ISSUE Project Room is delighted to honor renowned artist and ISSUE Board member Robert Longo and ISSUE’s beloved late founder Suzanne Fiol . This year’s event celebrates two artists who envisioned ISSUE from its earliest years, bringing a unique perspective to New York’s avant-garde performance landscape.
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OVER WATER: Elliott Sharp / Janene Higgins / Rena Anakwe
Performed at ISSUE's 2019 Gala, OVER WATER is the debut performance between 2019 Artist-In-Residence Rena Anakwe alongside ISSUE Art Advisory Council member Elliott Sharp and media artist Janene Higgins.
David Weinstein + Janene Higgins and Mari Kimura
Old American Can Factory
Artists David Weinstein, Janene Higgins and Mari Kimura share new work at ISSUE Project Room.
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A newly commissioned opera by Elliott Sharp depicts the final moments of philosopher Walter Benjamin’s life in Port-Bou at the French-Spanish border as he flees Nazi-occupied France. Bass/baritone Nicholas Isherwood stars with pianist Jenny Lin, accordionist William Schimmel, and electro-acoustic backgrounds by Sharp.