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 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.
ISSUE Project Room and WFMU present a month of collaborative concerts. This evening featuring DJ Tony Coulter, Sterling Basement, If, Bwana and Michael Peters.
ISSUE Project Room and WFMU present a month of collaborative concerts. This evening featuring DJ Kurt Gottschalk, Brown Wing Overdrive and Sean Meehan / David Watson Duo.
ISSUE Project Room presents video art by Anne Rothshild, graphic art by Maria Isabel Gouverneur and music by Syntax Error. With special guests Elliott Sharp and Eric Bogosian.
ISSUE Project Room and WFMU present a month of collaborative concerts. This evening featuring Irene Trudel, David Garland, Pete Galub, Greta Gertler, and Noa Babayof.
ISSUE Project Room and WFMU present a month of collaborative concerts. This evening featuring DJ Dan Bodah, Bing & Ruth, and The Pyramid Scheme Trio