Residencies + Commissions

ISSUE offers year-round opportunities for experimental artists to develop and present challenging new works through residencies and commissioning opportunities.

Upcoming

Artists-In-Residence 2026

Ongoing Series

In 2026, ISSUE Project Room celebrates the 20th anniversary of its Artists-in-Residence program. We’re proud to announce the 2026 Artists-in-Residence Webb Crawford, Eden Girma, and rocío sánchez, and invite audiences to join us in celebrating the next generation of boundary-pushing artists.

Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellowship 2026

Ongoing Series

ISSUE Project Room is pleased to announce the selection of Isabella Thorpe-Woods as 2026 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow. Thorpe-Woods will present a curated series of events that explore the idea of letters as a curatorial prompt, and the ways they both fail and succeed in transmitting meaning or reaching their desired destination.

Past

Isolated Field Recording Series: Jules Gimbrone - ‍ ‍ ‍ Prosody as Messy Measurement Membrane

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ISSUE is pleased to present Prosody as Messy Measurement Membrane, a new video piece from artist, composer, and 2012 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence Jules Gimbrone. "What is the prosody of the membrane? Instead of putting the measurement in a tool aimed at capturing truth, we listened to the membrane."

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Isolated Field Recording Series: Derek Baron - To the Planetarium

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ISSUE is pleased to present To the Planetarium, a new long-form recording from writer and musician Derek Baron. The recording is part of the Isolated Field Recording Series, commissioning artists to produce field recordings to be streamed over the course of this challenging and isolated time.

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Isolated Field Recording Series: Andrew Lampert - Alive In St. Louis

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ISSUE is pleased to present Alive In St. Louis, a new recording, video, and “CD” from filmmaker, video artist, musician & performer Andrew Lampert. The piece contains a selection of songs, sounds and noises produced with a guitar, keyboard and electricity, largely captured on Iphone and mostly made alone.

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Isolated Field Recording Series: Bergsonist - D'un fragment à l'autre

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Translating to “from one fragment to another,” D'un fragment à l'autre is a sonic retrospective of “exhumed” fragments from Bergsonist's published body of work and a collaboration with multimedia artist and longtime visual collaborator Greg Zifcak.

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Isolated Field Recording Series: QUALIATIK - SHARDS: PROPRIOCEPTION

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ISSUE is pleased to stream SHARDS:PROPRIOCEPTION, a new recording and accompanying visual project by multimedia artist, producer, performer, and engineer QUALIATIK. The piece aims to capture the contrast between an inner spaciousness and an outer claustrophobia.

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Isolated Field Recording Series: Lary 7

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ISSUE is pleased to stream a cassette recording from Lary 7, the first project in the Isolated Field Recording Series. Lary has given ISSUE a cassette tape containing a room recording of his “droney tone” piece, an unrepeatable sound and light “rewind” piece.

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Isolated Field Recordings Series

In response to COVID-19's impact on public assembly, ISSUE is commissioning artists to produce field recordings to be streamed over the course of this challenging and isolated time. This commissioning series will support artists directly in an unprecedented moment of uncertainty, struggle, and financial risk.

NOMADIC SIGNALS: Marwa Helal & Saint Abdullah - Your Wait Time Will Be

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2020 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow Leyya Tawil presents her second program in the NOMADIC SIGNALS series in partnership with Poetry Project, featuring the NYC debut of a new trio formed by poet Marwa Helal and musicians Saint Abdullah.

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Postponed: Guitar: Justin Allen with Sean D. Henry-Smith

Writer & performer Justin Allen opens his ISSUE residency with Guitar, a new performance stemming from ongoing research into how to emulate, experiment with, and better understand the performance practices of punk singers. The first performance of the series features vocals by poet Sean D. Henry-Smith.

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NOMADIC SIGNALS: Porest, Las Sucias

Curatorial Fellow Leyya Tawil presents her first program in the NOMADIC SIGNALS series, featuring the NYC debuts of music & performance outlet Porest & feminist noise reggaeton duo Las Sucias. NOMADIC SIGNALS is a vessel for sonic performance operating in what Tawil refers to as the “diasporic imaginary."

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