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Dear all,

I hope the semi London summer finds you well. It has been a while since my last mail - it's been quite hectic since coming back from Slovenia where I worked in lived in the lovely town of Celje as artist in residence of the Centre of Modern Art. I very much recommend it for a visit if you find yourself in the vicinity, as it combines much interesting culture with wonderful nature - and of course a delightful sprinkling of cafes and bars!
As usual of course I have heaps of photos if you have a spare moment (hour more like it... flickr.com/irisgarelfs), some of which you will find in a new audiovisual piece called Twine, once it's finished. Or if you are in Slovenia, a first version will be shown at the Mediafest at the MCC in Celje this weekend (6th +7th July).

Also this weekend I shall be in Brighton, for Sonic Art Networks' EXPO festival. I am performing there on the Saturday 5th July at 5pm. The address is The Basement, Argus Lofts, 24 Kensington St, Brighton BN1 4AJ and it's all free! This is only my second performance in the UK and the last one for a little while.

The weekend after me and Douglas are hosting Horatio Oratorio, a concert & sound installation by Aleksander Kolkowski aka Recording Angels with Federico Reuben - live electronics & Sebastian Lexer - sound diffusion. It's an audio-visual exploration through the early history of recorded sound and takes place at the Shunt, Joiner Street, London Bridge SE1. The live events are on July 10th & 11th and cost £10. Check the Sprawl website for more details

At the end of the month I'll be spending some time with the Urbania collective at Park-A-Moor in the Lake District courtesy of Grizedale Art. It's an amazing, really remote and previously derelict farmhouse without running water or electricity and we'll be preparing our contribution to The Royal Academy's Contemporary Season in the autumn, curated by David Thorpe. If you've seen a red boiler suit clad troupe at Tony Conrad's performance at Tate Modern the other day, that's us! Our sadly neglected blog is at agrifashionista.tv

For all those lovers of free music, Furthernoise has just released a live extract of my live collaboration with Douglas Benford as part of Sprawl's Interplay Festival at the Spitz R.I.P last year. It's part of Explorations In Sound Vol 3, a compilation of sound works inspired by the tones, drones and rhythms of everyday life, drawing on the ideas of Pierre Schaeffers' Musique Concrète movement. Download the whole album from furthernoise.org

Interestingly (for me at least) I am involved with another project inspired by Mr. Schaeffer. Instigated by Mathew Adkins (who I believe you can also catch at Expo this weekend), it is called 60 Project to celebrate 60 years of Musique Concrète and will be performed at The Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival later this year.

Bye for now
Iris