Media 2021

ISSUE streams Attached or Detached (partial disappearance), a new work by sound artist and musician Sydney Spann. The piece responds to Sari Dienes’ poem-score, “Experiment," included in Womens Work Volume #1, 1975.

ISSUE streams A Spark of Haelegen (Ave Maria), a new work by composer, musician, artist, and philosopher Hunter Hunt-Hendrix. The piece responds "Fantasy and Self-Transformation," a score by Jacki Apple included in Womens Work Volume #1, 1975.

ISSUE streams a new work by dance artist Ogemdi Ude, who steps into the intricate and intimate instructions of Alison Knowles' "Proposition IV (Squid)" score through a dance film that reckons with loss and accumulation.

ISSUE streams Ad Astra, a new work by French multidisciplinary artist Annabelle Playe. The piece responds to the "ZODIACAL MEDITATION" score by Julie Winter included in Womens Work Volume #1, 1975.

ISSUE streams Ruzunguzungu a new work by British-Rwandan musician and sound artist Auclair. The piece responds to the “Stamping Circles” score by artist Carole Weber included in Womens Work Volume #1, 1975.

ISSUE presents Remind Me Tomorrow, organized in collaboration with artist Cory Arcangel and organist Hampus Lindwall, who have invited a group of artists and musicians to compose new music to be performed on the pipe organ.

2021 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow Sami Hopkins presents her first program in Propositions from the deadWIP, featuring composer, drummer, and scholar Jessie Cox in collaboration with Kathryn Schulmeister, Juliana Gaona-Villamizar, “Dac” Chang, and Douglas R. Ewart.

Sound/visual artist, improviser, and performer Austin Sley Julian opens his 2021 ISSUE residency with the premiere of Observitor Ghosting, hosted at The Living Gallery.

Composer, poet, and performer JJJJJerome Ellis opens his 2021 ISSUE residency with the premiere of Fountain #2, continuing his pre-pandemic practice of giving live sound baths, as well as his ongoing investigation into forms of "infinite music" like loops and drones.

Violist Joanna Mattrey opens her 2021 ISSUE residency with the premiere of Thrum, a performance film piece that blends sound, light, poetry, and cinema, featuring poet/filmmaker No Land.

ISSUE is pleased to stream Dearest, a new work by choreographer and performer Mariana Valencia, part of the With Womens Work series.

ISSUE is pleased to stream Re-member(ing) Khmer, a new work by writer Sokunthary Svay, part of the With Womens Work series.