ISSUE presents the premiere of three audiovisual compositions by Matt Mottel (2010 AIR). These works bring Mottel’s distinct artistic sensibility into dialogue with formative figures in his life and in New York’s avant-garde, tracing a lineage that is both deeply personal and central to ISSUE’s history.
Monarch Butterfly by rocío sánchez (2026 AIR) features Melissa Almaguer (tap dance and percussion) and Kenneth Jiménez (double bass). Together, the trio explores the elusive monarch’s migratory journey through sound and movement, with each instrument articulating distinct states of motion.
Isabella Thorpe-Woods presents "Envelop/e," her second program as ISSUE’s 2026 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow. Bringing together choreographers Jade Manns and Ella Dawn W-S for site-specific duets, they navigate presence and absence, repetition and rupture, and the tension between inherited geometries and shifting landscapes.
"Spiriting Off" is a new solo work by luthier Webb Crawford (2026 AIR) for electric guitar, tenor banjo, and five-string banjo.
ISSUE closes the summer season with the return of Matana Roberts (2009 AIR). Opening the evening, Ben Vida (2013 AIR) will perform music from his 2026 release, "Oblivion Seekers" with vocalist Sara Magenheimer.
ISSUE Project Room presents: Bioluminescence, the collaborative duo of Lesley Flanigan and Luke Dubois, Fair Use Trio, and Bradford Reed & Adam Kendall.
LITTORAL: Reading Series with John Reed and Michael Kimball.
ISSUE was recently awarded an extraordinary 20 year lease at 110 Livingston Street in downtown Brooklyn. Come celebrate with us at Santos Party House!
ISSUE Project Room presents Elliott Sharp with Joey Baron, Bruno Chevillon, and Frank Hums de Terre and a collaboration with French turntablist-guitarist Franck Vigroux and Elliott Sharp.
The Computer Music Center at Columbia University and Issue Project Room present the first Fün Night of the season. The bill includes an eclectic mix of electronics and laptopery.
ISSUE Project Room presents: Paul Steven Ray's Nine Nine.
ISSUE Project Room presents: Extra Life and Mary Halvorson, Jessica Pavone Duo.
ISSUE Project Room presents Swedish artist, Leif Elggren plus New York-based sound artist, Chop Chop, performing a distillation mix from his highly acclaimed release Oxide.