Events 2023

Nina Garcia / Lee Ranaldo & Leila Bordreuil

Brooklyn Music School

ISSUE is pleased to present the debut U.S. performance from Parisian guitarist Nina Garcia, who performs solo. Leila Bordreuil & legendary guitarist Lee Ranaldo open, reprising their recent duo for an evening that transgresses boundaries between instrumental improvisation & noise.

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ISSUE Member Event: suzueri & Julia Santoli

Fridman Gallery

ISSUE and AvanToyko are pleased to invite members and special guests to a reception and presentation of the first live duo collaboration between multi-disciplinary artist and experimental musician Julia Santoli and Tokyo-based sound and visual artist suzueri (Elico Suzuki). The debut collaboration will be presented at Fridman Gallery in the Lower East Side.

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51717 / Torn Hawk

The Emily Harvey Foundation

ISSUE is pleased to present new works from longtime friends Lili Schulder and Luke Wyatt, known through their far-reaching releases under the monikers 51717 and Torn Hawk, respectively. The performances will take place at The Emily Harvey Foundation’s space in SoHo, Manhattan.

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Jean Carla Rodea: All Your Sojourns Have Led to This

CPR - Center for Performance Research

ISSUE in partnership with CPR - Center for Performance Research is pleased to present All Your Sojourns Have Led to This, a commissioned work from interdisciplinary artist and 2023 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence Jean Carla Rodea. The work will premiere at CPR’s space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

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Stuck At The Office: Kate Mohanty & FRANK/ie CONSENT

NYU Brooklyn: 370 Jay 5th Fl

2023 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow evil dentist (Alice Gerlach and David Farrow) present “stuck at the office,” a durational office space installation featuring performances by Kate Mohanty & FRANK/ie CONSENT.

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BINT: Solve et Coagula → عيب, Stage I: تسويد (The Blackening)

MITU580

Interdisciplinary artist and musician BINT presents their first program as an ISSUE Artist-In-Residence at MITU580 in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Over the course of the year, she will be presenting three commissioned programs mirroring the primary stages of (Arabic) alchemical transmutation.

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Andrew Cyrille / Kieran Daly

Brooklyn Music School

ISSUE is pleased to present solo performances from master drummer and composer Andrew Cyrille as well as Chicago-based composer and performer Kieran Daly. In the world of jazz—be it free, mainstream or other more personal styles—Andrew Cyrille is legendary for drawing vivid sonic pictures and making incendiary rhythms with his drum set.

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Following her performance of works in collaboration with Pascale Criton at Brooklyn Public Library (2/23), ISSUE is pleased to co-present Silvia Tarozzi as a part of Fridman Gallery's New Ear Festival 2023 on Friday, February 24th at 8pm ET. Tarozzi will perform Coralli, a solo electroacoustic project. 

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Sounding Limits: Pascale Criton, Silvia Tarozzi & Judith Hamann

Brooklyn Public Library’s Dr. S. Stevan Dweck Cultural Center at Grand Army Plaza

ISSUE is pleased to present the premiere East Coast performance of French composer Pascale Criton’s Sounding Limits series of compositions, two of which were co-authored in close collaboration with renowned string players Silvia Tarozzi (violin) and Deborah Walker (cello).

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