Events 2005

ISSUE presents pianist, composer and improviser Walter Frank.

My new record "solo-solo bass" is the ultimate challenge for bassplayers, the one-track/one bass challenge, trying to stay interesting for the course of one CD's length of music or a whole evening of a live-concert. Having realised, that I cannot do that all alone, I have asked fellow bassplayers to write pieces for me

Spati0silo will consist of a single long duration performance/installation utilizing a 16 channel sound system designed and built by Stephan Moore.

Spati0silo will consist of a single long duration performance/installation utilizing a 16 channel sound system designed and built by Stephan Moore.

Spati0silo will consist of a single long duration performance/installation utilizing a 16 channel sound system designed and built by Stephan Moore.

ISSUE Project Room inaugurates our 2005-2006 literary season with "New Language" -- a series of multidisciplinary events that include readings, multi-media performances, small press bookfairs, literary exhibitions and more.

Eyvind Kang and Jessika Kenney have created a unique and inclusive body of work involving the poetic setting of sacred/historical texts, within a framework of syncretic tunings and sounds. They will share a selection of these pieces and other gems!

Jim Pugliese's Phase III will team up with guitarist extraordinaire Marc Ribot in a rare night of musical camaraderie. The evening will start off with a solo set by Marc Ribot followed by Phase III.

In his site-specific performances, installations, and sculptures, Robert uses site-specific materials to dissolve the tension between structural development and pre-existing environments.

Laughter is on sale. Reduced price for the evening, pay what you can: $5, 10, 20, 100, 1000, 10,000.........

Only on this special occassion will psi/pee-ess-eye bends pitchforks and fold time while applying stoppages to underwater incoherance. For further evidence of the hoe dug deep, absorb the brutal silences of Sean Meehan and semi-delinquent spazzcore of Talibam!

"Back in 1978 Jandek's first album, Ready for the House introduced the kind of blasted interior landscapes that dominate his recordings, with an expiring guitar, apparently tuned to the movements of the stars, coiled like barbed wire around a distressed, semi-articulate vocal that conflated eschatological blues..."