ISSUE presents a free online program of renowned composer Annea Lockwood’s iconic Piano Transplants works: Piano Burning (1968), Piano Garden (1969-70), and Piano Drowning (1972). This streamed event features expansive documentation from three presented iterations of each piece.
Stephan Moore and Madeleine Gallagher will perform a series of compositions in sound and image using analog equipment (tape and film) as part of the source. Ranging from raga to raucous, Curtis and Dean will explore electronic/acoustic grooves and sonic landscapes for percussion, sensor-extended sitar and dilruba.
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.
An audio-visual collaboration between Haeyoung Kim (a.k.a. Bubblyfish) and Chika will open the evening, followed by a second collaboration between sound artist and composer Stephan Moore and video artist Madeleine Gallagher.
The third year of Floating Points Festival (formerly Points in a Circle) explores the versatility of ISSUE Project Room’s innovative house speaker system, designed by Stephan Moore.
The Loud Objects, that smoky trio of international live-action precision noise solderists, present a special gala col-la-bor-a-tion with fifteen of New York City’s finest top notch musicians.
Album release party for Stephen Moore's To Build a Field with performances by Stephan Moore, Evidence, video artist RoseRose and a special guest.
This evening's program includes a pre-concert talk regarding music and dance, the work of John Cage, David Tudor and the current musical practice of MCDC. Followed by a concert featuring music for a MinEvent, Blues99, composed by John King for two performers.
Stephan Moore, Scott Smallwood and Suzanne Thorpe present new work as a part of World Listening Day, which pays homage to the experimental legacy of Pauline Oliveros. Together, these artists “sound out” the sonic qualities of ISSUE’s historic McKim, Mead and White Theater at 22 Boerum Place using Paul Geluso’s 3D Sound Object invention.
July 14th and 18th, ISSUE Project Room and Harvestworks are pleased to present two performances featuring acoustician Paul Geluso’s immersive 3D Sound Object, a speaker system capable of reproducing complex directional sound radiation.
Tuesday, July 18, ISSUE and Harvestworks present Stephan Moore, Scott Smallwood and Suzanne Thorpe dedicating performances to the experimental legacy of Pauline Oliveros, presented as a part of World Listening Day 2017. The evening features acoustician Paul Geluso’s 3D Sound Object speaker system.
Volume (IV) is an improvising quartet featuring electroacoustic harpist Shelley Burgon, turntablist Maria Chavez, laptop artist Stephan Moore and electroacoustic flutist Suzanne Thorpe. Volume (IV) present a new work for ISSUE's hemiespheric 15-speaker sound system, with nightly contributions from installation artists.