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.
Composer / Performer, Ned Rothenberg, & Sardinian prepared-guitarist, Paolo Angeli, perform at ISSUE Project Room.
ISSUE Project Room’s Artist In Residence, Duane Pitre, presents Perfect/Imperfect, for Amplified String Quintet and Sine Tones.
OptoSonic Tea is a regular series of meetings dedicated to the convergence of live visuals with live sound which focuses on the visual component. This evening includes live sets by Richard Lainhardt, Domenico Sciajno, and Zach Layton.
Live performances James Blackshaw, Meg Baird and Metal Mountains at ISSUE Project Room.
Till by Turning and Folds Ensemble perform new works at ISSUE Project Room.
“Suite-ness Expanded”: Bach’s Suite No.1 in G major for cello is opened up to include works by contemporary composers from the USA, Mexico, and Italy.
Alex Waterman performs In Sum: Solos for Cello, Stroh Violin, Radios and Field Recordings.
ISSUE Project Room is proud to host its first Littoral Reading Series event of 2009 featuring: Amiri Baraka and Henry Grimes.