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 banjo/electronic-musician, Woody Sullender and violinist, Katt Hernandez together performing as a duo.
Silver Haunches - a band with dance - was formed to serve as bridge between the parallel cultures of DIY “contemporary” dance and “independent” music.
This event will consist of a collaborative aural and visual live performance between Boston artists Asher Thal-Nir and Brendan Murray, and NYC artist Richard Garet. The show will range from combinations of solo, pair, and trio groups exploring the interconnected dialogue of improvised live sound and video performance.
ISSUE Project Room presents Magda Mayas and Andy Moor.
ISSUE Project Room presents performances by Hair Stylistics (a.k.a. Violent Onsen Geisha, Masaya Nakahara), Tom Thayer and Hot Garbage. With events by Ei Arakawa / Michiko.
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.