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

Okkyung Lee has developed her own voice in a contemporary cello performance, improvisation and composition. Using her solid classical training as a springboard, she incorporates jazz, sounds, Korean traditional and pop music, and noise with extended techniques to create her unique blend of music.

Alex Chechile performs On the Sensations of Tone, a structured composition that combines elements of psychophysics, cognitive science, physiology, and improvisation. Utilizing the acoustics of the room and the multichannel sound system, the work evoke unusual responses in both the ear and the body.

Backbreakerneckbrace is a collaborative effort between video artist Dawn Bendick and audio/visual artist Michael Haleta. Timing and synchronization are key elements in their work placing the audio and visuals in a constant exchange of information within pre-composed time constraints.

On 11/11/11, for the final installment of their residency, Prince Rama will herald in the end of the world by way of karaoke. Chose from number one hit singles corresponding with the dates of eleven predicted "apocalypses" (Heavens Gate, Jonestown, and Y2K), which they've "chop and screwed" for the occasion.

2011 Artist-in-Residence James Ilgenfritz juxtaposes his work as a composer and as an improviser, splitting the evening between a large-scale improvisational work for a quartet, and premieres of two new chamber works. With Dither, Josh Sinton, Jeremiah Cymerman, and Brian Chase.

Uncanny Valley is a monodrama exploring the region where robotic human replicas begin to emulate humans too closely, causing revulsion in observers. Dominique Ahkong's text is inspired by the legend of Descartes' "daughter," Francine, and the story pursues the discovery and eventual destruction of the mechanical being.

Trumpeter Nate Wooley performs his new piece “Eight Syllables,” the first composition using a notational system based on the International Phonetic Alphabet. Phonetic sounds, which are the building blocks of syllables, are mapped onto a set of parameters limiting how the lips, tongue, teeth, and throat interact.

Laura Vitale/We Are Your Friends with Paul Geluso present A Capella Space Station: an evening of surround sound installation and performance in which ISSUE Project Room transmogrifies into a space ship environment constructed from the human voice and other human things.

Doron Sadja premieres Breath, Heart, Skin— a new work for solo electronics utilizing ISSUE’s multichannel sound system. Delicate, slow, and synthetic, the work combines pristine electronics with lush romantic synthesizers, extreme frequencies, and computer-enhanced cello, clarinet, and percussion.

2011 Artist-in-Residence Prince Rama will transform ISSUE Project Room into a point of origins. They will construct a “sacred space” using gathered matter from off-site urban wilds of Brooklyn. Audience members will be invited to build their own instruments and utilize them in an extended jam session open to anyone.