CHICKS ON SPEED

Established in Munich in 1997 by Melissa Logan (born USA, 1970), Alex Murray-Leslie(born Australia, 1970) and Kiki Moorse (now gone solo), Chicks on Speed (COS) today also includes Anat Ben-David (born Israel, 1970), Kathi Glas (born Germany, 1977), and A.L. Steiner (born USA, 1967). They live and work in Barcelona, Berlin, Hamburg, London and New York.

During their residency at Gertrude Contemporary COS installed, performed and hosted live workshops at their sprawling interdisciplinary Craft Victoria exhibition, ‘Viva La Craft’ from 12 March to 24 April, 2010.  Chicks on Speed held a one hour in-conversation during their residency in Studio 18 on Thursday 19 March. The discusion covered COS’s fusion of traditional techniques of production with feminist concerns as well as their parallel art and music/sound practice, the currency and translation of contemporary feminist theory in art and life and recent COS forays into fashion. COS member Alex Murray-Leslie also spent time meeting with Melbourne artists to further expand her ‘Girl Monster’ project - a curated compilation of 62 works by 62 women artists focussed on the art/music cross-over.

This information was current at the time of their residency.