Media

ISSUE has a significant archive of performance documentation that represents both an important link to the past, and a future resource for artists and audiences. ISSUE’s public media archive is a consistently updated and freely accessible collection of video and audio documentation from recent and past ISSUE performances. Currently, ISSUE is in the process of digitizing historical documentation from its former homes at The Old American Can Factory and silo space in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Regular updates feature newly published materials within ISSUE’s constantly expanding performance history.

BEAM SPLITTER

ISSUE celebrates its 20th Anniversary and Fall 2023 season at the First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn Heights with internationally renowned musician and composer Roscoe Mitchell, joined by composer/clarinetist John McCowen, plus a performance from duo project BEAM SPLITTER (Audrey Chen and Henrik Munkeby Nørstebø).

75 DOLLAR BILL: LITTLE BIG BAND + DUO

ISSUE is pleased to present a special outdoor performance featuring Che Chen and Rick Brown’s celebrated duo 75 Dollar Bill performing in both their “little big band” ensemble format and in duo formation. The event marks the 10 year anniversary of 75 Dollar Bill’s first appearance at ISSUE—memorably performed under a brightly colored fabric canopy for the musicians and audience to gather under by Talice Lee.

ROCKET SCIENCE (PETER EVANS, IKUE MORI, SAM PLUTA, CRAIG TABORN)

ISSUE is pleased to present a rare performance from Rocket Science, a collaborative improvising ensemble formed in 2012. Initially composed of Evan Parker, Peter Evans, Sam Pluta, and Craig Taborn, the group has expanded on occasion to include Ikue Mori on live electronics. Rocket Science released a critically acclaimed eponymous album on More is More Records in 2013 and has appeared at festivals such as Big Ears, Moers, and Guelph.

EVERYTHING MUST GO! MORE EAZE

2023 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow evil dentist (Alice Gerlach and David Farrow) present “everything must go!,” a durational office space performance featuring performances by Cal Fish and More Eaze. This is their second program in Corporate Retreat, a curated series of performances appropriating the banality of office space to reimagine the relationship between artistic practice and community building.

EVERYTHING MUST GO! CAL FISH

2023 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow evil dentist (Alice Gerlach and David Farrow) present “everything must go!,” a durational office space performance featuring performances by Cal Fish and More Eaze. This is their second program in Corporate Retreat, a curated series of performances appropriating the banality of office space to reimagine the relationship between artistic practice and community building.

LEILA BORDREUIL & LUKE STEWART: NEW WORKS FOR FEEDBACK ENSEMBLE - CHRIS CORSANO, JULIA SANTOLI, NINA GARCIA, NATE WOOLEY, C. SPENCER YEH

ISSUE is pleased to present new works from cellist, composer and sound-artist Leila Bordreuil and DC/NYC-based musician and organizer Luke Stewart’s Feedback Ensemble, a raucous group of musicians utilizing their own feedback apparatuses—in addition to their instruments—to explore graphic scores, sound, noise, and improvisation. Centering techniques of sonic feedback generation within instrumental practice, the notated compositions will emerge through a radically collaborative process, in which performers co-create the works.

LEE RANALDO & LEILA BORDREUIL

ISSUE is pleased to present the debut U.S. performance from Parisian guitarist Nina Garcia, who performs solo in advance of her guest appearance as a part of ISSUE’s staging of Leila Bordreuil & Luke Stewart’s Feedback Ensemble.

Nina Garcia

ISSUE is pleased to present the debut U.S. performance from Parisian guitarist Nina Garcia, who performs solo in advance of her guest appearance as a part of ISSUE’s staging of Leila Bordreuil & Luke Stewart’s Feedback Ensemble.

suzueri & Julia Santoli

ISSUE and AvanToyko are pleased to invite members and special guests to a reception and presentation of the first live duo collaboration between multi-disciplinary artist and experimental musician Julia Santoli and Tokyo-based sound and visual artist suzueri (Elico Suzuki). 

Torn Hawk

ISSUE is pleased to present new works from longtime friends Lili Schulder and Luke Wyatt, known through their far-reaching releases under the monikers 51717 and Torn Hawk, respectively. Despite each navigating singular pathways through underground electronic music, this presentation will feature new works expanding on and departing from their best known practices.

51717

ISSUE is pleased to present new works from longtime friends Lili Schulder and Luke Wyatt, known through their far-reaching releases under the monikers 51717 and Torn Hawk, respectively. Despite each navigating singular pathways through underground electronic music, this presentation will feature new works expanding on and departing from their best known practices.

ANNEA LOCKWOOD & RUTH ANDERSON: “TÊTE-À-TÊTE” LP RELEASE WITH ERGOT RECORDS

Wednesday, April 12th at 8pm, join ISSUE and Ergot Records for a listening event in celebration of the release of Tête-à-tête, a new LP of tape pieces by composers Annea Lockwood & the late Ruth Anderson, released by Ergot Records. The event will feature drinks, an introduction from Annea Lockwood, an audio diffusion of the record, and a DJ set from Ergot Records’ Adrian Rew, who will be playing LPs from Annea and Ruth’s collection.