Formed in NYC in 1993, the improvising collective No-Neck Blues Band (NNCK) favors anonymity, autonomy, and obfuscation. Alongside founding member Keith Connolly (2016 AIR), they return to open ISSUE’s Fall season at First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn.
ISSUE presents the first commission from Eden Girma (2026 AIR). Part dreamscape and part summoning circle, an intimate diasporic familial archive is pieced together through the eyes of a five-year-old child.
In partnership with Franklin Furnace as part of their 50th anniversary commemoration and November release of "Back to the Present: 50 Years of Free Expression with Franklin Furnace" ISSUE presents an evening of performance and conversation.
Incorporating elements of noise, trance and minimalism, Sergei Tcherepnin (2012 AIR) presents new work for Serge Modular synthesizer.
Ensemble Klang’s innovative programs, their commissioning of work from some of the most exciting composers working today, and the inception of their own record label, has seen them quickly rise to become “one of the top ensembles” (NRC Handelsblad) in the Netherlands’ rich contemporary music scene.
Laura Vitale/We Are Your Friends with Paul Geluso present A Capella Space Station: an evening of surround sound installation and performance in which ISSUE Project Room transmogrifies into a space ship environment constructed from the human voice and other human things.
Jarett Kobek is the son of a Turkish immigrant and a graduate of NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study. His psychadelic biography of 9/11 hijacker Mohamed Atta circles around a simple question: what if 9/11 was as much a matter of architectural criticism as religious terrorism?
A celebration of the publication of Transmission Arts: Artists and Airwaves by Galen Joseph-Hunter with Penny Duff, and Maria Papadomanolaki. Featuring performances from Todd Merrell, Kabir Carter, Terry Nauheim, Lázaro Valiente, Joel Chadabe, and others.
The closing party for Expo '74, a user conference dedicated to Cycling 74's Max software, with performances by Luke DuBois, the primary architect of Jitter and an ISSUE Project Room board member, and violinist Todd Reynolds, longtime member of Bang On A Can, Steve Reich and Musicians, and Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project.
Pete Swanson of Yellow Swans, performs with Mothus- a duo of Brian Sullivan and Nate Nelson, and Golden Retriever, a modular synth/bass clarinet duo of Jonathan Sielaff and Matt Carlson.
ISSUE Project Room presents Dutch lutanist Jozef van Wissem in a two-day residency including collaborations with Jim Jarmusch, Susan Alcorn, Richard Bishop, Gregg Kowalsky, Paul Metzger, Loren Connors, and Heresy of the Free Spirit (Che Chen and Robbie Lee).
