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.
Mark Stewart’s Sublime & Ridiculous Noises for Traditional & non-Traditional Soundmakers comes to ISSUE Project Room.
The Andrea Belfi, David Grubbs, Stefano Pilia Trio perform new material at ISSUE Project Room. Accompanied with a performance by Scott Haggart, further expanding his DISKONO 017 record.
Elliott Sharp performs Octal followed by a performance of SyndaKit by All-String Orchestra Carbon.
Ne(x)tworks and Stars Like Fleas member, Shelley Burgon, performs at ISSUE Project Room, and Berlin Based Pianist, Michael Wilhelmi, presents new works for interactive electronics and Piano.
ISSUE Project Room’s Artist In Residence, Duane Pitre, presents new work.
Huang Ruo performs Future in Reverse (FIRE) and Anthony Coleman shares new work at ISSUE Project Room.
ISSUE Project Room is pleased to host a special performance of Erik Satie’s masterpiece, “Socrate” based on the life and death of Socrates, featuring a libretto by Jean Cocteau, performed by soprano Daisy Press and pianist Emily Manzo.