"Numinosum" closes ISSUE’s 2026 season and its celebration of the AIR program. Led by French cellist and composer Leila Bordreuil (2016 AIR), the work treats resonance itself as the primary instrument.
ISSUE is pleased to present new works from cellist, composer and sound-artist Leila Bordreuil and DC/NYC-based musician and organizer Luke Stewart’s Feedback Ensemble, a raucous group of musicians utilizing their own feedback apparatuses—in addition to their instruments—to explore graphic scores, sound, noise, and improvisation. Centering techniques of sonic feedback generation within instrumental practice, the notated compositions will emerge through a radically collaborative process, in which performers co-create the works.
ISSUE is pleased to present the debut U.S. performance from Parisian guitarist Nina Garcia, who performs solo in advance of her guest appearance as a part of ISSUE’s staging of Leila Bordreuil & Luke Stewart’s Feedback Ensemble.
New works from Leila Bordreuil & Luke Stewart’s Feedback Ensemble, a raucous group of musicians utilizing their own feedback apparatuses.
ISSUE is pleased to present the debut U.S. performance from Parisian guitarist Nina Garcia, who performs solo. Leila Bordreuil & legendary guitarist Lee Ranaldo open, reprising their recent duo for an evening that transgresses boundaries between instrumental improvisation & noise.
For his third commissioned work as a 2021 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence, sound/visual artist, improviser, and performer Austin Sley Julian presents “Corrosiv is Complete,” a collaboration with percussionist, vocalist, and composer Andrya Ambro and cellist, composer, and 2016 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence Leila Bordreuil.
Artists-In-Residence 2021
For his third commissioned work as a 2021 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence, sound/visual artist, improviser, and performer Austin Sley Julian presents “Corrosiv is Complete,” a collaboration with percussionist, vocalist, and composer Andrya Ambro and cellist, composer, and 2016 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence Leila Bordreuil.
Composer and performer John McCowen presents his third and final performance as a 2020 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence with LOW QUARTET, featuring Leila Bordreuil, Zach Rowden, & Lester St. Louis.
Artists-In-Residence 2020
Composer and performer John McCowen presents his third and final performance as a 2020 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence with LOW QUARTET, featuring Leila Bordreuil, Zach Rowden, & Lester St. Louis.
ISSUE presents an expansive gathering of NYC artists working across disciplines. Leila Bordreuil and Lee Ranaldo debut an improvised duet, and are then joined by Stephan Moore. Asha Sheshadri stages a new iteration of her essayistic performance practice and The New York Review of Cocksucking also perform.
ISSUE is pleased to present the world premiere of Episodes et Mutations, an immersive performance and light installation exploring perceptual intersections between sound and light by cellist, composer, sound artist, and former ISSUE Artist-In-Residence Leila Bordreuil.
ISSUE is pleased to present the premiere of Episodes et Mutations, an immersive performance + light installation by Leila Bordreuil & Doron Sadja. The performance is presented as a part of the French Institute Alliance Française’s Crossing The Line Festival and is performed by celebrated ensemble Mivos quartet.
Artists-In-Residence 2018
James K opens her residency with the premiere of ELEKTRA (Scream Through the Eyes of a Statue), a multimedia performance conceptualizing the female voice as an “X-ray to the bones of sound," with Eve Essex (winds and electronics), Via App (electronics), Leila Bordreuil (cello) & Eli V Manuscript (textual alchemy).