Alexander Refsum Jensenius

Alexander Refsum Jensenius

Professor, RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion (IMV), University of Oslo

MishMash role: Director

Alexander Refsum Jensenius (BA, MA, MSc, PhD) is Professor of music technology at the University of Oslo. He works on the intersection of humans and machines, combining methods from artistic and scientific research in creative ways.

Creative music education Construction of musical instruments Sound Art Sound/music in new media Music and health Sound sculpture Human Interface Devices Musicology Systematic musicology Artificial intelligence Music Technology Sound analysis /synthesis

Latest results

  3. Journal article, 2026

    Sounding Human: Music and Machines, 1740/2020. By Deirdre Loughridge

    Alexander Refsum Jensenius

    ‘It isn’t real music!’ As I write this review there is an ongoing debate in Norwegian media about a band that has been booked to play in a festival next summer. The band is composed of human performers, but they are playing songs generated by AI. Or, more precisely, they have written the lyrics themselves and then fed them into a commercial AI-based music service that has created a melody and accompaniment. Is this ‘AI music’? Is it ‘real music’? Is it more or less ‘real’ whether they play acoustic instruments or laptops on stage? And, ultimately, does it matter who made what if people want to listen? To understand today’s disruptive introduction of AI-based commercial services better, it may help to look more closely at history. This is where Deirdre Loughridge’s book is a timely and valuable contribution. It reveals that human fascination with—and harsh scepticism of—machine-generated music is nothing new.

  4. Presentation, 2026

    Building intersectional Cultural Ecosystems & Institutions for the Future

    Alexander Refsum Jensenius; Jesper Mardahl; Simon Kimmel; Martin Eyerer; Roland Sillmann; Philipp Grefer

    Future-facing cultural ecosystems require new forms of collaboration across public, private, and civic actors. This panel examines best practices in building intersectional institutions and clusters that integrate diverse disciplines, and leaders from art, music, science, policy, to communities, and funding models.

  5. Journal article, 2026

    Performative Togetherness in networked music–dance performance

    Bilge Serdar; Aleksander Tidemann; Alexander Refsum Jensenius

    This article examines how performative togetherness is constructed in a technologically mediated music–dance performance environment. While togetherness is often associated with co-presence and effortless flow, networked contexts introduce perceptual reconfiguration that makes it fragile and effortful. We present the research concert Telematic@PopSenteret, a networked performance involving dancers and musicians distributed across two floors in a museum, connected through audio–video transmission. Using interviews and audio-video recordings, we explore how latency, fractured perception, and the absence of bodily cues transformed the performers’ coordination and induced cognitive strain. We discuss how performative togetherness – defined as the sense of shared meaning-making that emerges through attentional, sensory, and adaptive negotiation – was maintained during the performance.

  7. Presentation, 2026

    Mellom menneske og maskin

    Silje Midtlien Sigurdsen; Camila Urrego; Gunnar Gabriel Gjermundsen; Alexander Refsum Jensenius

    Hva skjer med vår opplevelse av virkelighet, kropp, natur og kreativitet når grensene mellom det menneskelige og det syntetiske blir mer flytende? Samtalen har ikke til hensikt å konkludere om kunstig intelligens er bra eller dårlig for kunsten. Sammen skal vi heller undersøke hva som skjer med oss som skapende mennesker, som publikum, og kanskje også som naturvesener, når teknologien begynner å produsere bilder, idéer og identiteter som tidligere bare kom fra menneskelig erfaring. Fotografiens Hus ønsker velkommen til en samtale som trekker på kunst, økologi og filosofi for å undersøke hvordan kunstig intelligens påvirker hvordan vi skaper, sanser og møter verden rundt oss på.

  10. Radio or TV, 2026

    Live frå Aulaen: Musikk-spesial

    Kjersti Anderdal Bakken; Alexander Refsum Jensenius; Tine Thing Helseth; Ragnhild Schiager Folkestad

    Mase på folk om å danse sjølv om dei ikkje vil? Ja, - eller nei takk til KI-musikk? Skal 12-åringen få vite at han syng falskt? Og: Satse på musikken - eller safe? Med Tine Thing Helseth, Alexander Jensenius og Ragnhild Folkestad. Programleiar Kjersti Anderdal Bakken.

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