Bassist and composer James Ilgenfritz (2011 AIR) returns to ISSUE, joined by Joe McPhee and AC Diamond for their first performance as a trio. This event marks a new shared context for three artists deeply invested in improvisation as a mode of inquiry.
ISSUE presents the premiere of three audiovisual compositions by Matt Mottel (2010 AIR). These works bring Mottel’s distinct artistic sensibility into dialogue with formative figures in his life and in New York’s avant-garde, tracing a lineage that is both deeply personal and central to ISSUE’s history.
Monarch Butterfly by rocío sánchez (2026 AIR) features Melissa Almaguer (tap dance and percussion) and Kenneth Jiménez (double bass). Together, the trio explores the elusive monarch’s migratory journey through sound and movement, with each instrument articulating distinct states of motion.
Isabella Thorpe-Woods presents "Envelop/e," her second program as ISSUE’s 2026 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow. Bringing together choreographers Jade Manns and Ella Dawn W-S for site-specific duets, they navigate presence and absence, repetition and rupture, and the tension between inherited geometries and shifting landscapes.
"Spiriting Off" is a new solo work by luthier Webb Crawford (2026 AIR) for electric guitar, tenor banjo, and five-string banjo.
ISSUE closes the summer season with the return of Matana Roberts (2009 AIR). Opening the evening, Ben Vida (2013 AIR) will perform music from his 2026 release, "Oblivion Seekers" with vocalist Sara Magenheimer.
ISSUE is pleased to present new works from longtime friends Lili Schulder and Luke Wyatt, known through their far-reaching releases under the monikers 51717 and Torn Hawk, respectively. The performances will take place at The Emily Harvey Foundation’s space in SoHo, Manhattan.
Join ISSUE & Ergot Records for a listening event in celebration of the release of Tête-à-tête, a new LP of tape pieces by Annea Lockwood & the late Ruth Anderson with drinks, an introduction from Annea Lockwood, an audio diffusion of the record, and a DJ set from Ergot Record's Adrian Rew.
Artists-In-Residence 2023
ISSUE in partnership with CPR - Center for Performance Research is pleased to present All Your Sojourns Have Led to This, a commissioned work from interdisciplinary artist and 2023 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence Jean Carla Rodea. The work will premiere at CPR’s space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellowship 2023
2023 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow evil dentist (Alice Gerlach and David Farrow) present “stuck at the office,” a durational office space installation featuring performances by Kate Mohanty & FRANK/ie CONSENT.
Interdisciplinary artist and musician BINT presents their first program as an ISSUE Artist-In-Residence at MITU580 in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Over the course of the year, she will be presenting three commissioned programs mirroring the primary stages of (Arabic) alchemical transmutation.
ISSUE is pleased to present solo performances from master drummer and composer Andrew Cyrille as well as Chicago-based composer and performer Kieran Daly. In the world of jazz—be it free, mainstream or other more personal styles—Andrew Cyrille is legendary for drawing vivid sonic pictures and making incendiary rhythms with his drum set.
Following her performance of works in collaboration with Pascale Criton at Brooklyn Public Library (2/23), ISSUE is pleased to co-present Silvia Tarozzi as a part of Fridman Gallery's New Ear Festival 2023 on Friday, February 24th at 8pm ET. Tarozzi will perform Coralli, a solo electroacoustic project.
ISSUE is pleased to present the premiere East Coast performance of French composer Pascale Criton’s Sounding Limits series of compositions, two of which were co-authored in close collaboration with renowned string players Silvia Tarozzi (violin) and Deborah Walker (cello).