In the final installment of ISSUE Online – Celebrating David Behrman, three visionary artists—David Behrman, Paul DeMarinis & Laurie Spiegel—engage in a wide-ranging discussion moderated by James Fei. This release precedes ISSUE's 2025 Gala on Wednesday, October 8th.
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Celebrating David Behrman: In Conversation with Paul DeMarinis, Laurie Spiegel & James Fei
Streaming on this webpage and Vimeo
In the final installment of ISSUE Online – Celebrating David Behrman, three visionary artists—David Behrman, Paul DeMarinis & Laurie Spiegel—engage in a wide-ranging discussion moderated by James Fei. This release precedes ISSUE's 2025 Gala on Wednesday, October 8th.
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Alvin Lucier’s I am sitting in a room (projected redux) with Joan La Barbara, Abigail Levine, James McNew and James Fei
22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201
ISSUE celebrates its 20th Anniversary at our 22 Boerum Pl. theater with projections of Alvin Lucier’s I am sitting in a room, recorded for his 90th Birthday Celebration, presented by ISSUE in May 2021. The evening includes versions of Lucier’s paradigmatic 1969 work I am sitting in a room from Joan La Barbara, Abigail Levine & James McNew all created during isolated stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, plus Lucier himself recorded live at ISSUE’s Boerum theater in 2017. The evening will also feature a panel conversation with La Barbara, Levine and McNew focusing on their presentations and Lucier’s legacy, moderated by James Fei.
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Distant Pairs: James Fei & Yan Jun - 螺层 (Gyration)
ISSUE is pleased to stream a new collaboration between Oakland, California-based composer, synthesist, saxophonist and electronic musician James Fei and Chinese musician and poet Yan Jun, who is based in Beijing.
ISSUE is pleased to stream a new collaboration between Oakland, California-based composer, synthesist, saxophonist and electronic musician James Fei and Chinese musician and poet Yan Jun, who is based in Beijing.
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James Fei: Sine of Merit III
James Fei performs Sine of Merit III, a solo electronics piece with transducers and feedback. Fei's setup consists of a mix of old modular equipment and homebrewed circuits. The system is driven by multiple feedback loops, often on the brink of instability with signals recursively routed through microphones, spring reverb, and converted between audio and control voltages.
James Fei, Kato Hideki, Sean Meehan
Thursday, June 15th, ISSUE presents the debut trio performance between Fei, Kato and and veteran NYC percussionist Sean Meehan.. Their practice is described by The Wire as “no casual knob twiddling -- [with] Kato’s sense of timing as dramatic as it was with Ikue Mori and Fred Frith in their storied trio group Death Ambient, and Fei approaching the business of making music with deadly earnestness.”
Thursday, June 15th, ISSUE presents a rare evening with James Fei (analog electronics) and Kato Hideki (bass, electronics) in duo performance. The evening also sees the debut trio performance between Fei, Kato and and veteran NYC percussionist Sean Meehan.
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James Fei & Laetitia Sonami: After 9 Evenings - LIVE at ISSUE / September 30th, 2016
James Fei and Laetitia Sonami started their improvisational collaboration in 2013. While the materials and techniques used by the two musicians differ significantly, both employ tactile interfaces coupled with electronic systems that exhibit complex behavioral responses.
James Fei and Laetitia Sonami’s improvisational collaboration employs tactile interfaces and electronic systems that exhibit complex behavioral responses. Thomas Dexter presents a site-specific performance using 16mm projectors as instruments.
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After 9 Evenings: A 50th Anniversary Celebration
Ongoing Series
From September 25 to October 1, 2016 ISSUE Project Room presents After 9 Evenings: A 50th Anniversary Celebration, a dynamic series of performances, talks, screenings, and workshops to mark the 50th anniversary of 9 Evenings: Theatre & Engineering (1966).
From the archives, with Mark Stewart, David Cossin, Dorit Chrysler, Armin Ra, David Simons, Anthony Ptak, Rob Schwimmer, Sean Meehan, James Fei, Jeff Arnal, Briggan Krauss, Tomas Ulrich, Billy Martin, Chris Mann, Alessandro Bosetti, Nat Wooley, Ben Owen, MInoshima Osechi, Kenta Nagai, Phil Niblock and more.