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.
A night in three parts.
Todd curates an evening of music that features members of the Still Life with Microphone team in solo sets and installations.
Microtonal Solo Concert Performance by Sten Hostfalt - w/ compositions and improvisations, microtonal and prepared guitars and live electronics.
Sound artist John Hudak and Bruce Tovsky join forces with video artist Shimpei Takeda to create an immersive multimedia installation at IPR using Stephan Moore’s hemispherical speakers, while Hans Tammen plays “Endangered Guitar” using IPR’s multi-channel sound system + John Jannone performs video with live camera