Upcoming Events

Liturgy

22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201

For this anniversary season, Haela Hunt-Hendrix presents a limited capacity solo program for looped electric guitar, voice, electronics, and piano. Drawing from the Liturgy oeuvre, the evening also features new compositions presented at ISSUE for the first time.

Noveller / Axine M

22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201

Noveller (2009 AIR) debuts selections from her latest album, I Am The Weather, alongside music drawn from across her catalog. Axine M (2024 AIR) performs with fretless guitar, voice, and computer

Artists-In-Residence 2026

rocío sánchez: Caminos

22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201

Developed throughout sánchez’s residency, Caminos provides a framework for musical ideas to emerge and unravel through improvisation, extended technique, and lighting design. sánchez is joined by friends and collaborators che ali, Nava Dunkelman, and Henry Fraser.

Past Events

Kenneth Goldsmith sings Roland Barthes with live String Quartet

Old American Can Factory

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

Old American Can Factory

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.

Jandek

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.

SHAPESHIFTER – curated by Michelle Handelman

Old American Can Factory

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

Nate Boyce + Ray Sweeten

Old American Can Factory

The San Francisco-based video artist and musician, Nate Boyce, performs new work as well as a performance by Ray Sweeten.

Scott Draves – Dreams in High Fidelity

Old American Can Factory

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.