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.
Brooklyn-based recording artist and writer, David Grubbs joins special quests with poet Kenneth Goldsmith, artist Michael Graeve, and sound sculptor Dominique Petitgand in an evening of sound art, poetry and visual art.
A collaboration between guitarist Alan Licht and poet Ken Goldsmith.
Sarah - Hadley Yakir violin, Grace Brahimi poetry, Sophia keyboard/vocals, Max Coburn piano, Stun Gun, Defibrillator, Feedback
After two years in the East Village, we are celebrating our move into a renovated silo located in an industrial park on the Gowanus Canal.
Ne(x)tworks performs works by Joan La Barbara, Cornelius Dufallo, Kenji Bunch, Chris McIntyre, and Earle Brown.
Tim Barnes and Mattin are both major components of the global improv scene. Not only do they constantly collaborate with musicians from all over, but they are also both activists of sorts, with their record labels making sure that the music of the peers is available to whomever seeks it out.
Join us for a special evening with Daniel Pinchbeck, as he discusses the life and work of Rudolf Steiner.
In a dark enclosed space using eight audio speakers, controlled by software clocks that are projected, are ever changing electronic sounds, measuring different timelines, meeting for an instant then drifting away. And a single automatic piano-preparation-unit is playing almost silently above a silent piano.