Upcoming Events

Holland Andrews / Methods Body

22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201

Holland Andrews (2020 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence) returns to the 22 Boerum Pl. theater with Portland-based sound artists Methods Body to present solo performances, plus the world premiere of their collaboration, REMAIN.

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Cecilia Lopez & John Driscoll: Gestures/Murmurations

22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201

ISSUE invites our community in partnership with Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center and Fridman Gallery to the 22 Boerum Pl. theater to explore the evolution of Gestures/Murmurations by sound artists Cecilia Lopez & John Driscoll.

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Past Events

Avant Joik / Joan La Barbara

Brooklyn Music School

Experimental Nordic artists Avant Joik make their 2024 U.S. debut at ISSUE Project Room. Blending traditional joik language and vocal experimentation using electronic soundscapes, Indigenous Sámi singer Katarina Barruk (vocals/joik) and acclaimed experimentalist Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje (vocals and live electronics) perform with live visuals by Sámi artist Matti Aikio. Renowned experimental vocalist and composer Joan La Barbara will open the evening.

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Sold Out! Celebrating 90 Years: Christian Wolff

Judson Memorial Church

ISSUE celebrates legendary pianist and composer Christian Wolff’s 90th birthday at Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village. The event will feature performances of chamber works spanning from 1950 to present day, plus a new world premiere by Wolff himself.

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Sold Out! Axine M: Adriana

22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201

2024 Artist-In-Residence Axine M presents her first commission Adriana, a multichannel piece for voice, sampled corpus, and machine.

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Sold Out! Katie Porter: Malosma / 18 Flowers in a Row

22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201

ISSUE is pleased to present Malosma / 18 Flowers in a Row, the first commission from 2024 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence Katie Porter. The clarinetist and composer presents new chamber music works inspired by microcosms and macrocosms of change: both in our personal narratives and the world around us.

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Sold Out! Blind Date: Tiny Conversation Hearts

22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201

Just a few days before Valentine’s Day, 2024 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow and interdisciplinary artist Lina Azalea Dahbour presents the first program in her “Blind Date” series—Tiny Conversation Hearts.

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Hiromichi Sakamoto / Kato Hideki & Zeena Parkins

Brooklyn Music School

ISSUE and AvanTokyo are pleased to present the solo US debut of Japanese cellist Hiromichi Sakamoto. The evening will also feature a duo presentation from musicians Kato Hideki & Zeena Parkins, which will take place at Brooklyn Music School in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

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Negativland: In Conversation

NYU Brooklyn, 370 Jay St, Room #325, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Join ISSUE in collaboration with NYU Tandon School of Engineering for a special artist talk with Negativland, moderated by NYU’s Academic Director of Integrated Design & Media, Scott Fitzgerald.

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