Past Events

As part of "The Sonic Unconscious" festival, ISSUE presents Yolande Harris's Scorescapes, a program including the pieces Tuning In / Spacing Out, a collaboration with Edward Shanken, Fishing for Sound, and S.W.A.M.P., with Kato Hideki, Jim Pugliese, and William Lang.

In Scuttling around in the shallows, Winderen continues her investigation of the sound of shrimp, exploring how the smallest creatures of the ocean use sound for communication, orientation, and feeding. Hydrophones—originally a military development—are repurposed, inadvertently producing unexpected qualities.

Sagittarius A-Star is the new incarnation of the legendary Italian label Qbico, who specialized in limited edition, hand-painted vinyls releases, ranging from free jazz to Japanese psychedelia, free-folk, and electronic improvisation. Second Family Band, Trulofa Trio, Matt Valentine and The Aquarian Foundation perform.

Gordon Monahan's works for piano, loudspeakers, video, kinetic sculpture, and computer-controlled sound environments span genres from avant-garde concert music to multi-media installation and sound art.

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.

ISSUE’s Littoral series presents Jacues Demierre and Vincent Barras. The detailed analysis of the sonorities of the ancient and modern languages, their re-elaboration and re-composition is finally embodied in a score-text, spread out on stage in its concrete dimensions.

Five artists come together to mark a unique moment in the development of digital instrumentalities and music; The T-Stick digital musical instrument, built in 2006, will take center stage in the world premieres of five new works, among the first music to be formally created for this instrument.

Performances by virtuoso saxophonist and clarinetist Kenny Millions, who unleashes what is sometimes called “creative terrorism” in performances both comic and enigmatic, and Starlicker, a trio deeply rooted in the Chicago and international avant garde, jazz and post rock scenes.

With his "Bicameral Research Sound & Projection System" David Linton makes vibrational wave induced perceptual energy states manifest by deploying interconnected measures of electric sound and pulsing light in live action with hand manipulated objects. Bruce Tovsky presents a new work entitled "Methe."

The collective project MLB, hosted by STEIM and organized by Jamie Allen, is an ensemble performance project featuring a collection of noise and light performance works together in various combinations, live. Performers include Loud Objects, Phillip Stearns, Yao Chung Han, and Jamie Allen.

Zeena and the Adorables (Zeena Parkins, Shayna Dunkelman, and Preshish Moments) perform on a bill with M2 (Roger Miller & Ben Miller) and James Elliott as Ateleia.

The 2008 Table of the Elements release Guitar Trio is My Life! is celebrated here with a much larger ensemble, the Lords of Tinnitus, anchored by drummer Jonathan Kane and accompanied by images by artist Robert Longo. Text of Light (William Hooker, Alan Licht, and Nels Cline), Jon Mueller, and Peg Simone join.