Upcoming Events

ISSUE opens its 2022 Fall season at First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn Heights with an in-person performance from the new improvising group of Fred Moten (voice) Brandon López (double bass), and Gerald Cleaver (drums), new work from composer/performer and media artist Pamela Z, plus SYANIDE.

ISSUE closes it’s summer season with an expansive program of liberated sound featuring new work from Liturgy—the “transcendental black metal” project of composer/philosopher Hunter Hunt-Hendrix—as well as new solo work by artist/composer John Wiese, and musician, visual artist, and instrument builder Victoria Shen.

2018 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial fellow and collective Queer Trash are thrilled to present new work from composer and multi-instrumentalist Lucie Vítková, performance artist Gabe Rubin, and butoh dancer Will Atkins—an evening spanning performance art, experimental composition, movement, and rope suspension.

ISSUE and AvanTokyo are pleased to present the debut New York City performance of Japanese sound artist Fuji||||||||||ta, who performs in-person with his self-built one-of-a-kind pipe organ instrument that incorporates voice synthesized water tanks. The evening will also feature work from sound artist Tomoko Hojo.

On Father’s Day, Sunday, June 19th - 2pm ET, The Stokes-Lucier family and ISSUE Project Room will host a memorial for the late Alvin Lucier (May 14th, 1931 - Dec. 1st, 2021), revolutionary American composer and beloved pioneer of experimental music.

June 10 8pm & June 11 3pm, ISSUE & Harvestworks are pleased to present two new works from artist, musician, and designer Selwa Abd (Bergsonist). The June 10 program features the premiere of a new video work streamed on the ISSUE website; June 11 is an outdoor performance taking place on Governors Island.

June 8 7pm & June 9 8pm, ISSUE presents two new works from artist Che Chen. The June 8 is a live outdoor performance along the banks of Whale Creek Canal—the first of a two part (inter)action with the sonic environment of Newtown Creek, former Mespat hunting/foraging grand now home to the Newtown Creek Nature Walk.

Choreographer and composer Tatyana Tenenbaum continues her 2022 ISSUE residency with Long tones in the days of omer, a collaboration with independent dancer, choreographer, Jewish educator, and service leader Hadar Ahuvia. The performance will take place at Congregation Beth Elohim in Park Slope, Brooklyn.