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.
Dreams in High Fidelity is an evolving painting that illustrates the unknowable boundary between machine and human design. The infinitely playing, non-looping animation features high-resolution clips hand-picked by Draves from the thousands produced by the artificial life form he created, the Electric Sheep.
Angela Jaeger: KICKWANTS ONLY: excerpts from the punk diaries. Joined by Christ Brokaw + Pat Irwin and Cynthia Sley performing as Command V.
Artists David Weinstein, Janene Higgins and Mari Kimura share new work at ISSUE Project Room.
Gary War shares his acclaimed "uncharted sonic wizardry" at ISSUE Project Room. Joined with performances by Tom Carter and Purple Haze.
ISSUE Project Room presents Basque artist, Mattin and the Austrian artist and composer, Bernhard Gál.
ISSUE Project Room presents author and poet Byron Coley reading from an unpublished novel about record collectors called ”Dominos." Musical accompaniment by the legendary Loren Connors, plus a reading by former editor of “New York Rocker,” Andy Schwartz.
The evening will also include music performance by Nondor Nevai w/ Mick Barr as part of ISSUE’s Littoral Series co-curated by Suzanne Fiol and Tony Antoniadis.
ISSUE Project Room presents Tony Conrad and Brandon W Joseph in a reading and discussion followed by a performance by Tony Conrad.