ISSUE is pleased to stream the debut collaboration of London-based multidisciplinary artist, producer, composer, and singer/songwriter Louis Carnell (Visionist) and South Korean cellist, composer, and improviser Okkyung Lee.
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Distant Pairs: Louis Carnell & Okkyung Lee - 맞닿은 하늘 - The Touching of Skies
Streaming on this webpage and Vimeo
ISSUE is pleased to stream the debut collaboration of London-based multidisciplinary artist, producer, composer, and singer/songwriter Louis Carnell (Visionist) and South Korean cellist, composer, and improviser Okkyung Lee.
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Angie Eng, Okkyung Lee & Satoshi Takeishi
Old American Can Factory
Live video artist, Angie Eng revives cinepoetry with miniature cameras, object manipulation and a light table with cellist Okkyung Lee and percussionist Satoshi Takeishi. A garden of digital improvisational delights, a cross between music for silent film, a surrealist appetizer and a magic act.
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Carlos Giffoni & Okkyung Lee + Oneohtrix Point Never + Religious Knives
Old American Can Factory
Carlos Giffoni collaborates with cellist, Okkyung Lee, at ISSUE Project Room. Supporting performances by Oneohtrix Point Never and Religious Knives.
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John Butcher
Old American Can Factory
John Butcher performs two sets; one solo with acoustic and amplified saxophone, the second in collaboration with cellist Okkyung Lee.
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Mark Fell with Okkyung Lee / Kara-Lis Coverdale: Solo Organ / LXV
First Unitarian Congregational Society
ISSUE presents artist and electronics visionary Mark Fell, returning to ISSUE for the first time since 2015 to premiere an untitled new piece with cellist, composer, and improviser Okkyung Lee. The evening also features Kara-Lis Coverdale and LXV, collaborators on joint album Sirens, each presenting new solo work.
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Okkyung Lee & Amir ElSaffar
Cellist Okkyung Lee and trumpeter Amir ElSaffar perform in their first collaborative duo at ISSUE's 22 Boerum Theater.
Cellist Okkyung Lee and trumpeter Amir ElSaffar are distinguished instrumentalists with formidable reputations for their exploratory performance techniques and genre-blurring approach to musical styles. This acoustic performance features Lee and ElSaffar each performing solo sets, and in their first collaborative duo.
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Two Evenings with Keiji Haino
Ongoing Series
Keiji Haino, legend of the Japanese underground, returns to Brooklyn for two performances September 26th and 27th, following up his sold out series at ISSUE in 2013. He takes the stage in a special duo with Tony Conrad as well as performing solo. Cellist Okkyung Lee and rock outfits xNOBBQx and X Wave perform as well.
Legend of the Japanese underground Keiji Haino returns to Brooklyn, taking the stage in a special duo with Tony Conrad. These master improvisers of experimental music first joined forces in 2006, this is their first NY duo appearance since 2009. The dynamic and raw improvising cellist Okkyung Lee opens the evening.
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Michelle Boulé & Okkyung Lee live at ISSUE
Michelle Boulé and Okkyung Lee renew their ongoing collaboration, recorded live at ISSUE in October, 2013 as part of "Ten Years Alive on the Infinite Plain".
Multi-instrumentalist Oren Ambarchi's compositions are hailed for their intricate harmonic patterns, carefully tended arrangements, and surrender to the physicality of sound. Tonight Ambarchi plays solo, sharing the bill with a duo of two highly individualistic improvisers: dancer Michelle Boulé and Okkyung Lee.