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.
Media
ISSUE has a significant archive of performance documentation that represents both an important link to the past, and a future resource for artists and audiences. ISSUE’s public media archive is a consistently updated and freely accessible collection of video and audio documentation from recent and past ISSUE performances. Currently, ISSUE is in the process of digitizing historical documentation from its former homes at The Old American Can Factory and silo space in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Regular updates feature newly published materials within ISSUE’s constantly expanding performance history.
Tom Thayer & L. Gray
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.
Yarn/Wire performs Mark Fell
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.
Dawn Kasper
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.
Kim Brandt
Choreographer Kim Brandt opens her ISSUE Project Room residency with a durational work presented at Audio Visual Arts in February, 2015.
Lea Bertucci: The Cepheid Variations
Excerpt from the premiere of Lea Bertucci's The Cepheid Variations I, recorded January 8, 2015 as part of Bertucci's ISSUE Project Room residency.
2014: The Year in Photos
2014 has been a landmark year for ISSUE Project Room. In the past year, we presented more than 400 artists and performers and welcomed 10,000 attendees— our largest audience to date! To celebrate the close of the season, we've gathered some of our favorite 2014 moments here.
Kim Gordon & Loren Connors
Loren Connors & Kim Gordon perform in a first-time duo, live at ISSUE from December 3, 2014. Click through for more video, produced by Windows Have Eyes.
2014: The Year in Video
We've assembled some of the year's highlights in video, including a rare appearance by legendary Ethiopian pop singer Mahmoud Ahmed to an audience of over 800, "maximalist" icon Charlemagne Palestine's first-ever organ concert in New York, new commissions by Pat Spadine's Ashcan Orchestra and Artist-In-Residence devynn emory, and excerpts from international festivals Tectonics, Ultima, and Unsound.
Minor Musics Japan Showcase
A selection of photos from the Minor Musics Japan Tour 2014 featuring Ché-SHIZU, à qui avec Gabriel, and Maher Shalal Hash Baz, on September 19th and 20th, 2014, photographed by Bradley Beuhring.
Malcolm Goldstein, solo violin
Malcolm Goldstein improvising on violin with tape, recorded live at ISSUE Project Room in October 2014 as part of a two-night festival highlighting Graham Lambkin's Kye imprint.
Yarn/Wire performs Ann Cleare
Yarn/Wire/Currents returns with a newly commissioned experimental work by composer Ann Cleare. Performed by the celebrated percussion and keyboard quartet Yarn/Wire with an assemblage of acoustic, modified, electronic, and handmade instruments.
Yoshi Wada & Tashi Wada
Composer and Fluxus artist Yoshi Wada performs accompanied by his son, composer Tashi Wada, recorded live at ISSUE Project Room on September 13, 2014. They are joined by two New York performers, David Watson on bagpipe and Jim Pugliese on bass drum.
Kyle Eyre Clyd & Samara Lubelski
Kyle Eyre Clyd & Samara Lubelski perform duo in August 2014, part of ISSUE Project Room's Summer Concert Series at Pioneer Works in Red Hook Brooklyn.