141 South 5th Street #1E
Brooklyn, NY 11211
510.459.6224
nicklesley@gmail.com
www.nicklesley.com

EDUCATION
2005 - 2008 Brooklyn College, City University of New York,
M.F.A. Performance and Interactive Media Arts

1997 - 2001 University of California, San Diego (UCSD),
B.A. in Media Arts (film/video- major) and Music Technology (minor)

PERFORMANCE & COLLABORATION

2008 "Rough Guide to the Grotesque" collaborative thesis project with Eben Lillie. Performed at The Living Theatre, NY. With an accompanying video installation at Over The Office in Brooklyn entitled "Church of the Rough Guide".

2007 Experimental Performance Ensemble at Wild Projects. AV technician, musician, co-author.

2007 "Metis" Live electronic processing of actors' voices in a collaboration of playwrights and improvising musicians. Curated by Marie Evelyn and performed at The Tank, NY.

2007 The Orbis Tertius Ensemble. An open score conducted by computer generated video. Accompanied by an interactive installation at AdHoc Art Space entitled "The Duplication of Lost Objects / Salvation of an Amphitheatre". Performed at AdHoc and The Tank, NY.

2007 "Untitled No. 2." Turntable and analog electronics for a piece by Yoni Niv with saxophone and laptop, performed at Bushwick Starr, NY.

2006 "Seven Horsemen" performance in a collaborative multimedia piece with Scarlet Rivera and Stanley Ruiz. Performed at The Living Room in Brooklyn.

2006 “Sometime Ago I Was In Love With A Tree." Music for a multimedia dance by Jenny Seastone Stern.

2006 “Accursed Items." Music for dance piece by Andrew Dinwiddie, performed at Galapagos and BAX..

2006 “Aesthetics of Resistance.” Percussion for music by David Grubbs, recorded for a 12 hour audio book.

2006 "Untitled." Percussion for a piece by Yoni Niv for with saxophone and laptop, performed at Galapagos and Brooklyn College, and recorded at Harvestworks.

2006 “Massive Knit.” Co-orchestrator of a community based collaboration in honor of Jane Jacobs, a free-form knitting mob held in Washington Square Park, NY.

2006 “Fred, Victoria, Bruce, and Agnes.” Laptop for piece by Zachary Seldess for four laptops, performed at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center.

2005 “?ert." A collaborative multimedia performance based on the panopticon, presented in Brooklyn College’s Black Box.

2005 - present Gunung Sari. Music for hand made electronics and percussion.

2004 - present Necking. Improvised music for two percussionists, electronics and voice.

AUDIO RECORDINGS

2007 Gunung Sari "That Wanderest Unseen" (CD) Percussion, electronics, recording, production

2007 Necking "Invisible Things" (CD) Percussion, programming, electronics, production

2007 Necking "Goldfish Grow Over Graves" (7" vinyl) Percussion, electronics, voice, recording, production

2006 Gunung Sari "Slamat Trima Bintang" (CD) Percussion, electronics, recording, production

2006 Jazzhandzz "Dentist Heated Foil" (CD) Percussion, recording, production

2005 Necking "We Accept Party" (CD) Percussion, electronics, voice, recording, production

2004 Felicia & Coctopus "Toure de Force" (CD) Percussion, guitar, voice, recording, production

2004 Vholtz "Pepper Knife" (CD) Percussion, recording, production

2004 Hale Zukas "Beating Dream" (CD) recording engineer, production

2002 Oma Yang "Bang Bang" (CD) Guitar, percussion, electronics, mixing, production

2000 Oma Yang "From the Heart of Jumbo Malaria" (CD) Guitar, percussion, electronics

1999 Oma Yang "By June or Join Us" (12" vinyl) Guitar

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2007 - current Electronic Arts Intermix, Technical Projects Assistant, video digitization and compression, still image capturing and processing

2005 - 2007 Issue Project Room, live sound engineer at experimental music space, NY

2001 Tri- Coast Studios, assistant sound engineer at post production studio, CA

SCHOLARLY INTERESTS
Interactive Media Performance and Installation
Physical Interfaces
Video Installation
Improvisation and Physical Electronic Music
Digital Conversion Processes
Collaborative Improvisation in Performance