Image description: musical score with five horizontal lines of a western musical staff, upon which float five symbols. From left to right: a curling treble clef; a time signature with the word Sick over the word Time. Then, a red arterial painted glob with thin lines extending diagonally; a black rectangle hanging from a middle staff line, the symbol for a whole rest. Finally two small black dots before a pair of vertical lines, a repeat symbol. Beneath the score are the words “sound,” “rest,” and “repeat.”

Thursday, April 24th at 8pm, at the 22 Boerum Pl. theater, ISSUE is proud to present AIR CHANGE PER HOUR, the first commission from 2025 Artist-In-Residence Anna RG that interrogates relationships between sound, space, and accessibility in the context of airborne safety. Rooted in the ongoing realities of the pandemic, this work challenges expectations of silence in performance spaces by embracing the presence of air purifiers—not just as functional access objects, but as sonic, conceptual and political agents within the room.

RG, who lives with long covid, creates AIR CHANGE PER HOUR with support from access dramaturg Alison Kopit, composer Alexa Dexa, and engineer Daniel Neumann; and features guest performers Dave Ruder and Slic, and writing by Jenna Bitar. They will be joined by a group of disabled/chronically ill artists performing “Scores for Sick Music.” The bed performers may or may not be present.

ACCESS INFORMATION: All access will be open, meaning that the full audience experiences the access-rich environment of the show. Audio descriptions will be featured throughout, and the full production will be open-captioned, including sonic descriptions. The audience will also be asked to mask, which is a part of the access infrastructure. The show contains themes of pandemics, chronic illness, isolation, genocide, and collective care, and so we ask the audience to protect each other, as well as the performers, with this material act of solidarity.** The space is wheelchair accessible, and has two gender-neutral accessible bathrooms. The show is seated, and has a series of short rests/breaks. Guests are welcome to move and make sounds as needed, throughout the evening. Air purifiers will be present ensuring at least 6 air changes per hour in the space. Please contact us if you have further questions about access, at [email protected]. We look forward to speaking with you!