Events 2009

ISSUE Project Room presents Basque artist, Mattin and the Austrian artist and composer, Bernhard Gál.

ISSUE Project Room presents author and poet Byron Coley reading from an unpublished novel about record collectors called ”Dominos." Musical accompaniment by the legendary Loren Connors, plus a reading by former editor of “New York Rocker,” Andy Schwartz.

The evening will also include music performance by Nondor Nevai w/ Mick Barr as part of ISSUE’s Littoral Series co-curated by Suzanne Fiol and Tony Antoniadis.

ISSUE Project Room presents Tony Conrad and Brandon W Joseph in a reading and discussion followed by a performance by Tony Conrad.

Nick Hallett and Daisy Press sing works by Ives, Monk, Ashley, Cardew and more.

ISSUE Project Room is thrilled to present, live, the legendary John Kilduff of Los Angeles’ Let's Paint TV.

A conversation with Robert Ashely, scored using one of Ashley’s early graphic scores, "In memoriam…Esteban Gomez" (1963).

Cellist, composer and improviser Ha-Yang Kim presents new work at ISSUE Project Room.

Honne Wells, Juan Comas, Sacred Harp and Greg Jamie at ISSUE Project Room.

A live String Quartet (Mari Kimura, Dana Lyn, violins; Jessica Pavone, viola; Egil Rostad, cello) will perform Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and improvisations in the style of Anton Webern while Kenneth Goldsmith sings text by Roland Barthes.

James Nares is known for his paintings, films and to some extent, his music (most notably as a member of the Contortions). He will be showing a selection of his films, with an emphasis on those which have a musical or sonic component.

The representative sings and plays guitar, dressed all black and backed by local musicians. The group rehearses only once, the afternoon of the show. The music is electric, loud, and largely improvised. For each show the representative writes a whole new set of lyrics, which he keeps on a music stand.