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.
Sound artist and musician Sydney Spann continues their 2022 ISSUE residency with a live performance in collaboration with artist Michelle Luong at the Ridgewood Reservoir in Highland Park, Queens. This collaborative performance is a continuation of Spann’s curiosity about childcare, sound, and psychoanalysis.
Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellowship 2022
2022 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow Theodore Kerr presents AUDIO MEME, his second program in THE BODY POPULAR series. AUDIO MEME is a project that explores the power and intimacy of podcasts to impact progressive social change.
ISSUE opens its 2022 Fall season at First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn Heights with an in-person performance from the new improvising group of Fred Moten (voice) Brandon López (double bass), and Gerald Cleaver (drums), new work from composer/performer and media artist Pamela Z, plus SYANIDE.
ISSUE closes it’s summer season with an expansive program of liberated sound featuring new work from Liturgy—the “transcendental black metal” project of composer/philosopher Hunter Hunt-Hendrix—as well as new solo work by artist/composer John Wiese, and musician, visual artist, and instrument builder Victoria Shen.
2018 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial fellow and collective Queer Trash are thrilled to present new work from composer and multi-instrumentalist Lucie Vítková, performance artist Gabe Rubin, and butoh dancer Will Atkins—an evening spanning performance art, experimental composition, movement, and rope suspension.
ISSUE and AvanTokyo are pleased to present the debut New York City performance of Japanese sound artist Fuji||||||||||ta, who performs in-person with his self-built one-of-a-kind pipe organ instrument that incorporates voice synthesized water tanks. The evening will also feature work from sound artist Tomoko Hojo.
On Father’s Day, Sunday, June 19th - 2pm ET, The Stokes-Lucier family and ISSUE Project Room will host a memorial for the late Alvin Lucier (May 14th, 1931 - Dec. 1st, 2021), revolutionary American composer and beloved pioneer of experimental music.
June 10 8pm & June 11 3pm, ISSUE & Harvestworks are pleased to present two new works from artist, musician, and designer Selwa Abd (Bergsonist). The June 10 program features the premiere of a new video work streamed on the ISSUE website; June 11 is an outdoor performance taking place on Governors Island.