Alex has been working with sounding foot-wearables since 2006, mostly made for the International art group Chicks on Speed (Alex founded with Melissa Logan in 1997). The computer enhanced footwear showcase the role that wearable technologies can play in performance art. The shoes were worn by Chicks on Speed in their latest Artstravaganza performance held in conjunction with Karl Lagerfeld’s ‘Modemethode’ exhibition at the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn, Germany last September. The shoes and foot-appendages are designed with Arduino sensors and actuators. They interface with audio-video systems on stage and relay data to technologies integrated into other parts of the performance arena. Alex presents this and so much more.

Australian artist, designer & performer Alex Murray-Leslie is creating new expressions for wearable technologies. Through her PhD research studies at Creativity and Cognition Studios, The University of Technology Sydney and her performances in her art group Chicks on Speed, Alex is pioneering a new genre of wearable technology called ‘OBJECTINSTRUMENTS’. The computer-enhanced footwear she designs create interfaces between the wearers movements and audio-visual technologies, adding exciting new dimensions to performance art as a result. Today, Alex performs in Chicks on Speed, is curator of the ASVOFF 9 Wearable Technology in fashion film competition, Centre Pompidou, an Autodesk artist in residence and adjunct faculty member at The University of Arts and Industrial Design Linz.