ISSUE PROJECT ROOM has been in Brooklyn just under a year but what a year it’s been. On the banks of the Gowanus Canal, they now inhabit that cool silo on Carroll Street between Nevins and Hoyt. Here is a year in review from IPR and a request for membership.

Dear Friends and Supporters of ISSUE Project Room,

We are pleased to report on the inspiring body of work IPR presented
since moving to Brooklyn in June 2005. Our exciting new space has been
home to a number of extraordinary performances and events unique to the
New York cultural arena. We are one of the few surviving experimental
performance spaces that provides music, sound, the spoken word, dance,
performance and artisanal cuisine for a nominal ticket cost in an
unusual setting.

Here are a few highlights of the year:

Installation:

* IPR introduces our revolutionary 16-channel hemispherical speaker
system with Spatio0silo, a 42-hour-long live collaborative sound
installation by Julian Ottavi & Dion Workman. This speaker system,
created by composer/audio engineer Stephan Moore, also serves as the
focal point for our burgeoning new Composer Series.

Events:
In September prolific indie icon and enigmatic recluse Jandek
performs his second-ever NY bill with two sold-out sets.

* In February actor/director Steve Buscemi co-hosts An Evening of
Beats with poets Anne Waldman & Bob Holman.

* Also in February, special international artist performances include
The Kusun Ensemble from Ghana, West Africa & the Indonesian Consulate
Gamelan and Dance Ensemble

* January through March, IPR hosts percussion classes with Billy Martin
in creative and rhythmic interplay and collective improvisation

* March, themed Solo / Duo Month, features performances by artists
including Marc Ribot & Henry Grimes, Shelley Burgon & Loren Connors,
Jim Thirlwell, William Basinski, Dorit Chrysler & DJ Olive, Ned
Rothenberg & Marty Ehrlich, and Leroy Jenkins.

* Spring 2006 initiates IPR artist residency with Ne(x)tworks

* In April, IPR & Domino Records present the debut performance of
legendary jazz drummer Steve Reid & Kieran Hebdena Exchange Sessions
Volume 1.

* IPR launches the Theremin Society, now being filmed on site for a
Dominic DeJoseph documentary film

Awards:
* ISSUE Project Room was named Best Avant-Garde Music Venue in the
Best of NYC Villlage Voice awards for 2005

* IPR is the proud recipient of recent grants from The NYC Department
of Cultural Affairs, Foundation of Contemporary Arts, mediaThe
Foundation, and The Edwards Foundation Arts Fund

Together, we have made ISSUE Project Room one of the most distinctive
institutions for experimental performance in New York City. In order to
continue to create and expand our programming we need your presence and your support.
IPR consciously keeps ticket prices low, so that our events are accessible to
all. We rely on generous financial support from members and need their
collective will and resources to fulfill our mission.

Please make your tax-deductible donation to Issue Project Room here:

mail:
Fiscal Sponsorship
New York Foundation for the Arts
ATTN: ISSUE Project Room
155 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10013-1507

internet:
membership options:
http://issueprojectroom.org/support.html
make a donation:
http://www.nyfa.org/level3.asp?id=226&fid=1&sid=44

Looking forward to seeing you soon on the waterfront,

Suzanne Fiol, Jenni Knight & all the Staff of ISSUE Project Room