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.
As part of its artist-in-residency at ISSUE Project Room, KIOKU will be hosting and collaborating with Jason Kao Hwang and Sang Won Park of Local Lingo.
A new bi-monthly series featuring an evening of recently commissioned chamber music, electronic sounds and abstract video with Zach Layton, Ray Sweeten and Jessica Pavone.
ISSUE Project Room presents performances by Newton Artmstrong, Robin Hayward, plus a collaboration between Anthea Caddy and David Watson.
A very special evening of visuals and sound with Lary 7 and Michael Evans.
Littoral
ISSUE Project Room's Littoral series continues with Susan Daitch, Amy Hempel, and Jim Shepard. Plus musical guest Elliot Sharp.
Philadelphia-based pop trio Aunt Dracula are joined by Brooklyn-based duo High Places at ISSUE Project Room.
Out of Goosetown, an evening of Irish stories and songs with Susan McKeown, Honor Molloy, and Yvonne Molloy.