C. Spencer Yeh & Kwami Winfield

ISSUE opens its 2023 season with an expansive gathering of improvising musicians with idiomatic approaches traversing guitar, percussion, voice, violin, trumpet, electronics, and more.

Identity Pitches: Stine Janvin & Cory Arcangel with String Noise

ISSUE and Primary Information are pleased to present the NYC premiere of Identity Pitches at Flamboyán Theater at The Clemente in the Lower East Side. In Identity Pitches, Stine Janvin and Cory Arcangel will debut performances of scores and an audiovisual performance based on the knitting patterns for traditional Norwegian sweaters known as Lusekofte.

Stuck At The Office: Kate Mohanty & FRANK/ie CONSENT

NYU Brooklyn: 370 Jay 5th Fl

2023 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow evil dentist (Alice Gerlach and David Farrow) present “stuck at the office,” a durational office space installation featuring performances by Kate Mohanty & FRANK/ie CONSENT.

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BINT: Solve et Coagula → عيب, Stage I: تسويد (The Blackening)

MITU580

Interdisciplinary artist and musician BINT presents their first program as an ISSUE Artist-In-Residence at MITU580 in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Over the course of the year, she will be presenting three commissioned programs mirroring the primary stages of (Arabic) alchemical transmutation.

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Andrew Cyrille / Kieran Daly

Brooklyn Music School

ISSUE is pleased to present solo performances from master drummer and composer Andrew Cyrille as well as Chicago-based composer and performer Kieran Daly. In the world of jazz—be it free, mainstream or other more personal styles—Andrew Cyrille is legendary for drawing vivid sonic pictures and making incendiary rhythms with his drum set.

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Following her performance of works in collaboration with Pascale Criton at Brooklyn Public Library (2/23), ISSUE is pleased to co-present Silvia Tarozzi as a part of Fridman Gallery's New Ear Festival 2023 on Friday, February 24th at 8pm ET. Tarozzi will perform Coralli, a solo electroacoustic project. 

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Rena Anakwe

Thursday, December 8th, 8pm ET, ISSUE is thrilled to welcome back interdisciplinary artist, performer, and 2019 Artist-In-Residence Rena Anakwe performs a new piece entitled “For The Weary.”