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.
Distant Pairs Series
ISSUE & Harvestworks are pleased to stream a new collaboration between interdisciplinary artists Devin Kenny and E. Jane. Both Kenny & Jane approach work across disciplines including the production of digital images, video, text, performance, installation, and sound design.
Distant Pairs Series
ISSUE is pleased to stream a new collaboration between Italian Turin/Berlin-based visual artist, writer and sound producer Francesco Cavaliere and Japanese Paris-based musician and artist Tomoko Sauvage.
Distant Pairs Series
ISSUE Project Room and AvanTokyo are pleased to present a new collaboration between Japanese improviser, composer, and koto player Michiyo Yagi and Norwegian musician, record producer and professor Jan Bang.
ISSUE is pleased to stream a new collaboration between Puce Mary, the solo moniker of Danish-born experimental sound artist Frederikke Hoffmeier, and Brooklyn-based Scottish industrial and experimental pioneer Drew McDowall.
Saturday, January 29th, ISSUE is pleased to present the premiere East Coast performances 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).
ISSUE's 2022 season opens with an expansive program featuring legendary artists Kim Gordon & Loren Connors, Connors performing with Italian guitarist Alessandra Novaga & a set from underground artist Dreamcrusher.
ISSUE is thrilled to commemorate the close of the 2021 season with a special year-end event featuring legendary New York band Gang Gang Dance, and writer/artist Adjua Gargi Nzinga Greaves. The performances will take place at the First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn Heights.
Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellowship 2021
2021 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow Sami Hopkins presents her third program in Propositions from the deadWIP, featuring multi-instrumental musician, singer, and composer aden. This performance is co-presented with The Chocolate Factory Theater.