrack 12" Vinyl.
    Music
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa E.; Efstathiou, Sophia; Busch, Annett; Bayesteh, Mohammad; Arigbabu, Ayodele; Glas, Kathi; Johnson, Leslie Jeanne. (2025) HEARandNOWtopia by Chicks on Speed and Collaborators.
    Music
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Efstathiou, Sophia; Logan, Melissa E.; Glas, Kathi; Busch, Annett; Bayesteh, Mohammad; Dom, Liesel. (2025) HEARtopia BOX SET by Chicks on Speed and Collaborators.
    Music
  • Bastashevski, Mari; Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Leyda, Julia. (2025) Pending Xenophora. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Doctoral thesis

2024

  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2024) TECHNO WORLDS Theremin Tapestry & We Don´t Play Guitars Music Video by Chicks on Speed.
    Exhibition
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Efstathiou, Sophia; arigbau, ayodele; Busch, Annett; Sampson, Bruce Andrew; Bayesteh, Mohammad; Logan, Melissa. E.; Einarsdottir, Unnur Andrea; Roros, Anneli. (2024) Sleep Synthesis by Chicks on Speed & Collaborators, The Irreplaceable Human: Conditions of Creativity in the Age of AI - Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.
    Exhibition
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2024) Theremin Tapestry & Music Video We Don´t Play Guitars.
    Exhibition

2023

  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; ORLAN, SAINT; Logan, Melissa. E.; Frank, Tina. (2023) Chicks on Speed feat. ORLAN / Live Bizarre Festival, Parq de la Vilette, Paris.
    Performing arts
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Bußmann, Frédéric; M+, M; Dom, Liz; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2023) My Last Will. Walther Koenig
    Exhibition catalogue
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Efstathiou, Sophia; Logan, Melissa. E.; glas, kathi; Cathrine, Kramer; Tromokratisch, Kangela; ORLAN, SAINT; Dekia, Joshua; Bayesteh, Mohammad; Gobel, Panja. (2023) More Meat, Less Meat.
    Exhibition
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2023) Sounding Footwear Compositions, Museum of Sound presented by Maaretta Jaukkari Foundation.
    Music
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2023) UPLOADING THE HUMAN.
    Music
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.; Frank, Tina. (2023) Chicks on Speed & Le Tigre European Tour / live Paradiso Amsterdam.
    Performing arts
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.; Mustache, Captain. (2023) Shifting Baselines.
    Music
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.; ORLAN, SAINT. (2023) ORLAN presents le slow de l’artiste (the artist’s slow) - We are Cosmique featuring Chicks on Speed, premier CENTQUATRE Paris.
    Music
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.; Dziadkiewicz, Roman. (2023) UPLOADING THE HUMAN HYBRID PERFORMANCE.
    Music
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Mathias, Ussing Seeberg; Villemoes, Lise; Jorgensen, Laerke Rydal. (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
    Exhibition catalogue
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Bayesteh, Mohammad; Duch, Michael Francis; Busch, Annett; Efstathiou, Sophia; Johnson, Leslie Jeanne; Day, Jeremiah; Dziadkiewicz, Roman; unnur, andrea einarsdottir; arigbau, ayodele. (2023) Shared Campus presents Telematic StreamArt Improvisation.
    Performing arts
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.; Dom, Liz. (2023) My Last Will.
    Exhibition
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.; Glas, Kathi; Dziadkiewicz, Roman. (2023) HOPE POP: Hybrid Togetherness.
    Music
  • Efstathiou, Sophia; Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Johnson, Leslie Jeanne; Logan, Melissa. E.; Tromokratisch, Kangela; Andrea, Unnur; Bayesteh, Mohammad. (2023) MEAT & Drag.
    Music

2022

  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.; Bayesteh, Mohammad; Day, Jeremiah; Einarsdottir, Unnur Andrea. (2022) Chicks on Speed EU Free Assange Rally Brussels.
    Performing arts
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2022) Chicks on Speed Habitat.
    Exhibition
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2022) Shared Campus: Creative Practices Across Cultures TELEPROVISATION.
    Music
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2022) A Shaded View on Fashion Film 14 (Fashion Moves curated selection).
    Exhibition
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2022) Techno Worlds Montreal.
    Exhibition
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2022) COVER ART.
    Exhibition
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2022) Techno Worlds Portland Maine.
    Exhibition
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2022) Techno Worlds New York.
    Exhibition
  • Weh, Mathilde; Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Hoffman, Justin. (2022) Techno Worlds. Hatje Cantz Verlag
    Exhibition catalogue

2021

  • Brandtsegg, Øyvind; Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2021) FEEDBACK: Vibrotactile Materials Informing Artistic Practice.
    Academic chapter
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.; Brandtsegg, Øyvind; Duch, Michael Francis. (2021) Uploading the Human.
    Music
  • Brandtsegg, Øyvind; Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Hynsjö, Joel Olof Vide; Lewis, Amalia Wiatr; Krogstad, Mona; Rasmussen, Mette; Morton, Jordan; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2021) The Things We Need Feedback!.
    Music
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2021) Techno Worlds Budapest.
    Exhibition

2020

  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2020) Chicks on Speed presents FANTASY.
    Music
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2020) What Would You Do For Love Of Country ?.
    Performing arts
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2020) Speed Listening: A Copycacophony Performance.
    Performing arts
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2020) Costuming the Foot: A Designer/Performer's Personal Artistic Methods.
    Academic chapter
  • Holscher, Petra; Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2020) .Jewelery. Arnoldsche
    Exhibition catalogue
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Day, Jeremiah; Logan, Melissa. E.; Filmon, Claire; Marchand, Antoine. (2020) Si c’est pour les gens, ça doit être beau, Jeremiah Day.
    Exhibition

2019

  • Schnugg, Claudia; Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2019) Creating ArtScience Collaboration - Bringing Value to Organizations. Palgrave Macmillan
    Popular science monograph
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2019) SCREAM APP´S COLLECTION by Chicks on Speed 2012-2013.
    Popular science chapter
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2019) Theatrical performances with Objet Connex 500 3d printer; making computer enhanced footwear prototypes.
    Academic chapter
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2019) Noise Bodies by Chicks on Speed.
    Exhibition

2018

  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Johnston, Andrew. (2018) The liberation of the feet: De-making the high-heeled shoe for theatrical audio-visual expression.
    Academic chapter

2007

  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Ben-david, Anat; Logan, Melissa; steiner, a.l.; Glas, Kathi. (2007) Re.act.feminism #2 – A Performing Archive: Contribution by Chicks on Speed.
    Film

Journal publications

  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Dziadkiewicz, Roman; Johnson, Leslie Jeanne; Solberg, Tor-Ada; Glas, Kathi; Logan, Melissa E.. (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
    Popular science article

Artistic productions

  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Ben-david, Anat; Logan, Melissa; steiner, a.l.; Glas, Kathi. (2007) Re.act.feminism #2 – A Performing Archive: Contribution by Chicks on Speed.
    Film
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. (2025) Community Action Center Soundtrack 12" Vinyl.
    Music
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa E.; Efstathiou, Sophia; Busch, Annett; Bayesteh, Mohammad; Arigbabu, Ayodele; Glas, Kathi; Johnson, Leslie Jeanne. (2025) HEARandNOWtopia by Chicks on Speed and Collaborators.
    Music
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2026) TECHNO WORLDS Beijing.
    Visual arts
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2026) Fashion Intelligence.
    Film
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Efstathiou, Sophia; Dziadkiewicz, Roman; Glas, Kathi; Einarsdottir, unnur andrea; solberg, tor-ada. (2026) ORLAN & Chicks on Speed telematic and streamart performance, Museum Villa Stuck Munich.
    Performing arts
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Efstathiou, Sophia; Logan, Melissa E.; Glas, Kathi; Busch, Annett; Bayesteh, Mohammad; Dom, Liesel. (2025) HEARtopia BOX SET by Chicks on Speed and Collaborators.
    Music
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Busch, Annett; Arigbabu, Ayodele; Suijkerbuijk, Martinus. (2026) Stochastic Dreams by Ayodele Arigbabu in collaboration with Martinus Suijkerbuijk, curated by Alex Murray-Leslie and Annett Busch.
    Exhibition
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Efstathiou, Sophia; Johnson, Leslie Jeanne. (2026) COSmos of FUNology by Chicks on Speed & Collaborators.
    Performing arts
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Efstathiou, Sophia; Busch, Annett; Bayesteh, Mohammad; Johnson, Leslie Jeanne; Dziadkiewicz, Roman; Logan, Melissa E.; frank, tina; Arigbabu, Ayodele. (2026) UTOPIA Chicks on Speed and collaborators, Museum Villa Stuck Munich.
    Exhibition
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2026) TECHNO WORLDS Shanghai.
    Exhibition
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.; Brandtsegg, Øyvind; Duch, Michael Francis. (2021) Uploading the Human.
    Music
  • Brandtsegg, Øyvind; Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Hynsjö, Joel Olof Vide; Lewis, Amalia Wiatr; Krogstad, Mona; Rasmussen, Mette; Morton, Jordan; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2021) The Things We Need Feedback!.
    Music
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; ORLAN, SAINT; Logan, Melissa. E.; Frank, Tina. (2023) Chicks on Speed feat. ORLAN / Live Bizarre Festival, Parq de la Vilette, Paris.
    Performing arts
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Efstathiou, Sophia; Logan, Melissa. E.; glas, kathi; Cathrine, Kramer; Tromokratisch, Kangela; ORLAN, SAINT; Dekia, Joshua; Bayesteh, Mohammad; Gobel, Panja. (2023) More Meat, Less Meat.
    Exhibition
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2023) Sounding Footwear Compositions, Museum of Sound presented by Maaretta Jaukkari Foundation.
    Music
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2023) UPLOADING THE HUMAN.
    Music
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.; Bayesteh, Mohammad; Day, Jeremiah; Einarsdottir, Unnur Andrea. (2022) Chicks on Speed EU Free Assange Rally Brussels.
    Performing arts
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.; Frank, Tina. (2023) Chicks on Speed & Le Tigre European Tour / live Paradiso Amsterdam.
    Performing arts
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2022) Chicks on Speed Habitat.
    Exhibition
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2024) TECHNO WORLDS Theremin Tapestry & We Don´t Play Guitars Music Video by Chicks on Speed.
    Exhibition
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.; Mustache, Captain. (2023) Shifting Baselines.
    Music
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.; ORLAN, SAINT. (2023) ORLAN presents le slow de l’artiste (the artist’s slow) - We are Cosmique featuring Chicks on Speed, premier CENTQUATRE Paris.
    Music
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2020) Chicks on Speed presents FANTASY.
    Music
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2020) What Would You Do For Love Of Country ?.
    Performing arts
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2020) Speed Listening: A Copycacophony Performance.
    Performing arts
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Efstathiou, Sophia; arigbau, ayodele; Busch, Annett; Sampson, Bruce Andrew; Bayesteh, Mohammad; Logan, Melissa. E.; Einarsdottir, Unnur Andrea; Roros, Anneli. (2024) Sleep Synthesis by Chicks on Speed & Collaborators, The Irreplaceable Human: Conditions of Creativity in the Age of AI - Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.
    Exhibition
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2022) Shared Campus: Creative Practices Across Cultures TELEPROVISATION.
    Music
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.; Dziadkiewicz, Roman. (2023) UPLOADING THE HUMAN HYBRID PERFORMANCE.
    Music
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2024) Theremin Tapestry & Music Video We Don´t Play Guitars.
    Exhibition
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Bayesteh, Mohammad; Duch, Michael Francis; Busch, Annett; Efstathiou, Sophia; Johnson, Leslie Jeanne; Day, Jeremiah; Dziadkiewicz, Roman; unnur, andrea einarsdottir; arigbau, ayodele. (2023) Shared Campus presents Telematic StreamArt Improvisation.
    Performing arts
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.; Dom, Liz. (2023) My Last Will.
    Exhibition
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Day, Jeremiah; Logan, Melissa. E.; Filmon, Claire; Marchand, Antoine. (2020) Si c’est pour les gens, ça doit être beau, Jeremiah Day.
    Exhibition
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.; Glas, Kathi; Dziadkiewicz, Roman. (2023) HOPE POP: Hybrid Togetherness.
    Music
  • Efstathiou, Sophia; Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Johnson, Leslie Jeanne; Logan, Melissa. E.; Tromokratisch, Kangela; Andrea, Unnur; Bayesteh, Mohammad. (2023) MEAT & Drag.
    Music
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2019) Noise Bodies by Chicks on Speed.
    Exhibition
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2022) A Shaded View on Fashion Film 14 (Fashion Moves curated selection).
    Exhibition
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2022) Techno Worlds Montreal.
    Exhibition
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2022) COVER ART.
    Exhibition
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2022) Techno Worlds Portland Maine.
    Exhibition
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2021) Techno Worlds Budapest.
    Exhibition
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2022) Techno Worlds New York.
    Exhibition

Books

  • 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
    Popular science monograph
  • Efstathiou, Sophia; Rogers, Hannah Star; Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2026) What Curators Know Art and Science in the Museum. Bloomsbury Academic
    Textbook
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Gangvik, Espen; Cerpina, Zane; Busch, Annett; Arigbabu, Ayodele; Kukreja, Samrridhi. (2026) Meta.Morf. Future Manifestos. Trondheim Electronic Arts Centre
    Exhibition catalogue
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Bußmann, Frédéric; M+, M; Dom, Liz; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2023) My Last Will. Walther Koenig
    Exhibition catalogue
  • Schnugg, Claudia; Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2019) Creating ArtScience Collaboration - Bringing Value to Organizations. Palgrave Macmillan
    Popular science monograph
  • Holscher, Petra; Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2020) .Jewelery. Arnoldsche
    Exhibition catalogue
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Mathias, Ussing Seeberg; Villemoes, Lise; Jorgensen, Laerke Rydal. (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
    Exhibition catalogue
  • Weh, Mathilde; Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Hoffman, Justin. (2022) Techno Worlds. Hatje Cantz Verlag
    Exhibition catalogue

Part of book/report

  • Efstathiou, Sophia; Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2026) Curating for Controversy: Crearation, Overidentification, Objektinstruments and Pop Sloganeering as Art-Based Strategies for Critical Controversy Studies.
    Academic chapter
  • Brandtsegg, Øyvind; Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2021) FEEDBACK: Vibrotactile Materials Informing Artistic Practice.
    Academic chapter
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Johnston, Andrew. (2018) The liberation of the feet: De-making the high-heeled shoe for theatrical audio-visual expression.
    Academic chapter
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2019) SCREAM APP´S COLLECTION by Chicks on Speed 2012-2013.
    Popular science chapter
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2019) Theatrical performances with Objet Connex 500 3d printer; making computer enhanced footwear prototypes.
    Academic chapter
  • Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2020) Costuming the Foot: A Designer/Performer's Personal Artistic Methods.
    Academic chapter

Student thesis or dissertation

  • Bastashevski, Mari; Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Leyda, Julia. (2025) Pending Xenophora. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
    Doctoral thesis

Teaching

Courses

  • BK1164 - Analogue/Digital Mashup!
  • BK2301 - Artistic Process
  • BK2600 - Artistic Encounter

Outreach

2026

  • Other presentation
    Khazrik, Jessika; Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Bayesteh, Mohammad; Hussein, Bassam; Johnson, Leslie Jeanne. (2026) NTNU Community - TEAM ART (Analogue/Digital Mashup!). NTNU Community - TEAM ART: Analogue/Digital Mashup! & Voices That Bring Together: Reviving Our Collective Power Through Embodied Sound and Electronic Music
  • Lecture
    Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2026) Chicks on Speed Herstory Munich. Chicks on Speed presents
  • Interview
    Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2026) Amnesty Journal - FEMINISTISCHES KUNSTKOLLEKTIV Aufregend uneindeutig Seit bald 30 Jahren bringt das Kollektiv Chicks on Speed Musik und Kunst, Wissenschaft und Aktivismus zusammen. Von Thomas Winkler.
  • Conference lecture
    Murray-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
  • Conference lecture
    Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2026) Real Time Telematic Audiovisual Improvisation (RTAI) keynote presentation. ARTISTIC RESEARCH FORUM Lillehammer
  • Interview
    Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2026) Telepathic Footwear: Collaborating with Dalí on Musical High Heels, an article commissioned by DALI NEWS: A magazine of the Fundació Gala‑Salvador Dalí.

2025

  • Feature article
    Murray-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.
  • Contribution to radio or TV
    Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2025) Ausstellung und neues Album: Die Chicks on Speed sind zurück.
  • Interview
    Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2025) Chicks on Speed prep 1st album in a decade as part of career-spanning box set, BrooklynVegan.
  • Interview
    Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2025) Chicks on Speed: fast and Furious.
  • Interview
    Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2025) A Quietus Interview with Alex Murray-Leslie & Anat Ben-David: The Strange World Of Chicks On Speed.
  • Contribution to radio or TV
    Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2025) RADIO GOETHE San Francisco - Interview with Alex Murray-Leslie (Chicks on Speed co-founder) about HEARTopia 5LP Boxset.
  • Other presentation
    Murray-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
  • Lecture
    Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2025) Feet of Noise: From Pan Sonic to Computational Footwear (a homage to Mika Vanio). Museum of Sound
  • Contribution to radio or TV
    Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2025) Guest Appearance by Alex on Beth Ditto’s BBC 6 Music Programme “Indie Forever Disco”.
  • Feature article
    Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2025) Chicks on Speed: On the cosmology of life of revolt and leisure, Arts of The Working Class.
  • Conference lecture
    Murray-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

  • Contribution to radio or TV
    Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2024) Chicks on Speed: Discussing Utopia, New Music & the Future of Art | Are We On Air ?.
  • Conference lecture
    Murray-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
  • Interview
    Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2024) RISIKO Magazine. Issue 4 Pop!.
  • Conference lecture
    Efstathiou, 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

  • Lecture
    Efstathiou, Sophia; Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2023) FACING MEAT. MATSYMPOSIUM
  • Lecture
    Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Dziadkiewicz, Roman. (2023) Synthesize live by Alex Murray-Leslie & Roman Dziadkiewicz & Chicks on Speed & UKRAiNATV. 14TH SAR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2023
  • Contribution to radio or TV
    Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2023) Electric Indigo & Robert Henke in conversation with Alex Murray-Leslie & Pia van Gelder.
  • Lecture
    Murray-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

2022

  • Other presentation
    Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; logan, melisa; moorse, kiki. (2022) Fashion Rules! - Chicks on Speed, 12" Vinyl Single from the Personal Art Collection and Estate of Karl Lagerfeld, Auctioned at Sotheby's, 2022. KARL - Karl Lagerfeld's Estate Online III, Sotheby's, New York/London
  • Interview
    Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.; Zayner, Josiah. (2022) Josiah Zayner and Chicks on Speed talk biohacking and Do-It-Yourself DNA.

2020

  • Conference lecture
    Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2020) Art-Science Residencies. Art-Science Residencies: Methodologies and Experience Feedbacks
  • Conference lecture
    Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2020) Digitally Enhanced Foot-orthotics to Revolutionise Artistic Swimming. TRONDHEIM INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE FOR ART & TECHNOLOGY, METAMORPH X, DIGITAL WILD Conference
  • Contribution to radio or TV
    Haarsaker, Nina Katrine; Sahbegovic, Nadja; Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2020) 24 HAVNELANGS, Friske Hendelser på Nyhavna.
  • Conference lecture
    Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2020) The network, the pandemic and telematic performance. ECOLOGY, SITE AND PLACE, PITEÅ PERFORMING ARTS BIENNIAL
  • Conference lecture
    Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2020) Corona Improv Sessions, experiences in Telematic Performance making. Physically distant: online talks on telematic performance
  • Lecture
    Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2020) The Women in Media Art: Telematic Performance. Ars Electronica Festival
  • Conference lecture
    Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Haarsaker, Nina Katrine; González, María; PISTOUFIDIOU, ANASTASIA. (2020) Bioplastics and Biodegradable materials for sustainable and circular design. ARTEC Seminar Series
  • Conference lecture
    Murray-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

  • Conference lecture
    Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Efstathiou, Sophia. (2019) Facing the Gesamtkunstwerk foot first. 'Artists, Designers and the Philosophers we Love'
  • Lecture
    Brandtsegg, Øyvind; Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. (2019) Chicks on Speed ​​in conversation with Øyvind Brandtsegg. Big Challenge
  • Lecture
    Musiol, Hanna; Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2019) Spectral Landscapes: Senses, Archives, Cocreation. ARTEC Seminar Series
  • Conference lecture
    Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki. (2019) Gesamtkunstwerk: Thinking Through Making and Performing (computer enhanced footwear prototypes). INDISCIPLINES

2010

  • Interview
    Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki; Logan, Melissa. E.. (2010) An Interview with Chicks On Speed, Dundee Contemporary Arts, 4–5 June, 2010.

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