Mahmoud Ahmed live at Pioneer Works, recorded July 26th, 2014.
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.
Andrew Barker / Charles Waters / Daniel Carter
Daniel Carter, Charles Waters & Andrew Barker perform at Pioneer Works on July 24, 2014 in Brooklyn, NY.
Ashcan Orchestra: Apollo’s Accidental Answer
Recorded June 27, 2014 at ISSUE Project Room, composer Pat Spadine’s of Ashcan Orchestra premieres his two-act chamber opera "Apollo's Accidental Answer" in it's entirety for the first time.
Pat Spadine, Ashcan Orchestra
In this interview from Clocktower Radio, Eve Essex talks to composer Pat Spadine about his story-driven, genre-defying, deliciously sensual, multimedia "opera", Apollo's Accidental Answer, which appears in its final form at ISSUE Friday, June 27, 2014.
Circuit des Yeux
Recorded live at ISSUE in June 2014, click through for additional songs. A combination of folk chanteuse and noise maven, Chicago-based Circuit des Yeux’s sound vacillates seamlessly between lo-fi and effortless-sounding songwriting sophistication.
William Basinski's "Cascade"
Video from William Basinski's June 2014 performance of "Cascade" at ISSUE, produced by The New Yorker to accompany Sasha Frere-Jone's feature on him in the November 10th issue.
Taylor Deupree & Stephen Vitiello
Taylor Deupree and Stephen Vitiello, label-mates and collaborators, perform a unique duo featuring modular synthesizers, field recordings and guitar at ISSUE Project Room in June 2014.
Tectonics Festival New York 2014
Video excerpts from the inaugural Tectonics Festival New York in May 2014, featuring an array of emerging and iconic voices in contemporary composition. Including Eyvind Kang, performed by Oren Ambarchi, Jessika Kenney, Hildur Guonadottir & Stephen O’Malley; Eric Richards performed by Alan Zimmerman; Harley Gabor’s magnum opus string quintet; Crys Cole; Alvin Lucier by Jenny Lin; and Ilan Volkov with Eli Keszler.
Graham Lambkin solo
Recorded May 12th, 2014, ISSUE Project Room presents Graham Lambkin, a multidisciplinary artist based in upstate New York, who first came to prominence in the early 90's through the formation of his music group The Shadow Ring. Following the group's dissolution, Lambkin embarked on a series of striking and highly original solo releases.
Yarn/Wire perform Christopher Trapani
Acclaimed piano and percussion quartet Yarn/Wire premiere Writing Against Time, a commissioned work for the ensemble by Christopher Trapani, as part of Yarn/Wire/Currents.
Henning Christiansen: Requiem of Art (NYC) Fluxorum Organum / Ne(x)tworks
As part of Ultima Festival New York, Henning Christiansen’s performance work Requiem of Art (NYC) Fluxorum Organum receives its first New York presentation. A new interpretation by Anton Lukoszevieze, performed by Ne(x)tworks.
Paal Nilssen-Love
Among the the most innovative, dynamic and versatile drummers in jazz, Norway's Paal Nilssen-Love performs solo at ISSUE in April 2014 as part of Unsound Festival New York.
Oren Ambarchi's "Knots"
The US premiere of Oren Ambarchi's "Knots", live at ISSUE Project Room as part of UNSOUND Festival NY, April 2014. With Sinfonietta Cracovia players, Oren Ambarchi, guitar; Joe Talia, drums, Crys Cole, contact mics & spring; James Rushford, viola & conductor; Erkki Veltheim, violin; Judith Hamann, cello.
EVOL: Hanne Darboven's "Opus 17a"
Recorded live in April 2014 as part of Unsound NY, Roc Jiménez de Cisneros, half of the Barcelona-based post-rave sound-art duo EVOL, premieres a new interpretation of esteemed conceptual artist and composer Hanne Darboven's legendary piece "Opus 17a" (1984).