Artists-in-Residence 2011

Sat, 01/01/2011 - 12:00

ISSUE Project Room is pleased to announce our Artists in Residence for 2011: Okkyung Lee, Nate Wooley, Prince Rama, and James Ilgenfritz.

ISSUE Project Room’s 2012 Artist in Residence program, founded by Suzanne Fiol, has provided a support structure for musical ensembles, composers and sound artists since 2006. Providing four emerging artists with access to ISSUE’s facilities, equipment, PR/marketing, curatorial and technical expertise, the AIR program offers artists an opportunity to develop significant new works in partnership with ISSUE over the course of the year, cultivating long-term relationships within the organization and the greater cultural community. Artists are given a stipend for three events occurring throughout the 2011 calendar year. During the course of their residency, ISSUE curators will also mentor each selected artist in the development of his or her projects. Funds can be used for the purchasing of equipment, the creation of new works, research, travel and/or personal development.

ISSUE’s Artist-in-Residence program is made possible, in part, through generous support from the Jerome Foundation; the Suzanne Fiol Memorial Fund; Meet the Composer; the Foundation for Contemporary Arts; and with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts, celebrating 50 years of building strong, creative communities in New York’s 62 counties.

Past

Artists-in-Residence 2011

Okkyung Lee w. Tom Rainey, Liberty Ellman & Skulí Sverrison

Wed 27 Apr, 2011, 8pm

For her first Artist-in-Residence performance, Okkyung Lee collaborates with Tom Rainey (percussion), Liberty Ellman (guitar) and Skuli Sverrisson (bass). An independent voice in a contemporary cello performance, improvisation and composition, Lee her solid classical training as a springboard for new combinations.

Darmstadt Institute 2011

Artists-in-Residence 2011

Nate Wooley + MIVOS Quartet, Peter Evans Duo

Sat 18 Jun, 2011, 8pm

Trumpet player and 2011 Artist-in-Residence Nate Wooley will premiere "Atemwende" by Yugoslavian born composer Bojan Vuletic, in a performance with the MIVOS string quartet. Following this premiere performance, Nate Wooley & Peter Evans will celebrate the release of their new amplified trumpet duo record.

Artists-in-Residence 2011

Prince Rama: UTOPIA=NO PLACE

Thu 08 Sep, 2011, 8pm

2011 Artist-in-Residence Prince Rama will transform ISSUE Project Room into a point of origins. They will construct a “sacred space” using gathered matter from off-site urban wilds of Brooklyn. Audience members will be invited to build their own instruments and utilize them in an extended jam session open to anyone.

Artists-in-Residence 2011

Okkyung Lee + Michelle Boulé

Fri 23 Sep, 2011, 8pm

Cellist, improvisor, and 2011 ISSUE Artist-in-Residence Okkyung Lee performs with dancer Michelle Boulé. In long white shadows the performance space is explored by performers who constantly change their relationships within and towards to it. The audience is faced with unusual ways of perceiving the music and movement.

Artists-in-Residence 2011

Nate Wooley's "Eight Syllables"

Fri 04 Nov, 2011, 8pm

Trumpeter Nate Wooley performs his new piece “Eight Syllables,” the first composition using a notational system based on the International Phonetic Alphabet. Phonetic sounds, which are the building blocks of syllables, are mapped onto a set of parameters limiting how the lips, tongue, teeth, and throat interact.

Artists-in-Residence 2011

Prince Rama

Fri 11 Nov, 2011, 8pm

On 11/11/11, for the final installment of their residency, Prince Rama will herald in the end of the world by way of karaoke. Chose from number one hit singles corresponding with the dates of eleven predicted "apocalypses" (Heavens Gate, Jonestown, and Y2K), which they've "chop and screwed" for the occasion.

Artists-in-Residence 2011

James Ilgenfritz

Wed 16 Nov, 2011, 8pm

2011 Artist-in-Residence James Ilgenfritz juxtaposes his work as a composer and as an improviser, splitting the evening between a large-scale improvisational work for a quartet, and premieres of two new chamber works. With Dither, Josh Sinton, Jeremiah Cymerman, and Brian Chase.

Artists-in-Residence 2011

Okkyung Lee

Wed 14 Dec, 2011, 8pm

Okkyung Lee has developed her own voice in a contemporary cello performance, improvisation and composition. Using her solid classical training as a springboard, she incorporates jazz, sounds, Korean traditional and pop music, and noise with extended techniques to create her unique blend of music.

Artists-in-Residence 2011