This Fall marks ISSUE Project Room’s 20th Anniversary to be celebrated with a series of commissioned programs, orbiting around our annual Gala and affiliated Benefit events. Between Friday, September 29th and Saturday, Nov 4th, ISSUE invites audiences to experience a special series of twenty limited-capacity programs including new commissions and restaging of programs specifically designed for ISSUE’s unique environment.
Each year, ISSUE Project Room commissions and creates a limited edition Mixtape for the organization’s members. ISSUE is pleased to announce that our 20th Anniversary Member Mixtape will feature harpist, composer, sound artist, and longtime ISSUE collaborator Shelley Burgon. The Mixtape features performances from ISSUE’s archive with additional computer processing by Burgon. Each Mixtape comes with a digital download and a J-Card designed by the artist.
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.
As part of ISSUE Project Room's Fall Season and the 2023 Brooklyn Book Festival, ISSUE presents INFECTION MELODIES + SILENCE: Theodore (ted) Kerr (2022 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow) & Michael R. Jackson in conversation.
ISSUE is pleased to present multidisciplinary artists Lime Rickey International & Masma Dream World as part of ISSUE Project Room's 2023 Fall Season. Introduced to each other’s practice through ISSUE, Lime Rickey International (Leyya Mona Tawil, 2020 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow) and Masma Dream World (Devi Mambouka) will present work with ISSUE for the first time.
ISSUE presents the dance world's favorite doppelgangers, Benedict Nguyễn (2019 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow) and Anh Vo, in their first-ever collaborative performance as part of ISSUE Project Room's 2023 Fall Season. Nguyễn returns to ISSUE this season to perform her own work alongside fellow dancer and writer Vo.
Interdisciplinary artist and musician BINT presents her second program as an ISSUE Artist-In-Residence. This next iteration of "عيب:Solve et Coagula" will be co-presented at CPR – Center for Performance Research in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Over the course of the year, she will be presenting three commissioned programs mirroring the primary stages of (Arabic) alchemical transmutation.
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.
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).
ISSUE is pleased to offer Members a new limited edition Mixtape by composer, musician, artist, and philosopher Hunter Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix—known for her “transcendental black metal” project Liturgy. The tape is ISSUE's fifth physical mixtape with digital download and features Hunt-Hendrix performing a philosophical reading of the libretto for Liturgy's Origin of the Alimonies laid over a glitch soundscape composed of source material from Liturgy’s fourth album H.A.Q.Q. Each mixtape comes with a digital download and a J-Card designed by the artist.