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 installment of io brings together choreographer Kim Brandt (2015 AIR) and Isabella Thorpe-Woods (2026 SFCF). Centered around never-before-released footage from Clear Night (2016)—Brandt's eight-day AIR commission at Pioneer Works—the project revisits a performance that has remained largely unseen for nearly a decade.
Carlos Giffoni collaborates with cellist, Okkyung Lee, at ISSUE Project Room. Supporting performances by Oneohtrix Point Never and Religious Knives.
Songstress/poet Angela Jaeger joins forces with underground textsmith extraordinaire Byron Coley for an evening of sporadic talk.
Live video artist, Angie Eng revives cinepoetry with miniature cameras, object manipulation and a light table with cellist Okkyung Lee and percussionist Satoshi Takeishi. A garden of digital improvisational delights, a cross between music for silent film, a surrealist appetizer and a magic act.
Korean cellist, composer and improviser, Ha-Yang Kim performs at ISSUE Project Room.
Crackleknob's performance at ISSUE Project Room celebrates their new, self-titled release on HatHut Records.
Boston synthesizer designer and tone warper, Jessica Rylan, performs at ISSUE Project Room.
Performances by the interdisciplinary artists, Ann Adachi, Marie Evelyn, Nick Lesley and Todd Merrell.
Benefit to Celebrate ISSUE’s Sixth Anniversary at Galapagos Art Space. Featuring The Pinch of the Baboon, Elysian Fields, MV Carbon, Mountains, Ray Sweeten, Brock Monroe and Bec Stupak and many more.