Past Events

Brooklyn-based recording artist and writer, David Grubbs joins special quests with poet Kenneth Goldsmith, artist Michael Graeve, and sound sculptor Dominique Petitgand in an evening of sound art, poetry and visual art.

Expedition to Gowanus, is an evening of solos and combinations from New Yorkers E Sharp & Z Parkins and guests Steve Piccolo and Gak Sato.

Outdoor Screening: Fabulous Fantasy Films

A tribute concert for Lester Bowie

z-plane is a meeting of the minds of Ras Moshe, Jackson Krall, Hans Tammen, Dafina Naphtali and Giles Hendrix in a third dimension of their own creation. It is a collaboration between members of two unique ensembles plus video.

A discussion of the annual Burning Man festival in Black Rock Desert of Nevada as a visionary model for new forms of self-organizing communities, new ways of approaching art, as well as activism.

Nightwatch was formed in NYC in 2002 by Warren Holt and Andrew Hurst by experimenting with collisions between digital and analog manipulations, noise and beauty, improvisations and set structures.

KPMPBW is Kevin Park on trumpet, Michael Plunkett on drums, and Brendon Wood on guitars.

ISSUE Project Room presents a site-specific, multi-video projection installation of Shimpei Takeda.

In a rare debut, Texan Maria Chavez (turntables) joins improvisor Ricardo Arias (balloonist) for the first time, and Jack Wright (saxophone).

Neil Burke was a founding member of the seminal spastic noise group Men's Recovery Project. Kites & Nautical Almanac both use homemade electronics to give gripping and engaging performances. Dan Friel plays in the NY group Parts and Labor and performs electronic noise-pop solo. Necking is new in the NY noise scene.

ISSUE Project Room and Essential Kettle are pleased to present Cassavetes & Spaghetti, an event that brings together community, artisanal food and our favorite independent filmmaker, John Cassavetes.