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

Morton Subotnick: "As I Live & Breathe" / Antenes

Abrons Art Center’s Playhouse Theater

ISSUE presents pioneering experimental composer Morton Subotnick premiering “As I Live & Breath” a duet of image & sound augmented with live visual work. The performance opens with new work from musician, instrument builder and DJ Antenes (Lori Napoleon)

Distant Pairs

Distant Pairs Series Screenings at Anthology Film Archives

Anthology Film Archives

For two nights, ISSUE & Anthology Film Archives will screen these works—which originally premiered online and were experienced in disparate home screen & sound system arrangements. ISSUE is taking the opportunity to present the works back-to-back in a cinematic environment.

Member Event

ISSUE Member Event: A Conversation & Buchla Demonstration with Morton Subotnick

The Mark O'Donnell Theater at The Actors Fund Arts Center

ISSUE is pleased to host an intimate conversation with pioneering experimental composer Morton Subotnick. Members can RSVP for this event using their Member Code. Subotnick’s influence on electronic music cannot be overstated. The composer was a key innovator in experimental works involving synthesis & more.

Distant Pairs

Distant Pairs: Devin Kenny & E. Jane - That new new flesh

Streaming on this webpage and Vimeo

ISSUE & Harvestworks are pleased to stream a new collaboration between interdisciplinary artists Devin Kenny and E. Jane. Both Kenny & Jane approach work across disciplines including the production of digital images, video, text, performance, installation, and sound design.

Distant Pairs

Distant Pairs: Puce Mary & Drew McDowall

Streaming on this webpage and Vimeo

ISSUE is pleased to stream a new collaboration between Puce Mary, the solo moniker of Danish-born experimental sound artist Frederikke Hoffmeier, and Brooklyn-based Scottish industrial and experimental pioneer Drew McDowall.

Postponed! Sounding Limits: Pascale Criton, Silvia Tarozzi & Deborah Walker

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

Saturday, January 29th, ISSUE is pleased to present the premiere East Coast performances 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).