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.
Originally conceived as an outdoor performance piece for eight glockenspiels and public performers, The Aaron Siegel Ensemble performs "Science is Only a Sometimes Friend."
Los Angeles-based artist and researcher, Yutaka Makino, presents new work from his research in non-standard sound synthesis, spatial perception, complex dynamic systems and emergence.
Continuing ISSUE's Littoral Series, curator Tony Antoniadis presents works by Erich Hintze, Eugene Marten and Phillip Stearns.
Zero Film Festival is dedicated to screening self-financed films from filmmakers all over the world, focusing on an under-appreciated and ignored niche in the independent film community. This evening includes works from artists Zohra Saed and Sahar Muradi.
ISSUE Artist-In-Residence, Matana Roberts, will premiere the last of three new COIN COIN pieces which focus on spatial and environmental interplay while excavating themes relating to her familial heritage and own personal history.
ISSUE Project Room presents a performance by Nate Wooley, C. Spencer Yeh, and Chris Corsano working as an improvising unit, as well as the premiere and recording of Wooley’s new work with tape which extends the work recently released on Important Records (Seven Storey Mountain with David Grubbs and Paul Lytton).
The third night of the Essential Repertoire Festival at ISSUE Project Room featuring performances by Peter Zummo, David van Tieghem, Ned Sublette, Jill Kroesen, Peter Gordon & the Love of Life Orchestra.
The second night of the Essential Repertoire Festival at ISSUE Project Room featuring performances by Meredith Monk/M6, Jon Gibson and Phill Niblock.