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.
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.
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.
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.