Monarch Butterfly by rocío sánchez (2026 AIR) features Melissa Almaguer (tap dance and percussion) and Kenneth Jiménez (double bass). Together, the trio explores the elusive monarch’s migratory journey through sound and movement, with each instrument articulating distinct states of motion.
Isabella Thorpe-Woods presents "Envelop/e," her second program as ISSUE’s 2026 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow. Bringing together choreographers Jade Manns and Ella Dawn W-S for site-specific duets, they navigate presence and absence, repetition and rupture, and the tension between inherited geometries and shifting landscapes.
"Spiriting Off" is a new solo work by luthier Webb Crawford (2026 AIR) for electric guitar, tenor banjo, and five-string banjo.
ISSUE closes the summer season with the return of Matana Roberts (2009 AIR). Opening the evening, Ben Vida (2013 AIR) will perform music from his 2026 release, "Oblivion Seekers" with vocalist Sara Magenheimer.
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.
A night of film, video and performance curated by Michelle Handelman. Works that investigate revolutions of exchange both political and sexual, transfiguration, transmutation and radical distortions of psychological entropy
The San Francisco-based video artist and musician, Nate Boyce, performs new work as well as a performance by Ray Sweeten.
Scott Draves a.k.a. Spot is a visual and software artist living in New York City. Draves is best known as the creator of the Electric Sheep. For tonight's performance, Scott’s real time video will be accompanied with live music by Zach Layton, Shelly Burgon and Michael Evans.
Meredith Drum presents three low-ball sci-fi video works that form a loose trilogy, “The Tower”, “The Formula” and “The Double." Alison Ward explores the ideas and motivations behind her piece the Beastly Beauty in the form of a performance as slide lecture.