The New York Times' Steve Smith calls our May 2013 production of John Cage & Lejaren Hiller's HPSCHD, "gently mediated anarchy both clamorous and glamorous."
"It was the loudest performance of his I’ve ever seen, and one of the best. Let me phrase that in another way: One of the loudest performances by anyone I’ve seen in a long time, and one of the best."
Carol Robinson and Frances-Marie Uitti speak with composer Annie Gosfield about their many years of collaborations. Both composers themselves, the pair have worked extensively on new works and techniques that have expanded the fields of their respective instruments through electronics.
ISSUE Project Room and the Whitney present three nights with Keiji Haino in solo and duo performances with Tamio Shiraishi and Loren Connors. One of the most legendary guitarists to come out of Japan, Keiji Haino is well known for his harsh blues-inspired guitar and torrential walls of sound with his band Fushitsusha.
The Brooklyn Rail's Christopher Nelson on our January 2013 festival AMPLIFY 2013: rotation. Nelson calls a duo set by Keith Rowe and Graham Lambkin "one of the best sets in recent memory."
Beginning our design process allowed us to work with engineers to identify hazards in our ceiling, which were removed during February. We are very pleased to announce that ISSUE will return to its permanent home in Downtown Brooklyn for one full year of programming, until our scheduled construction in Summer 2014.
Co-produced by Issue Project Room, HERE and Roulette, Lucid Possession will premiere April 25-27th at Roulette. One of the pioneers of interactive cinema, Toni Dove creates hybrid performance, installation and screen-based art that fuses film, game or instrument based interaction, and experimental theater.
The Wall Street Journal's Nell Alk reveiws our February 20th Art Lottery & Benefit pary, which featured donated works by 70 New York artists, performances by Prince Rama and Artist-in-Residence Ben Vida, DJ sets by Marie Karlberg and Jamie Krasner, and MC Joeseph Keckler.
2013 at ISSUE: new spaces, new leadership, new projects. We are pleased to announce that longtime board member Tony Conrad and Lawrence Kumpf will assume new leadership roles. Beginning in Feb., ISSUE partners with 155 Freeman in Greenpoint. The Capital Campaign now completed, WORKac has begun designing our renovation.
Ben Ratliff reviews AMPLIFY 2013: rotation, a concert featuring Keith Rowe in his premiere duo performances with Michael Pisaro and Graham Lambkin. The January 15, 2013 concert was part of a two-day series presented in collaboration with Erstwhile.
