Iris Garrelfs and Jenn Kirby present Embodied Dialogues

Embodied Dialogues is a collaboration between Jenn Kirby and Iris Garrelfs that explores the intersection of site-specificity, wearable technology and extended vocal improvisation, using Kirby’s Sensor Dress - a motion- and touch-sensitive wearable instrument - as a platform for sonic interaction.

The performance by Iris Garrelfs activates site-specific sounds stored in the dress through movement, amplifying them with a hand-held speaker. A dialogue emerges between recorded sounds, unamplified voice, and space, creating an intimate, spatially aware experience that  foregrounds the agency of both performer and technology.

The performance at AMATA, Falmouth uses sounds recorded during a Voice on the Edge residency in Summer 2025. With many thanks to Tamsin Godfrey (AMATA) and Dr D Ferrett (Falmouth University).

The support act for this performance is to be announced.

Biography:

Iris Garrelfs works on the cusp of music, art and technology across improvised performance, multi-channel installation and fixed media projects. One of the UK pioneers in combing voice with digital processing in live improvisation, her work has been compared to Yoko Ono, Henri Chopin, Joan La Barbara, Meredith Monk and Arvo Part and involves “generating animated dialogues between innate human expressiveness and the overt artifice of digital processing” (Wire Magazine). She is currently focusing on low-fi wearable electronics and the performative relationship with spaces and audiences. Garrelfs work has featured internationally, including Tate Britain (London), National Gallery (London), Café Oto (London), Royal Academy of Arts (London), fruityspace (Beijing), Palazzo delle Esposizioni (Rome), Gaudeamus (Amsterdam), MC Gallery (New York), Sonologia (Belfast), Rencontres Internationales (Paris, Madrid), Transmedia Borders (Mexico). Residencies have included Grizedale Art, Institute of Modern Art Celje (Slovenia), Onassis Cultural Centre (Athens). At Goldsmiths, University of London heads the Sound Practice Research Unit and directs the Improviser Collective .

Tickets:

This performance is on a pay what you can basis:

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