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.
Floating Points Residencies
Over the last few years, Sébastien Roux has worked with the principle of translation, using a pre-existent artworks as scores for a new works. For his installation at REVERSE, Roux presents a 9-channel collection of pieces based on Sol LeWitt's wall drawings.
Floating Points Residencies
Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Fundraiser! Ed Osborn's "Albedo Prospect" is video installation considering the polar imaginary and its characteristic spatial and geographic disorientation. Projected as a video triptych, the work is a study of glacial landscapes in the Svalbard archipelago with 8 channel sound.
Composer and pianist Lubomyr Melnyk is the pioneer of Continuous Music— a piano technique he has developed since the 70s. Using extremely rapid notes and note-series to create a tapestry of sound, Continuous Muisic is based in the innovations of the minimalist composers, with its roots deeply planted in harmony.
Percussionist Owen Weaver presents works for found objects, intensified and complemented by electronics and non-musical artistic disciplines. New works from Ian Dicke, Lisa Coons, Steven Snowden, and Christopher Cerrone, plus collaborations with Tigue Percussion Trio, dancer Rosalyn Nasky and photographer Lucas Foglia.
Artists-in-Residence 2012
Onda, Raissnia and Doron Sadja perform with paintings, film/slide projectors, tape recorders, tube amps... Projecting 16mm film and slides onto the black surface of oil paints, Raissnia creates a deepened sense of immersion in an alien landscape, while Onda's soundscapes challenge the boundaries of the picture plane.
This concert concludes the first International Composers Exchange, which brought five artists from the Netherlands to New York City to work in residency with some of the city's most dynamic young ensembles and artistic institutions. With new works that range from jazz to chamber music to video installation.
AVA presents a solo exhibition of past and recent work by Japanese sound art pioneer Akio Suzuki. A series of silent objects inviting viewers to imagine their sounds populate the front room. Works on paper, drawings and graphic scores will be on display in addition to a sculpture and instrument made of Japanese bamboo.
Darmstadt Institute 2012
ISSUE and Light Industry present the US premiere of Leaving (With Four Half-Turns), a thirty minute solid-light film by Anthony McCall with a live performance for guitar and amplifier by David Grubbs. McCall's Line Describing a Cone 2.0, and a solo set by Grubbs begin the evening.