Events 2024

ISSUE is pleased to present the next stage of Surge: Contour Theater (previously "Performance #2"), the second commission from 2024 Artist-In-Residence Joni.

ISSUE presents the second commission from 2024 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence Katie Porter. Devoted to collaboration, the evening at Brooklyn Music School features experimental musicians Nomi Epstein, Jennie Gottschalk, Teodora Stepančić, and media artist Claudia Schmitz.

This Summer, ISSUE’s 22 Boerum Pl. theater provides an ideal laboratory for experimentation, where the audience can experience projects in-process. 2018 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow (SFCF) and collective Queer Trash present the next evolution of their Symposium series featuring experimental artists David Grollman, M. Lamar, and Qiujiang Levi Lu.

This Summer, ISSUE’s 22 Boerum Pl. theater provides an ideal laboratory for experimentation, where the audience can experience projects in-process. ISSUE partners with Arab.AMP and 2020 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow (SFCF) Leyya Mona Tawil to present the sixth installment in her NOMADIC SIGNALS series, featuring composer Huda Asfour alongside poet and performer Farah Barqawi.

ISSUE presents pioneering French composer of electroacoustic music, Michèle Bokanowski, for her East Coast debut at Brooklyn Music School. The evening will also feature two new works by composer Paula Matthusen that includes improvisations with Elliott Sharp, Matthew Evan Taylor, and video by Tom Snelgrove.

ISSUE is pleased to co-present a salon with SPRING/BREAK Art Show centered on performance works from the Jo Andres Archive.

Kwami Winfield presents her first program as a 2024 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence, "Thorn 6," featuring live computer processing of trumpet performance.

ISSUE invites our community in partnership with Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center and Fridman Gallery to the 22 Boerum Pl. theater to explore the evolution of Gestures/Murmurations by sound artists Cecilia Lopez & John Driscoll.

Holland Andrews (2020 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence) returns to the 22 Boerum Pl. theater with Portland-based sound artists Methods Body to present solo performances, plus the world premiere of their collaboration, REMAIN.

Suspended between storytelling and the magic of sound, ISSUE and Xing present the US premiere of Italian artist Francesco Cavaliere's Abyssal Creatures, a project in the form of blown glass sound sculptures.

ISSUE is pleased to present Surge: Intricate Things and Dangerous Tools (previously "Performance #1"), the first commission from 2024 Artist-In-Residence Joni. The artist will present work-in-progress showings and new compositions of incredibly revealing, intimate and visceral sound work, alongside new ceramic pieces.

Experimental Nordic artists Avant Joik make their 2024 U.S. debut at ISSUE Project Room. Blending traditional joik language and vocal experimentation using electronic soundscapes, Indigenous Sámi singer Katarina Barruk (vocals/joik) and acclaimed experimentalist Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje (vocals and live electronics) perform with live visuals by Sámi artist Matti Aikio. Renowned experimental vocalist and composer Joan La Barbara will open the evening.