October 2022

Member Event

ISSUE is pleased to invite Members to a reception and presentation of the first ever collaborative piece between cellist and composer Lucy Railton and intermedia artist Max Eilbacher. The installation of the commissioned collaboration will be presented at Fridman Gallery in the Lower East Side.

Distant Pairs Series

Distant Pairs: James Fei & Yan Jun - 螺层 (Gyration)

Streaming on this webpage and Vimeo

ISSUE is pleased to stream a new collaboration between Oakland, California-based composer, synthesist, saxophonist and electronic musician James Fei and Chinese musician and poet Yan Jun, who is based in Beijing.

Distant Pairs Series

Distant Pairs: Delia Beatriz (DEBIT) & Flora Yin Wong

Streaming on this webpage and Vimeo

ISSUE is pleased to stream the debut collaborative presentation between New York-based producer and composer Delia Beatriz (DEBIT) and London-based sound artist and writer Flora Yin Wong. This commissioned work will be the first ever collaboration between these two artists.

Distant Pairs Series

Distant Pairs: Irmin Schmidt & Leah Singer

Streaming on this webpage and Vimeo

Wednesday, October 19th at 8pm ET, ISSUE is pleased to stream a new collaboration between Irmin Schmidt—legendary German pianist, conductor, composer and co-founder of experimental rock band Can—and NYC-based writer and visual artist Leah Singer.

Artists-In-Residence 2022

Sold Out! Dion TYGAPAW McKenzie: Devil Woman (Obeah Woman) Part 2

The Chocolate Factory Theater

Dion TYGAPAW McKenzie presents their second work in progress presentation of Devil Woman (Obeah Woman), an opera in three parts—and their 2nd commissioned project as a 2022 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence. Using Techno as their main genre of focus, the work urges us to renegotiate and expand our understanding of the genre.