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.
Lumendog and HKM+ perform together as well as individual sets at ISSUE Project Room.
Play- and joyful freeform acoustic/electronic music by Dane, Emil de Waal and the great artists of the evening.
ISSUE Project Room is pleased to present the premiere performance of Flaming Fire II, the new incarnation of Flaming Fire, rising like a glorious phoenix out of the ashes of their smoldering remains.
Jolie Holland coveys motion and arrival with her fourth album, The Living and the Dead. Performing at ISSUE Project Room with Shahzad Ismaily and Ryan Sawyer (Tall Firs, Stars like Fleas).
John Jesurun, a winner of the MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship in 1996, is widely acknowledged as one of the foremost innovators of avant-garde theater, creating virtuoso works that overlap media and language in surprising and unpredictable ways.
Liz Kresch has maintained a dedicated yoga practice since 1996. Her teacher training was completed with Adrienne Burke at Atmananda currently Centerpoint Studio in early 2004.
Artist-in-residence, Duane Pitre, performs new work. Joined by Tristan Perich at ISSUE Project Room.
ISSUE Project Room & Moby invite you to attend a private listening party, video screening, and rare concert performance.