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 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.
ISSUE Project Room presents Baltimore-based duo, Harrius and Swedish improv/electronic duo, The Moth.
Tonight’s event will feature an advanced screening of Droid – The Spirit of Improvisation. Followed by a performance featuring Amir Ziv on drums, Jordan McLean on Trumpet and Luke O’Malley on bass. In addition, projection artist CJ will be collaborating with the group as they fold time and space.
Darmstad presents: Emily Manzo at ISSUE Project Room.