Events 2022

Thursday, May 5th at 8pm ET, ISSUE presents Place of Toil, an online piece building on a method of harsh noise-based research, facilitated by artist and researcher S. Warren and 2021 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow Sami Hopkins.

For her first commissioned work as a 2022 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence, choreographer and composer Tatyana Tenenbaum presents For Selma, a solo for voice, movement, microphone, memory, and textile. The performance will premiere at the 14th Street Y in the East Village, Manhattan.

ISSUE Artist-In-Residence, sound artist and musician Sydney Spann presents "Cow, Cow, Cow, Rabbit, Recalcitrance, Bunny, Dog, Dog, Dog" a performance-activated sound installation using the entirety of CPR- Center for Performance Research's theater & gallery space.

For their first commissioned work as an ISSUE Artist-In-Residence, producer, DJ, and artist Dion TYGAPAW McKenzie presents the first part of Devil Woman (Obeah Woman), an opera in three parts. Using Techno as their main genre of focus, the work urges us to renegotiate and expand our understanding of the genre.

ISSUE presents an evening of pioneering work from choreographer and filmmaker Yvonne Rainer and composer David Behrman, highlighting the artists’ work interpreted and presented by a new generation of artists.

2022 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow Theodore Kerr presents BEYOND THE FLAT, his first program in THE BODY POPULAR series. The program features an outdoor performance by multi-disciplinary artist Zachary Fabri, based on a commissioned portrait of him by photographer Samantha Box.

ISSUE presents pioneering experimental composer Morton Subotnick premiering “As I Live & Breath” a duet of image & sound augmented with the live visual work. The performance opens with new work multidisciplinary artist & 2018 Artist-In-Residence James K.

ISSUE presents pioneering experimental composer Morton Subotnick premiering “As I Live & Breath” a duet of image & sound augmented with live visual work. The performance opens with new work from musician, instrument builder and DJ Antenes (Lori Napoleon)

For two nights, ISSUE & Anthology Film Archives will screen these works—which originally premiered online and were experienced in disparate home screen & sound system arrangements. ISSUE is taking the opportunity to present the works back-to-back in a cinematic environment.

ISSUE is pleased to host an intimate conversation with pioneering experimental composer Morton Subotnick. Members can RSVP for this event using their Member Code. Subotnick’s influence on electronic music cannot be overstated. The composer was a key innovator in experimental works involving synthesis & more.

ISSUE & Harvestworks are pleased to stream a new collaboration between interdisciplinary artists Devin Kenny and E. Jane. Both Kenny & Jane approach work across disciplines including the production of digital images, video, text, performance, installation, and sound design.

ISSUE is pleased to stream a new collaboration between Italian Turin/Berlin-based visual artist, writer and sound producer Francesco Cavaliere and Japanese Paris-based musician and artist Tomoko Sauvage.