Media 2015

Following the start of construction on our Downtown Brooklyn theater in February, ISSUE took its programs on the road, presenting hundreds of artists in more than 20 venues across the city. We celebrate the close of the season with a look back at video some of our favorite performances.

Yarn/Wire premieres "core, self, oscillation" by Mark Fell at Artists Space Books & Talks on September 29th, 2015 as part of ISSUE's ongoing Yarn/Wire/Currents series.

Áine O’Dwyer gives a live improvisatory performance for pipe organ at the First Unitarian Church in Brooklyn Heights on November 20th, 2015.

Excerpts from Yoshi Wada's "Earth Horns with Electronic Drone", recorded November, 2015 at the Emily Harvey Foundation, NYC. Wada performs on four original “pipe horn” instruments with a group of local New York players including Dan Peck, Joe Moffett, and Sam Kulik, and is accompanied on organ and electronics by his son, composer Tashi Wada.

ISSUE Artist-In-Residence Lea Bertucci performs solo on alto saxophone and electronics with visuals by Bradley Eros.

Artist and improviser Lonnie Holley performs an intimate performance at Artists Space Books & Talks on October 6, 2015 organized by ISSUE Project Room.

The final moments of Akio Suzuki and Aki Onda's live performance October 1, 2015 at the Emily Harvey Foundation in New York as part of their "ke i te ki" US Tour, organized by ISSUE Project Room.

ISSUE Project Room presents the New York debut of Oakland-based electro-acoustic unit Black Spirituals, in collaboration with new Ridgewood venue The Sump and Poppers Locarno bar on September 22, 2015.

Sound artist crys cole & Australian composer, keyboardist, and violist James Rushford's perform their collaborative project Ora Clementi at Artist Space Books & Talks on August 11, 2015, organized by ISSUE Project Room.

Artist, composer and improvisor C. Spencer Yeh opens his 2015 ISSUE Project Room residency with a solo vocal performance at Artists Space Books & Talks on June 23, 2015, presented in collaboration with Primary Information.

Tom Thayer performs accompanied by L. Gray (aka Keith Connolly of NNCK) at Artists Space Books & Talks on June 22, 2015, organized by ISSUE Project Room.

Commissioned as part of ISSUE Project Room’s 2015 Artist-In-Residence Program, Dawn Kasper’s Music For Matter: ENERGY INTO MATTER premieres at Artists Space Books & Talks on February 16th, 2015.