Oct 302023
 
Enclave - transmissions/transmisiones

For the Enclave Festival 2023 in Mexico, DC I was commissioned to collaborate with the amazing Mexican interdisciplinary artist and researcher of sound, Daniel Lara Ballesteros. This 13th edition of Enclave explored the theme of ACOUSTIC EMERGENCY POETICS: dialogues, sound and poetic interventions. Responding to the theme, we created an Audiovisual composition that us just […]

Oct 302023
 
Infinity Kisses 23

Infinity Kisses 23 is a 5:52min long sound piece that responds to Carolee Schneeman´s work of (almost) the same title, re-imagining the act of kissing that is presented in the original, though sound. Cats were of importance to the renowned performance artist, Carole Schneeman, throughout  her life, as was her own body. It was therefore […]

Apr 072022
 
Thameside Soundwalk

On 10 September 2021 Slow Media released a soundscape composition of sorts entitled Thameside Soundwalk.  It was created at the tail-end of Covid lockdowns and my daily walks around Deptford Wharf, London. At some point I began to take photos with my phone, posting them on Instagram every day through which I discovered a community […]

Jan 302022
 
Collaboration with Viv Corringam

Over the years Viv and Iris have explored their joined interest in improvisation and voice. Below are a few examples: 2013 – Composition “Who says banshees have no fun?” for MuseRole-women in experimental music, Italy. Listen here OnTheAirJukeBox 2019 – Composition “Brixton Lullaby” for Down to a Sunless Sea. Listen on bandcamp 2019 A short […]

Feb 212020
 
Breathing Through Wires

“Breathing Through Wires”, is an improvised voice and wearable lo-fi electronics performance. This involves a head worn mic and a small hand-held speaker “by which sound is re-combined with body, re-focusing schizophonic experience” (Tahiroğlu et al., in press).   The performance is part of Garrelfs’ longstanding interest in the relationship between human expressivity and technology […]

Jan 212020
 
Lab of Sonic Possibilities: Sounds from the Garden

A somewhat strange (in an interesting way) set with Tansy Spinks as Lab of Sonic Possibilities, recorded at the Being Human Festival  at the Horniman Museum and Gardens in November 2019, is now available on bandcamp. Our theme for the day is “tea”, due to the fact of course that Horniman also founded one of the […]

Dec 222017
 
View From A Hill

Iris’ View is a track for A View From A Hill, the traditional free x-mas compilation album on Linear Obessional for 2018. Each track is exactly 2 minutes long and with 104 contributions that equates to over 3 hours  listening. It’s release on x-mas eve via https://linearobsessional.bandcamp.com .  

Jun 132017
 
Transmedia Borders

I was invited to participate in Transmedia Borders, a project based in Mexico exploring the subjects of immigration, displacement, language, visual and sound friction. It is curated by the poet Rocío Cerón and also features Aki Onda and Abraham Chavelas amongst others. You can hear all our works here. The works I prepared for Transmedia Borders are: – 3 […]

Mar 082017
 
Paws Off!

Just in time for International Women’s Day 2017, Jude Cowan Montague and myself created a film called Paw’s Off.  It uses an improvisation by us two live on air at The News Agents, on Resonance FM during the woman’s march on 21st January 2017, responding to tweets and other media outlets. We’ve combined this with […]

Mar 042017
 
Bifurcation of Time

Bifurcation of Time is a collection of text-based works developed during the collaborative, international residency project  Soundscapes Landscapes (City Above Life Below) in Athens, Greece. The project, instigated by Greek media art collective Medea Electronique in conjunction with the Onassis Cultural Centre sought to create a works for a series of site-specific mobile phone walks and a VR experience; […]

Dec 092016
 
Faulty Retrieval

Faulty Retrieval is a compilation track for Linear Obsessional. Released 24 December 2016 on Utterances amongst 111 other fabulous artists and their works. I’ve been singing a lot recently, various old tunes to brighten up dark days. But, my grip on words is tenuous at the best of times so whilst happily singing away, the lyrics […]

Jul 042016
 
City of Iris and Jude

Site specific sonic post-Dada madness with Iris Garrelfs and Jude Cowan Montague. “Oddest moment was that I was complaining about the fact that I’d forgotten about the Dada event the previous day, then we rushed in to watch those women do that thingy…” About a performance at Linear Obsessional Live in the Park No.11.

May 112016
 
Iris Garrelfs + Poulomi Desai: Live from Salon des Refuses 2015 | Space Gallery

An extract of my first ever duo with the excellent Poulomi Desai (modified sitar + electronics) from Salon des Refusés/Sonica FM in 2015 was released on the Finnish label Tavern Eightieth in spring 2016. The double CD is full of other superb artists and their music (including AGF, Richard Sanderson), all in aid of Alzheimer’s UK. Buy double CD here To buy the single bandcamp click […]

Apr 122016
 
Ötzi

Otzi is an an audio-visual work developed for the MuseRuole Festival at Museion Museum for Modern and Contemporary Art in Bolzano/Italy, on 27th May 2016.  It is inspired by the story of the Ötzi the ieceman, an extremely well-preserved natural mummy who was found buried in ice in the nearby Ötztal Alps (hence the name). His body and belongings are […]