“Original Innocence” is a rock opera conceived by Dave Nuss and Eric Sanders. A traveling troupe of performers from a new religious sect and dramatically depict their theology in a tent-meeting style ‘passion play’ about the creation of the world.

Described as abstract analogue pointillism, ambiance for spaceports, or hypnotic echochamber pulsebeat, Frank Bretschneider’s detailed music is echoed by his visuals: perfectly translated realizations of the qualities found in music within visual phenomena. Belgian sound and visual artist Yannick Franck joins.

The feminist reception and production of pornography has had a complicated and fascinating trajectory, a discourse of representation often bound by the logic of the male gaze. The Hole Picture brings together a selection of socio-sexual films and videos by artists Barbra Hammer, A.K. Burns and A.L. Steiner.

Composer, improviser, and multi-instrumentalist Ben Vida premieres Piece for Difference Tones (interrupted) & (computer controlled) Analog Sound Objects. The work emphasizes the intersections between analog and digital sound synthesis systems, which produce what Vida calls “non-representational sound objects."

Elliott Sharp’s 60th birthday celebration continues with a collection of his long-time friends and collaborators performing his music at ISSUE’s space at the Old American Can Factory. Among Sharp’s works to be performed are Flexagons (Orchestra Carbon), Octal (Elliott Sharp solo) and Oligosono (Jenny Lin).

Jo Andres and Steve Buscemi host ISSUE's first benefit event at our future home — the beautiful McKim, Mead, and White jewel box theater at 110 Livingston in Downtown Brooklyn — celebrating the 60th birthday of prolific composer and guitar virtuoso Elliott Sharp.