ISSUE Project Room is delighted to honor renowned artist and ISSUE Board member Robert Longo and ISSUE’s beloved late founder Suzanne Fiol . This year’s event celebrates two artists who envisioned ISSUE from its earliest years, bringing a unique perspective to New York’s avant-garde performance landscape.
Performed at ISSUE's 2019 Gala, OVER WATER is the debut performance between 2019 Artist-In-Residence Rena Anakwe alongside ISSUE Art Advisory Council member Elliott Sharp and media artist Janene Higgins.
Artists David Weinstein, Janene Higgins and Mari Kimura share new work at ISSUE Project Room.
A newly commissioned opera by Elliott Sharp depicts the final moments of philosopher Walter Benjamin’s life in Port-Bou at the French-Spanish border as he flees Nazi-occupied France. Bass/baritone Nicholas Isherwood stars with pianist Jenny Lin, accordionist William Schimmel, and electro-acoustic backgrounds by Sharp.