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 and WFMU present a month of collaborative concerts. This evening featuring Fabio (host of "Strength Through Failure"), Michael Evans/Ken Montgomery Duo, Lary 7, and Kenta Nagai.
Jason Kahn, Byran Eubanks and Andrew Lafkas meet for the first time to perform two sets of improvisations.
Jacob Kirkegaard's new work Labyrinthitis is an interactive sound piece that consists entirely of sounds generated in the artist’s auditory organs – and will cause audible responses in those of the audience. New York-based minimalist composer and sound artist, Kyle Bobby Dunn, also performs solo.
ISSUE Project Room and WFMU present a month of collaborative concerts. This evening featuring WFMU music director/DJ, Brian Turner, a solo performance by Cooper-Moore, Ryan Jewell and Greg Kelley Duo, plus a performance by Heathen Shame.
ISSUE Project Room and WFMU present a month of collaborative concerts. This evening featuring Bethany Ryker (host of "Stochastic Hit Parade"), Bloodcount, Normal Love and New York Miniaturist Ensemble.
ISSUE Project Room benefit auction at Phillips de Pury.
MATA kicks off the second season of its bi-monthly series, Interval, with a program of music by the radical and enigmatic South Dublin collective Grúpat. Curated by Irish vocalist and composer Jennifer Walshe, Interval 2.1 features the collective’s music performed by Ms. Walshe and NYC-based group, Object Collection.
Join ISSUE Project Room and Lisa Cooley for the opening of "Creswell Crags", an exhibition examining aspects of the primal or the ancient. With performances by Barry Weisblat, Toshio Kajiwara, Aki Onda, Margarida Garcia, and Bryan Eubanks.