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.
Ikue Mori and DJ Olive team up for a historical night of sound.
Theremin as spacial-controlled sample trigger. With jaw harp, percussion and homemade instruments.
A gamut of musicians and artists gather together to invoke songs and images of rebellion and make you want to get out and keep rising up.
Works for tape, sampler, trombone and live video.
After having spent the last 22 years climbing eternity and traveling the metaphysical byways together, uber multi-instrumentalist Peck Allmond & super drummer Kenny Wollesen land at the Project Room.
Join us on for an amazing ensemble of sound and performance with various artists including Rebecca Moore, Phill Niblock, Katherine Liberovskaya, Stephan Moore, Anthony Coleman performing Jelly Roll Morton, Jim Pugliese’s Phase 3 plus special guests, some big surprises and more…
Presented by the King Collision Collective.
F is always in speaker 5, A is always speaker 9, T is always 3… 42 phonemes, 16 speakers, one voice. the performance space as larynx.