Tuesday, December 5th at the organization's 22 Boerum Pl. theater, ISSUE is pleased to invite Members and special guests to a reception featuring a performance from Loren Connors and a conversation with Suzanne Langille. The event precedes ISSUE’s celebratory year-end concert: An Improvisational Symphony: coordinated by Suzanne Langille.
ISSUE celebrates its 20th Anniversary by welcoming acclaimed sonicist, composer, and biologist Francisco López. Internationally acclaimed for the intensity, richness and astonishing audio detail of his live immersive surround performances, López’s work is presented in multi-channel sound, in the dark, to a limited-capacity blindfolded audience in his New York home.
A diverse array of twenty artists come together in An Improvisational Symphony to close ISSUE's 20th Anniversary Season, coordinated by vocalist and longtime ISSUE friend, Suzanne Langille. The celebratory concert is split into four movements, each representing a traditional element that will inspire groups of five musicians to present 20-minutes of improvised sounds.
ISSUE is pleased to present the third iteration of Solve et Coagula → عيب from 2023 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence BINT. The project builds to its conclusion with a final work premiering at NYU Brooklyn’s “The Garage” space.
ISSUE is pleased to present a final performance from 2023 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence Keke Hunt (Just The Right Height). Hunt’s live set builds upon the ongoing project with collaborator Ben Mendelewicz utilizing motion capture data recorded with choreographer Charlton Diaz, and 3D avatar backup dancers designed by Shahan Assadourian and Mendelewicz.
ISSUE celebrates its 20th Anniversary featuring work from influential composer and percussionist Sarah Hennies. Each presentation will feature a showing of Hennies short film Passing plus the premiere of a new collaborative work with bassist Tristan Kasten-Krause.
ISSUE Project Room is pleased to announce the selection of Lina Azalea Dahbour as 2024 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow. Next year, the artist will present Blind Date, a series of performances that bring together unlikely pairs of musicians and dancers.
As part of ISSUE Project Room's Fall Season and the 2023 Brooklyn Book Festival, ISSUE presents INFECTION MELODIES + SILENCE: Theodore (ted) Kerr (2022 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow) & Michael R. Jackson in conversation.
ISSUE is pleased to present multidisciplinary artists Lime Rickey International & Masma Dream World as part of ISSUE Project Room's 2023 Fall Season. Introduced to each other’s practice through ISSUE, Lime Rickey International (Leyya Mona Tawil, 2020 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow) and Masma Dream World (Devi Mambouka) will present work with ISSUE for the first time.
ISSUE is pleased to present multidisciplinary artists Lime Rickey International & Masma Dream World as part of ISSUE Project Room's 2023 Fall Season. Introduced to each other’s practice through ISSUE, Lime Rickey International (Leyya Mona Tawil, 2020 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow) and Masma Dream World (Devi Mambouka) will present work with ISSUE for the first time.