This Week at the ISSUE Project Room

From New York’s ISSUE Project Room:

Josephine Foster + Victor Herrero
Thursday, June 13th – 8:00pm

Celebrated singer-songwriter Josephine Foster and guitarist Victor Herrero close their US tour at ISSUE. Esteemed for her timeless and arresting voice, Foster’s rock and folk veiled work has reimagined a disparate spectrum of references, notably German Lieder, children’s music, Tin Pan alley, and the poetry of Emily Dickinson. After relocating to the remote Spanish city of Cádiz, Foster’s attentions turned to the country’s rich musical traditions in two Spanish-language releases with The Victor Herrero Band— Anda Jaleo, a resetting of Garcia Lorca´s songbook (2010) and Perlas (2012). Foster’s most recent solo release, 2012’s Blood Rushing, again features Herrero moving between Spanish, Portuguese and electric guitar, uniting her wide musical influences in a truly singular body of songwriting.

PAN_ACT: Catherine Christer Hennix & Henry Flynt
“The Illuminatory Sound Environment”
Friday, June 14th – 7:00pm

The PAN_ACT festival opens this Friday with “The Illuminitory Sound Environment”, a six-day sound installation including works by Catherine Christer Hennix and Henry Flynt, presented daily at ISSUE’s 22 Boerum Place theater through Wednesday, June 19th.

This opening event celebrates the World Premiere of Rag Infinity/Rag Cosmosis, a new four-channel work by Swedish-American composer, philosopher, scientist, and visual artist Catherine Christer Hennix. Initially realized in a “beta-version” for Flynt’s 2012 retrospective at ZKM in Karlsruhe, Germany, the piece is presented here in its fully realized version. Hennix’ first 4-channel computer assisted composition since 1969, Rag Infinity/Rag Cosmosis is her most complex composition since her recent return to the avant-garde music scene, presenting fragments of raga-like frequency constellations which follow distinct cycles and permute their order to create a simultaneity of “multi-universes”.

Ten Years Alive on the Infinite Plain
Preview night with Tony Conrad + Yasunao Tone
Tuesday, July 2nd – 7:00pm
ISSUE and supporter Robert Bielecki present a special preview night for Ten Years Alive on the Infinite Plain— our upcoming 10th anniversary festival— with performances by pioneering artists Tony Conrad and Yasunao Tone. This event is open exclusively to supporters of our Ten Years Alive Campaign. To receive your invitation, join or renew your membership today.

Coming Up, PAN_ACT:
GOETHE TALKS: Catherine Christer Hennix & Henry Flynt
Tuesday, June 18th – 7:00pm

CC Hennix: Installation Closing & Vocal Concert
Wednesday, June 19th – 8:00pm

Rashad Becker / Valerio Tricoli / Mark Fell
Thursday, June 20th – 8:00pm

Joseph Hammer / Jar Moff / Thomas Brinkmann
Friday, June 21st – 8:00pm