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.
With Womens Work
ISSUE streams Attached or Detached (partial disappearance), a new work by sound artist and musician Sydney Spann. The piece responds to Sari Dienes’ poem-score, “Experiment," included in Womens Work Volume #1, 1975.
With Womens Work
ISSUE streams A Spark of Haelegen (Ave Maria), a new work by composer, musician, artist, and philosopher Hunter Hunt-Hendrix. The piece responds "Fantasy and Self-Transformation," a score by Jacki Apple included in Womens Work Volume #1, 1975.
ISSUE streams a new work by dance artist Ogemdi Ude, who steps into the intricate and intimate instructions of Alison Knowles' "Proposition IV (Squid)" score through a dance film that reckons with loss and accumulation.
ISSUE streams Ad Astra, a new work by French multidisciplinary artist Annabelle Playe. The piece responds to the "ZODIACAL MEDITATION" score by Julie Winter included in Womens Work Volume #1, 1975.
ISSUE streams Ruzunguzungu a new work by British-Rwandan musician and sound artist Auclair. The piece responds to the “Stamping Circles” score by artist Carole Weber included in Womens Work Volume #1, 1975.
ISSUE is pleased to host an event for ISSUE Members with Cory Arcangel, Hampus Lindwall, Roc Jiménez de Cisneros (EVOL), Akira Sileas & Nils Henrik Asheim in conversation around the Remind Me Tomorrow pipe organ commissions.
ISSUE presents Remind Me Tomorrow, organized in collaboration with artist Cory Arcangel and organist Hampus Lindwall, who have invited a group of artists and musicians to compose new music to be performed on the pipe organ.
Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellowship 2021
2021 Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow Sami Hopkins presents her first program in Propositions from the deadWIP, featuring composer, drummer, and scholar Jessie Cox in collaboration with Kathryn Schulmeister, Juliana Gaona-Villamizar, “Dac” Chang, and Douglas R. Ewart.