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.
Alessandro Bosetti, Brandon LaBelle, and Jarrod Fowler will present new sound and video performances celebrating, commenting, betraying and re-interpreting the original African Feedback idea. A discussion and party will follow.
For their final concert as resident artists with ISSUE Project Room, KIOKU, will be collaborating with two artists: instrument-maker and inventor of the pencilina, Bradford Reed, and percussionist Ravish Momin.
ISSUE Project Room presents performances by KI and Holy Floors with accompanied visuals by Tesuji.
Special OptoSonic Tea event, fundraiser for ISSUE Project Room.
Since the early 1980s Ned Rothenberg and Robert Dick have concertized internationally with J.D. Parran and later Herb Robertson as the trio New Winds. This concert will feature a new third member, the brilliant trumpeter Peter Evans.
ISSUE Project Room presents Exceptor, Stars Like Fleas and Zs performing live.
At ISSUE Project Room, Kjell Bjorgeengen will be joined by Marc Ribot for an evening of improvised music and video.
ISSUE Project Room presents Bob Bellerue, Acre and Zaimph.