ISSUE presents the premiere of three audiovisual compositions by Matt Mottel (2010 AIR). These works bring Mottel’s distinct artistic sensibility into dialogue with formative figures in his life and in New York’s avant-garde, tracing a lineage that is both deeply personal and central to ISSUE’s history.
Monarch Butterfly by rocío sánchez (2026 AIR) features Melissa Almaguer (tap dance and percussion) and Kenneth Jiménez (double bass). Together, the trio explores the elusive monarch’s migratory journey through sound and movement, with each instrument articulating distinct states of motion.
Isabella Thorpe-Woods presents "Envelop/e," her second program as ISSUE’s 2026 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow. Bringing together choreographers Jade Manns and Ella Dawn W-S for site-specific duets, they navigate presence and absence, repetition and rupture, and the tension between inherited geometries and shifting landscapes.
"Spiriting Off" is a new solo work by luthier Webb Crawford (2026 AIR) for electric guitar, tenor banjo, and five-string banjo.
ISSUE closes the summer season with the return of Matana Roberts (2009 AIR). Opening the evening, Ben Vida (2013 AIR) will perform music from his 2026 release, "Oblivion Seekers" with vocalist Sara Magenheimer.
Keith Rowe and Julien Ottavi meet for a very rare and special two-night program. Each will play solo and then they will play only their second duo set ever.
Yellow Swans play a constantly evolving mass of psychedelic noise that intends to be both physically arresting and psychically liberating. Support by Brooklyn-based “off-rock” duo Mouthus have perfected a method of acid rock, harsh noise, industrial and free music.
As part of its artist-in-residency at ISSUE Project Room, KIOKU will be hosting and collaborating with Daniel Levin and saxophonist Rob Brown.
Interdisciplinary performance by playwright Donald Breckenridge, author Matthew Rohrer and experimental musician David Linton.
The International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), described recently by the New York Times as “one of the most adventurous and accomplished groups in new music,” is a chamber group comprised of dynamic a versatile young performers dedicated to the music of our time.
San Francisco Bay Area based improvisers Tim Perkis, Matt Ingalls, John Ingle, and Liz Allbee celebrate their upcoming vanity CD by coming to Brooklyn and checking in with New York based composer and koto performer Miya Masaoka and percussionist Aaron Siegel.
John Ingle/Dan Joseph duo New music for saxophone and hammer dulcimer.
Chicago bred A.A.C.M. saxophonist / composer Matana Roberts presents a new workshop of Gens De Couleur Libre, an in progress musical narrative which pays homage to her New Orleans, Cane River, Louisianan roots in a beautiful evening concert at Brooklyn’s ISSUE Project Room.