Media 2023

ISSUE is pleased to present new works from longtime friends Lili Schulder and Luke Wyatt, known through their far-reaching releases under the monikers 51717 and Torn Hawk, respectively. Despite each navigating singular pathways through underground electronic music, this presentation will feature new works expanding on and departing from their best known practices.

ISSUE is pleased to present new works from longtime friends Lili Schulder and Luke Wyatt, known through their far-reaching releases under the monikers 51717 and Torn Hawk, respectively. Despite each navigating singular pathways through underground electronic music, this presentation will feature new works expanding on and departing from their best known practices.

Wednesday, April 12th at 8pm, join ISSUE and Ergot Records for a listening event in celebration of the release of Tête-à-tête, a new LP of tape pieces by composers Annea Lockwood & the late Ruth Anderson, released by Ergot Records. The event will feature drinks, an introduction from Annea Lockwood, an audio diffusion of the record, and a DJ set from Ergot Records’ Adrian Rew, who will be playing LPs from Annea and Ruth’s collection. 

ISSUE in partnership with CPR - Center for Performance Research is pleased to present All Your Sojourns Have Led to This, a commissioned work from interdisciplinary artist and 2023 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence Jean Carla Rodea.

2023 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow evil dentist (Alice Gerlach and David Farrow) present “stuck at the office,” a durational office space installation featuring performances by Kate Mohanty and FRANK/ie CONSENT. This is their first program in Corporate Retreat, a curated series of performances appropriating the banality of office space to reimagine the relationship between artistic practice and community building.

2023 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow evil dentist (Alice Gerlach and David Farrow) present “stuck at the office,” a durational office space installation featuring performances by Kate Mohanty and FRANK/ie CONSENT. This is their first program in Corporate Retreat, a curated series of performances appropriating the banality of office space to reimagine the relationship between artistic practice and community building.

Interdisciplinary artist and musician BINT presents their first program as an ISSUE Artist-In-Residence at MITU580. BINT has been collecting anonymous experiences of shame from folks of the MENASA (Middle Eastern/North African/South Asian) diaspora. These communally-individual experiences will be the focus of her 2023 residency she is naming "عيب:Solve et Coagula.” 

ISSUE is pleased to present a solo performance from master drummer and composer Andrew Cyrille. In the world of jazz—be it free, mainstream or other more personal styles—Cyrille is legendary for drawing vivid sonic pictures and making incendiary rhythms with his drum set.

Following her performance of works in collaboration with Pascale Criton at Brooklyn Public Library, ISSUE is pleased to co-present Silvia Tarozzi as a part of Fridman Gallery's New Ear Festival 2023 on Friday, February 24th at 8pm. Tarozzi will perform Coralli, a solo electroacoustic project.

ISSUE is pleased to present the premiere East Coast performance of French composer Pascale Criton’s Sounding Limits series of compositions, two of which were co-authored in close collaboration with Silvia Tarozzi (violin) and Deborah Walker (cello), and features the first collaborative transference of Walker’s co-authored piece, to be performed by renowned cellist Judith Hamann.

Friday, February 17th at 8pm ET, ISSUE is pleased to present sound artist, composer, and educator Dani Dobkin presenting new work specifically for the Serge Modular synthesizer.

ISSUE & The Chocolate Factory Theater present legendary performance artist Linda Mary Montano hosting a series of “interactions."