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.
This year’s Essential Repertoire festival kicks off with an evening of Luciano Berio’s first ten Sequenzas for solo instrument, noted for their virtuosic implementation of extended technique, performed by a generation-defining group of players in New York’s booming new music community.
Interdisciplinary artist Richard Garet presents AREAL, a new work for active listening, with further emphasis on physical reception by utilizing light and fog to activate ISSUE Project Room's environment. This presentation anticipates the publication of Richard Garet's AREAL by the West Coast media label 23Five Inc.
Minor Musics: Finland features a rare live Kemialliset Ystävät performance with New York collaborators Raphael Lyon (aka Mudboy), Samara Lubelski, Marcia Bassett, Michael Bernstein, Taylor Richardson, Tom Carter, Dave Nuss, and Pete Nolan.
The opening of our two-night showcase of experimental music from Finland features Kemialliset Ystävät's Jan Anderzén as Tomutonttu, and the US debut of Kiila, a six-piece psych-tinged folk rock band.
For this performance, Richard Garet presents the latest development of his Light Field video series. These works examine process, color, motion, digital glitches, RGB phenomena, afterimage, and the sensory gaps between the eye and the mind.
The third Artist-in-Residence performance by MV Carbon, featuring a duo with Brian Chase and a solo set with sculptural instrument-- a conceptual piece that explores the fluctuating facets of sentiment and nostalgia.
ISSUE Project Room presents Swans’ first NYC show in more than a decade at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple-- the loudest venue in the city-- in collaboration with Haunting The Chapel and the Blackened Music Series. Performance artist, harpist and accordionist Baby Dee opens.