ISSUE celebrates its 20th Anniversary at our 22 Boerum Pl. theater with projections of work commissioned for our Isolated Field Recordings Series (2020), which engaged nineteen artists to create new audio field recordings, with associated visuals, in response to COVID-19’s impact on public assembly.
Thursday, June 11th at 8pm EST, ISSUE is pleased to stream Things Mother Used To Make, a new piece from interdisciplinary artist and 2015 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence Dawn Kasper. Kasper across genres of performance, installation, sculpture, drawing, photography, video and sound.
Thursday, June 11th at 8pm EST, ISSUE is pleased to stream Things Mother Used To Make, a new piece from interdisciplinary artist and 2015 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence Dawn Kasper. Kasper across genres of performance, installation, sculpture, drawing, photography, video and sound.
Interdisciplinary artist and 2015 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence Dawn Kasper performs part two of a new improvisation titled A, B, C : 0, 1, 2, 3.
Legendary composer-performer Charlemagne Palestine performs alongside stalwart NYC poet Steve Dalachinsky as a part of the the 2018 Brooklyn Book Festival, co-presented with BOMB Magazine. Interdisciplinary artist Dawn Kasper opens the evening, enacting part two of a new improvisation titled A, B, C : 0, 1, 2, 3.
Saturday, April 9th at The Emily Harvey Foundation, ISSUE Project Room presents Dawn Kasper’s WISH WANT WISH, a new improvisational performance composition evoking historical references to the philosophy of desire.
Following the start of construction on our Downtown Brooklyn theater in February, ISSUE took its programs on the road, presenting hundreds of artists in more than 20 venues across the city. We celebrate the close of the season with a look back at video some of our favorite performances.
ISSUE Members are welcomed for a sneak peek at our 22 Boerum Pl. theater at this invitation-only Year-End Celebration. Artist-In-Residence Dawn Kasper premieres "Not There", a new improvisational score inspired by the Lakota myth of Iktomi that illustrates a tale of deception. Preceded by an open-bar reception.
Commissioned as part of ISSUE Project Room’s 2015 Artist-In-Residence Program, Dawn Kasper’s Music For Matter: ENERGY INTO MATTER premieres at Artists Space Books & Talks on February 16th, 2015.
Comprised of improvisationally layered archival field recordings, drums, bells, and prerecorded analog sound, performance artists Dawn Kasper’s new composition is loosely inspired by “The Music of The Spheres”, illustrating the movement of the Sun, Moon, and planets as music.
ISSUE is pleased to announce the selection of our 2015 Artists-in-Residence: Lea Bertucci, Kim Brandt, Dawn Kasper, Mariana Valencia, Evan Calder Williams, and C. Spencer Yeh will premiere new commissions in 2015.