Upcoming Events

Eucademix (Yuka Honda) & azumi O E

22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201

ISSUE Project Room and AvanTokyo proudly present the world premiere of Respira, a groundbreaking collaboration between pioneering electronic musician Eucademix (a.k.a. Yuka Honda) and Butoh dancer azumi O E.

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Bang On a Can: Long Play

22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201

Long Play is a three-day destination music festival: 50+ concerts throughout a dense network of inventive music venues in Brooklyn - including ISSUE Project Room - brought to you by Bang on a Can!

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Distant Pairs: Madison Greenstone & Anton Saenko

Streaming on this webpage and Vimeo

ISSUE and Time Based are pleased to stream a new collaboration between musician Madison Greenstone and installation artist Anton Saenko as part of ongoing activations of the Distant Pairs Series. Throughout May 2025, ISSUE and Time Based will co-present three digital commissions uniting artists based in Kyiv and New York.

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Distant Pairs: Eden Girma & Maryana Klochko

Streaming on this webpage and Vimeo

ISSUE and Time Based are pleased to stream a new collaboration between multi-instrumentalist Eden Girma and film composer Maryana Klochko as part of ongoing activations of the Distant Pairs Series. Throughout May 2025, ISSUE and Time Based will co-present three digital commissions uniting artists based in Kyiv and New York.

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Distant Pairs: Oleksii Podat & Suzanne Thorpe

Streaming on this webpage and Vimeo

ISSUE and Time Based are pleased to stream a new collaboration between composer Oleksii Podat and Suzanne Thorpe as part of ongoing activations of the Distant Pairs Series. Throughout May 2025, ISSUE and Time Based will co-present three digital commissions uniting artists based in Kyiv and New York.

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Axine M / Amelia Heintzelman

22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201

ISSUE is proud to present a release event for Bored Giant Engine Sputter, the latest EP by Axine M, out this May via anno records. Featuring a new work by choreographer Amelia Heintzelman.

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Past Events

Sold Out! Axine M: Adriana

22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201

2024 Artist-In-Residence Axine M presents her first commission Adriana, a multichannel piece for voice, sampled corpus, and machine.

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Sold Out! Katie Porter: Malosma / 18 Flowers in a Row

22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201

ISSUE is pleased to present Malosma / 18 Flowers in a Row, the first commission from 2024 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence Katie Porter. The clarinetist and composer presents new chamber music works inspired by microcosms and macrocosms of change: both in our personal narratives and the world around us.

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Sold Out! Blind Date: Tiny Conversation Hearts

22 Boerum Place, Brooklyn 11201

Just a few days before Valentine’s Day, 2024 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow and interdisciplinary artist Lina Azalea Dahbour presents the first program in her “Blind Date” series—Tiny Conversation Hearts.

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Hiromichi Sakamoto / Kato Hideki & Zeena Parkins

Brooklyn Music School

ISSUE and AvanTokyo are pleased to present the solo US debut of Japanese cellist Hiromichi Sakamoto. The evening will also feature a duo presentation from musicians Kato Hideki & Zeena Parkins, which will take place at Brooklyn Music School in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

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Negativland: In Conversation

NYU Brooklyn, 370 Jay St, Room #325, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Join ISSUE in collaboration with NYU Tandon School of Engineering for a special artist talk with Negativland, moderated by NYU’s Academic Director of Integrated Design & Media, Scott Fitzgerald.

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Negativland & SUE-C / VALISE

First Unitarian Congregational Society

Returning to the First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn Heights, ISSUE’s 2024 Winter Season Opening welcomes sonic outlaws and multimedia collective Negativland for the NYC premiere of their work WE CAN REALLY FEEL LIKE WE’RE HERE. Local vocalist and producer Maralie Armstrong-Rial as VALISE will present a multimedia project.

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An Improvisational Symphony: coordinated by Suzanne Langille

First Unitarian Congregational Society

A diverse array of twenty artists come together in An Improvisational Symphony to close ISSUE's 20th Anniversary Season, coordinated by vocalist and longtime ISSUE friend, Suzanne Langille. The celebratory concert is split into four movements, each representing a traditional element that will inspire groups of five musicians to present 20-minutes of improvised sounds.

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