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.
ISSUE and The Computer Music Center at Columbia University present a beginner’s workshop on the Serge Modular synthesizer. This event will provide the curious beginner a solid foundation on which to explore through hands-on experience.
ISSUE & The Chocolate Factory Theater present legendary performance artist Linda Mary Montano hosting a series of “interactions."
ISSUE and Primary Information are pleased to present the NYC premiere of Identity Pitches at Flamboyán Theater at The Clemente in the Lower East Side. Stine Janvin and Cory Arcangel will debut performances of scores and an audiovisual performance based on traditional Norwegian knitting patterns.
ISSUE opens its 2023 season with an expansive gathering of improvising musicians with idiomatic approaches traversing guitar, percussion, voice, violin, trumpet, electronics, and more.
Thursday, December 8th, 8pm ET, ISSUE is thrilled to welcome back Canadian artist and vocalist Mary Margaret O'Hara to New York to give a rare performance. She returns after her one off sold out presentation at ISSUE's 22 Boerum theater in 2018—the only time she has performed in the US over the last decade.
ISSUE is pleased to invite members and special guests to a reception and intimate conversation between Canadian artist and vocalist Mary Margaret O'Hara and her brother, “sculptor, artist, actor, storyteller, funnyman” Marcus O’Hara.
Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellowship 2022
2022 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow Theodore Kerr + Housing Works & What Would an HIV Doula Do?, present I, OF COURSE, WAS LIVID. The performance features testimony that women living with HIV provided the CDC as part of the activism done to pressure the US government to create a more inclusive definition of AIDs.
