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.
Dan Graham presents a screening of Rock My Religion; a provocative thesis on the relation between religion and rock music in contemporary culture.
Ashley Paul/ Eli Keszler combine sustained resonances with constantly shifting jabs and attacks. Keszler’s bowed metal and driving percussion, and Paul’s expressive reeds and floating vocals, creating deliriously eye opening moments. The duo will be joined by some very special guests.
Media and sound artist, Ernesto Klar performs at ISSUE Project Room joined by a performance from Zachary Lieberman.
Poet, Doug Nufer and "vocal acrobat" Zeroboy continue ISSUE Project Room's Littoral series. Plus a musical performance by Lycaon Pictus.
Visual and sound artist, Bruce Trovsky and composer / new media artist, Zach Layton perform at ISSUE Project Room.
R. Luke DuBois is a composer, performer, video artist, and programmer living in New York City. Sawako is a sound sculptor, a timeline-based artist and a signal alchemist in the urban life environment who understands the value of dynamics and the power of silence.
ISSUE Project Room in collaboration with Anthology Film Archives presents a performance of Greg Pope's Light Trap with support from Barry Weisblat.
ISSUE Project Room present David Weinstein and Richard Garet.