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.
The Extra-Sensory Pedestrians (Jennifer Schmermund and Kimberly Young) join Evidence (Stephan Moore and Scott Smallwood) to celebrate the release of their new CD Receiver (free103point9 Audio Dispatch 035), with a re-imagined performance of their original installation at Wave Farm.
ISSUE Project Room presents Audrey Chen, Nate Wooley and Herb Robertson trio + Hahn Rowe, Carole duo.
ISSUE Project Room presents Eric Chenaux performing solo renditions of his ballads with voice, electric guitar and whammy echo harps. Joined by Greg Davis who will be providing live, meditative drones for deep listening.
Dean Bowman and Gary Lucas perform contemporary and traditional spirituals and the blues. While Fight the Big Bull - an amalgamation of saxophones, trombone, trumpet, guitar, bass and drums - is a spontaneous display of emotion filled with far-reaching significance and baptized in the traditions of music.
Walking Another Way is an all-immersive audiovisual performance exploring the elegant movements and mysterious world of the jellyfish. Cosmic Poetry premieres at ISSUE Project Room as a series of audiovisual performances dedicated to the cosmos.
ISSUE Project Room presents a free concert at Music at the Bridge Festival featuring performances of John Zorn's Cobra, Jonathan Kane's February and a performance by Theremin Society.