Touch labelhead Mike Harding discusses cultural cross-currents and happenings across the sea with Ken Montgomery. Paralleling the life of Touch for 30 years, Montgomery's work and performance has used sound as the primary source material. Montgomery finds novel ways to work with sound and the experience of listening.
Known equally as a composer of large-scale performances and an experimental turntablist, Marina Rosenfeld is a leading voice in the hybridization between visual art and music. Rosenfeld discusses working methods and influences with fellow turntablist Philip Jeck in anticipation of his upcoming concert for Touch.30.
American entomologist, performance artist, musician, playwright, actor, and filmmaker, Irene Moon, talks with Marcus Davidson about The Bee Symphony , field recordings and Schoenberg’s theory of resonances in anticipation of the September 15th performance as part of Touch.30 Live in NYC.
A conversation between artist David Leigh and Emerging Artist Commission recipient Che Chen explores Chen's diverse collaborative practice as a composer, improvisor, and publisher.
On the eve of the fourth annual"Darmstadt Institute: Classics of the Avant-Garde", curators Nick Hallett and Zach Layton have a lively conversation on the works to be performed throughout this month-long festival.
Jen Rosenblit and Jules Gimbrone in conversation about Pastor Pasture, a 2012 Emerging Artists Commission, premiered at ISSUE May 11, 2012.
Legendary pianist and poet Cecil Taylor is one of the greatest improvisers in the history of modern jazz. On the occasion of his performance at ISSUE, he muses on his childhood, the evolution of his composition, and shares his poetry.
Norway’s Jenny Hval combines avant-garde structures with music at the edge of pop, working with explicit lyrics exploring sex and gender, and subverting expectations. In anticipation of her April 18th performance as part of Unsound Festival NY, she speaks with ISSUE curator Lawrence Kumpf about her work and process.
For the first concert of their residency, Yarn/Wire has collaborated on two new pieces: one by percussionist/composer Nathan Davis and another by electronic artist Pete Swanson, best known for his work with Yellow Swans. Here, Yarn/Wire percussionist Ian Antonio speaks with ISSUE curator Lawrence Kumpf.
Artist-in-Residence Sergei Tcherepnin and Woody Sullender construct sites for listening, touching, and direct engagement with sonic material. Their April performance includes a temporary architecture of rooms within rooms, difference tone difference tone doorways, and listening tables.
String Theories, a joint partnership between ISSUE Project Room and the String Orchestra of Brooklyn, commissions innovative artists to create new works for string orchestra. Here C. Spencer Yeh speaks with Andrew Smith about the transition from solo and ensemble improvisation to composing for orchestra.
Wine and dust: Purposeless memory scraps [and some of their consequences] of a passionate drifter / An essay by Francisco López, who performs March 24 and 25 as part of the Floating Points program.