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.
ISSUE Project Room presents Visitations, Cursillistas, and White Light.
Lavalier is a collective of artists who use the music of co-founders Steve Milton and Dave Horowitz as a catalyst for live artistic exploration. In conjunction with the live musical performances, real time animation and film manipulation is projected onto a screen in front of and behind the musicians.
ISSUE Project Room presents solo performances by Tom Carter, Steve Gunn, and Chris Forsyth.
ISSUE Project Room presents D. Charles Speer and Corndawg.
ISSUE presents a performance of Jonathan Kane's February with support by Monotract.
At the ISSUE Project Room, Sportsman’s Paradise will perform their Tibetan-bells-and-six-guitars half-hour piece XEAEX and debut a shorter composition for six guitars as well.
MATA presents a gloriously loud and eclectic program featuring Dither, a versatile electric guitar quartet and a rising force in New York. Curated by guitarists James Moore and Taylor Levine, MATA will showcase six exciting new works by young composers.
The six-piece improvisational band, Excepter are joined by Brooklyn-based group, Mirror Mirror at ISSUE Project Room.