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.
A fantastic evening of films and festivities—an homage to the female subject and the exultant powers of both self-possession and captivation. Curated by M.M. Serra.
ISSUE Project Room presents Ryan Jewell in collaboration with Nate Wooley and Jesse Kudler. Plus New York-based group, Talibam!
ISSUE Project Room continues its Littoral Series with readings by Veronica Gonzalez, Steve Erickson and 101 Crustaceans.
Vic Rawlings (amplified cello and surface electronics) teams up with pianist Gust Burns. Margarida Garcia and longtime collaborator Barry Weisblat are joined by Aki Onda on tapes and electronics. Trombonists Tucker Dulin and Bryan Eubanks share a new piece for trombone and sub-tones.
Kenneth Kirschner will start the evening with a preview of his upcoming stark and haunting work on 12k. Taylor Deupree will improvise a soft bed of acoustic guitar and electronics and Jodi Cave will treat with his incredibly tactile and human sound.
ISSUE Project Room presents performances by upright bassist Nat Baldwin, New York-based band Extra Life and a solo performance by multi-instrumentalist Angel Deradoorian.
ISSUE Project Room presents Extended Guitars with Erhard Hirt, Hans Tammen, Nick Didkovsky and Douglas Repetto. Playing contemporary tabletop guitar music - sounds that seem chaotic on the surface, with a forest of apparently separate details, interlinked underneath, woven together as a maze of infinite complexity.