September 2012

Littoral

Short takes from RIDE A COCKHORSE by Raymond Kennedy

BAM Fisher, Hillman Studio: 321 Ashland Place, Brooklyn (Ft. Greene)

Stephen Ruddy, director of Upright Citizens Brigade’s “Gravid Water” directs a dramatic reading of Brooklyn author Raymond Kennedy’s darkly comic 1991 novel "Ride a Cockhorse", recently reprinted by NYRB Classics.

Littoral

Joseph Keckler + Mac Wellman

BAM Fisher, Hillman Studio: 321 Ashland Place, Brooklyn (Ft. Greene)

Joseph Keckler is a musician, writer, raconteur, and performance artist known both for his musical output as well as for creating narrative monologues and collage-like performance and video works, often musical, that involve transformation through multiple characters. Playwright, author, and poet Mac Wellman joins.

Touch.30 Live in NYC

Films of Jon Wozencroft

Anthology Film Archives: 32 Second Avenue, NYC

Anthology Film Archives screens the films of Jon Wozencroft as part of Touch.30 Live in NYC: The Suffolk Symphony (audio by Philip Jeck & BJNilsen), and Liquid Music (audio by Fennesz). Total running time: ca. 95 minutes.

Voices and Echoes

gozoCine: Works by Gozo Yoshimasu

Anthology Film Archives: 32 Second Avenue, NYC

As part of the "Voices and Echoes" tour, curated by Aki Onda and presented by ISSUE Project Room, Anthology Film Archives screens four films by Gozo Yoshimasu, with a performance by the filmmaker. This is the first time Yoshimasu has presented his films in the US.

Arnold Dreyblatt: Turntable History / Spin Ensemble

Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, 113 Remsen St, Brooklyn

Composer Arnold Dreyblatt presents two works, including "Turntable History / Spin Ensemble", created from deconstructed recordings of a radiological imagining scanner which he treats as a giant Tesla coil. He also performs "Nodal Excitation", a 1979 work for amplified 'excited strings' bass.

Artists-in-Residence 2012

Yarn/Wire

Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, 113 Remsen St, Brooklyn

Yarn/Wire, a unique instrumental combination of two percussionists and two pianists, completes its residency with new works from three extraordinary American composers: Andrew McIntosh, Elizabeth Adams and Christopher Burns.

Nate Wooley + Mazen Kerbaj

Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, 113 Remsen St, Brooklyn

Two of the most exciting innovators of the trumpet Nate Wooley and Mazen Kerbaj will present an evening of solos and duos. This will be Mazen Kerbaj’s first performance at ISSUE.

Emerging Artists Commissions 2012

Che Chen

Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, 113 Remsen St, Brooklyn

Drawing on Indian music, Minimalism, and the outsider tradition of instrument building composers, Che Chen and Sherlock Terry‘s collaborative work is rooted in the sonic potential contained within a single note.

Mariel Roberts

Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, 113 Remsen St, Brooklyn

Mariel Roberts premieres new works for solo cello from her debut album nonextraneous sounds, including compositions by Andy Akiho, Sean Friar, Alex Mincek, Tristan Perich, and Daniel Wohl.

Voices and Echoes

Akio Suzuki, Gozo Yoshimasu, Otomo Yoshihide

Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand Street, NYC

The first evening of “Voices and Echoes” brings together pioneering Japanese artists Akio Suzuki, performing on a range of unique instruments including an ancient stone flute, and experimental poet Gozo Yoshimasu in collaboration with guitarist/turntablist Otomo Yoshide.

Touch.30 Live in NYC

Chris Watson + Marcus Davidson

Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, 113 Remsen St, Brooklyn

Comprised of field recordings by Chris Watson and Mike Harding with a vocal arrangement conducted live by Marcus Davidson, The Bee Symphony explores the vocal harmonies between humans and animals. Harding also presents Watson’s Forest Floor, and a new work by Watson and Davidson.

Touch.30 Live in NYC

Eleh (US Debut) + Lary 7

Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, 113 Remsen St, Brooklyn

ISSUE presents Eleh’s first ever US performance. Eleh create highly minimal and deeply spiritual pure analog electroacoustic music with emphasis on tonal juxtapositions, bass tones and various acoustic phenomenon. Joined by Lary 7.

Touch.30 Live in NYC

Philip Jeck + Ted Riederer, Ken Montgomery

Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, 113 Remsen St, Brooklyn

Turntablist Philip Jeck performs live with Ted Riederer on electric guitar and vinyl lathe. Riederer records and cuts the performance straight to vinyl as it happens, handing these records instantly to Jeck. The process repeats continuously as the music evolves. Ken Montgomery will perform “8-Track Magic”.

Touch.30 Live in NYC

Touch ensemble at Experimental Intermedia

Experimental Intermedia: 224 Centre Street, 3rd floor, NYC

Featuring: Marcus Davidson, Philip Jeck, Dave Knapik, Lary 7, Ken Montgomery, JG.Thirlwell and very special guest The Enchantress of Bioluminosity & others... Conducted by Mike Harding