Yarn/Wire’s Ian Antonio with Larence Kumpf

For the first concert of their residency, Yarn/Wire has collaborated on two new pieces: one by percussionist/composer Nathan Davis and another by electronic artist Pete Swanson, best known for his work with Yellow Swans. Here, Yarn/Wire percussionist Ian Antonio speaks with ISSUE curator Lawrence Kumpf.

Dialogue: Sergei Tcherepnin and Woody Sullender

Artist-in-Residence Sergei Tcherepnin and Woody Sullender construct sites for listening, touching, and direct engagement with sonic material. Their April performance includes a temporary architecture of rooms within rooms, difference tone difference tone doorways, and listening tables.

C. Spencer Yeh with Andrew Smith

String Theories, a joint partnership between ISSUE Project Room and the String Orchestra of Brooklyn, commissions innovative artists to create new works for string orchestra. Here C. Spencer Yeh speaks with Andrew Smith about the transition from solo and ensemble improvisation to composing for orchestra.

Francisco López

Wine and dust: Francisco López

Wine and dust: Purposeless memory scraps [and some of their consequences] of a passionate drifter / An essay by Francisco López, who performs March 24 and 25 as part of the Floating Points program.

Gaudeamus Muziekweek NY

Ongoing Series

Since 1945, Netherlands-based festival Gaudeamus Muziekweek has presented groundbreaking and challenging new music by emerging composers from around the world. In partnership with Gaudeamus, ISSUE presents, for the first time in the US, a festival highlighting the extraordinary talent that has emerged from Gaudeamus.

Emerging Artists Commissions 2012

Ongoing Series

ISSUE Project Room is pleased to announce Emerging Artists Commissions for 2012: Michelle Boule, Che Chen, Jen Rosenblit and Jules Gimbrone, Matthew Papich, and Cauleen Smith.