ISSUE offers year-round opportunities for experimental artists to develop and present challenging new works through residencies and commissioning opportunities.
ISSUE Project Room is pleased to announce the selection of interdisciplinary artists Qiujiang Levi Lu, Jackson-Pratt, Anna RG, and Zosha Warpeha as Artists-In-Residence presenting new works in the 2025 season.
ISSUE Project Room is pleased to announce the selection of Kenneth Jiménez as 2025 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow. The artist will present a curated series of events that engage artists from the Caribbean, Central and South America, discussing music and folklore's complex relationship to tradition and genre.
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 Project Room is pleased to announce the selection of Lina Azalea Dahbour as 2024 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow. The artist will present Blind Date, a series of performances that bring together unlikely pairs of musicians and dancers.
ISSUE is pleased to present All Your Sojourns Have Led to This (Omen), the culminating commission from 2023 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence Jean Carla Rodea.
ISSUE celebrates the exact day of the organization’s 20th Anniversary with yours in dentistry, a specially produced final program from 2023 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow evil dentist (Alice Gerlach & David Farrow). This culminating Fellowship project brings together artists blurring the boundaries between life/work and art/work.
This Fall marks ISSUE Project Room’s 20th Anniversary to be celebrated with a series of commissioned programs, orbiting around our annual Gala and affiliated Benefit events. Between Friday, September 29th and Saturday, Nov 4th, ISSUE invites audiences to experience a special series of twenty limited-capacity programs including new commissions and restaging of programs specifically designed for ISSUE’s unique environment.
Interdisciplinary artist and musician BINT presents her second program as an ISSUE Artist-In-Residence. This next iteration of "عيب:Solve et Coagula" will be co-presented at CPR – Center for Performance Research in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Over the course of the year, she will be presenting three commissioned programs mirroring the primary stages of (Arabic) alchemical transmutation.
2023 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow evil dentist (Alice Gerlach and David Farrow) present “everything must go!,” a durational office space performance featuring performances by Cal Fish and More Eaze.
ISSUE in partnership with Harvestworks is pleased to present a preview of a new music video by musician, interdisciplinary artist, and 2023 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence Keke Hunt (Just The Right Height).
ISSUE in partnership with Smack Mellon are pleased to present the next iteration of 2023 Artist-In-Residence Jean Carla Rodea's ongoing project All Your Sojourns Have Led to This (Continuum).
2023 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow evil dentist (Alice Gerlach and David Farrow) present “stuck at the office,” a durational office space installation featuring performances by Kate Mohanty & FRANK/ie CONSENT.
Interdisciplinary artist and musician BINT presents their first program as an ISSUE Artist-In-Residence at MITU580 in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Over the course of the year, she will be presenting three commissioned programs mirroring the primary stages of (Arabic) alchemical transmutation.
ISSUE Project Room is pleased to announce the selection of interdisciplinary artists BINT, Jean Carla Rodea, and Keke Hunt as Artists-In-Residence presenting new works in the 2023 season.