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.
This program, curated by renowned sound artist Richard Chartier, is a collection of audio/visual works reinterpreting the Color Field movement by an international array of critically acclaimed sound and new media artists. Colorfield Variation includes new works especially created for this program.
Toronto born, Montreal based Mitchell Akiyama has carved a niche for himself as one of Canada’s premier avant-garde electronic musicians. Sound artist Bruce Tovsky and visual/performance artist Shimpei Takeda collaborate on new work.
Composer o.blaat (Keiko Uenishi) and Tokyo-born sound artist Toshio Kajiwara perform at ISSUE Project Room.
Two sets featuring violin, electric bass, and laptop.
Experimental, improvised music for flutes, contrabass, and drums, by three virtuosos of spontaneous musical expression.
