Iris’ world in May and June
Category: Music

hello hello dear all,

with (almost) green trees around I thought it is high time to let you know what's happening in my little world.

As of tomorrow, if you're based in Manchester or thereabouts, you can see my Dumplinks, a rubbish film for duck and other water based artifacts. The opening of the month long Dirty Mother event exploring climate change is happening at the Nexus Art Cafe, Dale Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester, M1 1JW from 6pm. dirtymother.org

Dumplinks , I've just heard is going to be in a book entitled Glitch: Designing Imperfections by Iman Moradi and Ant Scott, out this September. More about this, to be sure, before too long. amazon.co.uk/Glitch-Designing-Imperfections-Iman-Moradi



Sat May 10th, is our own (Sprawl) 4th Sonic Recycler , which I hope you London based folk can come to. The event has live performances by BLEVIN BLECTUM, DAVID TOOP, SEAN O'HAGAN (High Llamas/Microdisney), ALEKS KOLKOWSKI (Recording Angels), SIMON BOOKISH (Tomlab/Leafcutter John collaborator); DJ sets by moi, LAETITIA SADIER (Stereolab/Monade), JANEK SCHAEFER (rummages the Oxfam box as DJ Dedication - and if you seen/heard this last year you know it'll be hilarious!).
There also will be an amazing live CD recycling demo thingy by Aleks Kolkowski (yes, bring your old CDs/cdrs/dvds to be recycled into vinyl...), a pedal-powered installation by Dithernoise + Simon Storey, stalls, lovely river bar terrace, food and such like. It's at Watermans Art Centre, 40 High Street, London Brentford TW8 0DS. We're starting at 4pm and finish at about 12. Tickets are £10 (Conc £8) from Box Office or online at wegottickets.com. For tube directons etc check myspace.com/sonicrecycler.

If you can't make it, the night before, Sat May 9th, Douglas and I will be on Resonance FM from 8pm talking about sonic recycling and bringing you delightful sounds to make it worth your while.resonancefm.com

Moving further north, next stop is at Leeds' EVOLUTION festival on 23/24 May. It's a sound based installation called swannsong at the old court room in Leeds Town Hall. The piece takes its inspiration from the case of Emily Swann, who was sentenced to death there in 1903 for the murder of her husband and looks at the idea of a time based justice system.

a sketch:

Last week I spent an afternoon recording in this amazing space and the even older prison cells below, all by myself, playing with furniture and chains, which was strangely peaceful. If you want to see some pictures: flickr.com For the sounds you have to come down... Which should be worth your while as there are live sets by MURCOF, MIRA CALIX amongst other and some more installations, for example by PETER CUSACK. There will also be a talk by some of the artists, incl myself on 23rd.lumen.org.uk


A couple of days after I shall be racking up my carbon footprint by flying to Slovenia, for a residency at the Museum of Modern Art, Celje . You may remember my visit there last year to show Dumplinks and perform live, which I enjoyed hugely! I am very much looking forward to being back and if you want to know way have a look at the pix from last year flickr.com

As soon as I'm back there will be something for you Londoners again as I'll be doing some soundwalks and workshops during Camberwell Arts Festival from 14th - 23rd June, more details soonish.


Bye for now
Iris

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Advent Sprawl’s
Current mood: bitchy
Category: Music

Dear all,


once again it is too dark and cold for my liking and that can only mean that x-mas and the new year around the corner. I have purchased a new diary and discovered my first double booking of 2008. Not a good start then.

But before we get to 2008, there is the much pleasurable advent of our 3rd Sprawl Advent Series (sorry about the pun, it was tempting) which I hope some of you can make. They are free (unless you insist on buying me a beer...) and take place on 3 advent Sundays from 6-10pm at the The Fleapit in 49 Columbia Road, E2 7RG

On Sunday 2nd December we have live music by Lawrence English, Stefano Tedesco, plus audio visual sets by snd's Mark Fell with Ernest Edmonds and Julie Freeman .

On Sunday 9th December we have live sets by the Beddoes and For Barry Ray (Room40) plus Alex Czinczel and Joshua Meggitt will be playing some extra special CDs for you

On Sunday 16th December Jodi Cave (12k) will be attempting a quad performance (we have to see if we can get it to work at the Fleapit), and Resonance's Framework host Murmer will give a rare London performance. We also have a performance by Simon Whetham (before he heads out to South America to work with Fernando Lopez in the Amazon) and short films by Joel Chernin and Anita Mckeown.

Plenty to choose from...


Last but not least, do check out the Atlantic Basin Project, which I am a very small part of.

And, if you are terribly bored over the holidays, check out lots of photos from Pescara Italy, including some of the delightful Symbiosis Orchestra in the studio. They can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/irisgarrelfs/


have a very good holiday!
Iris

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Back from the USA
Current mood: blah
Category: Music

Dear all,

I am back from a marvelous tour in sunny America , playing at a few venues in New York, Washington and Virginia and meeting many wonderful people. A short and very dark youtube clip is up and available here


For those of you who know me a little - yes, I have taken HEAPS of photographs. About 200 of which are at flickr.com/irisgarrelfs So be prepared to be bored....

Another US related project is RobVoisey's 60x60 , which contains 60 second tracks by 60 artists, me amongst the. It is currently touring through the states voxnovus.com/


Living and working in Brixton, South London has become a bit of a full time occupation. Talks with Lambeth Council to purchase Clifton Mansions and transform this amazing building into a community of artists' live/work spaces are becoming more concrete. It might really happen, which is all VERY exciting! We have a spanking new website with the proposals and pictures if you are interested or perhaps know somebody who would be able to help with funding and other such minor details. cliftonmansions.org.uk


Back on a musical note, the next few months will be spent recording, firstly with the Symbiosis Orchestra in Italy but also my album at my Clifton Mansions studio. The latter has taken many twists and turns and is currently taking on the guise of a travelog, which I am thinking to release with a series of photographs, so do let me know which ones of the afore mentioned flickr pix you like best (a cunning ploy to make you have a look!


I will be in Pescara, Italy in early November, with a Symbiosis concert on the 8th and a field recording workshop on the 7th. If you are interested in either, please email andrea at daddyandrea [at] gmail [dot] com who looks after the details.


I don't know if you have heard the new ICA podcast as yet. It's really very good and I am in it, together with Astral Social Club, Octis, Accretions records, I.U.D and Corridors ica.org.uk



I have also made it into a book. It was written by Tony Gibbs and is entitled "The Fundamentals of Sonic Art" , available through Thames & Hudson and contains interviews with Vicki Bennett, Max Eastley, Janek Schaefer amongst others. It's a really nice overview of all things soundart and some sound design.


I hope this was of interest
Bye for now?Iris

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the last couple of months
Current mood: awake
Category: Music

Dear all,

apologies for a long break in communication, due to just too much to do and a nice break visiting my family in Germany, where I had a summer! If you do not live in London you might want a few pictures of what Winter In July was like! pictures on flickr

During the last couple of months I had a very long protracted involvement with Anita McKeown's Deptford 45s project, leading workshops into field recording and editing whilst enjoying Deptford's beach (honest!), the Tour de France and such like. Don't believe what they try to tell you in BBC1's The Tower, it's a great place!

Anyway, I'll be performing with results from these workshops during the Deptford 45 website launch at The Albany in Deptford, on 30th August from 6pm. So you can check out the area for yourself.

More workshops are coming up during August, working with young refugee women for the Refugee Council in and around Brixton. Then in September I am off again for some concerts.

Douglas aka si-cut.db and myself also received a very nice review in the Wire for our London Interplay collaboration, our set being described as the best of the night. This went down very well with me, considering that the other artists were Thomas Koner with Max Estley and Brian Duffy with Ekkehard Ehlers. There are a few very nice pictures on flickr. A good friend spotted a similarity with the doll Brian Duffy was performing with. Must be the hair! --->>

Talking about reviews, you might want to read Talking Space To Space very nicely reviewed at www.furthernoise.org

Apart from all that I also spend some time in Celje, Slovenia, showing my piece Dumplinks at the Museum for Modern Art, plus giving a performance. Another little bit of summer, pictured here. I am hoping to be back there next year for a longer residency. It's such a nice place with great people!




So here is to my movements, if you are around, do say hello!

D I A R Y

30 Aug 2007 6pm - live at the Deptford45s website launch: The Albany, Deptford, London
8 Sep 2007 8pm - live at the opening of Palazzo delle Esposizioni with Symbiosis Orchestra, Via Nazionale 194, Rome, Italy
13 Sep 2007 8pm - hosting Sprawl at the Fleapit, London, with Mike Cooper, Phil Durrant and Israel M
18 Sep 2007 8pm , live at Dust, Charlottesville, Virginia: with Jeff Surak Cheapmachines, Arturas Bumsteinas, Antanas Jasenka
20 Sep 2007 8pm - with Cheapmachines, Noveller and more: Pussycat Lounge New York
21 Sep 2007 8pm - Sonic Circuits Festival at The Warehouse Washington DC, Washington DC



Bye for now
Iris

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getting there....

slowly but surely getting all details up on this space...

.... i'm just back from Milan, playing with the Symbiosis Orchestra at GAM Gallarate. Much fun and many piccies taken, admittedly mostly from the car. but there you go. have a look at the lot : http://photos.fotango.com/cgi-bin/vpi.cgi?S_ID=324527&P_W=21465

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