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 is pleased to stream Vulnerability & Growth, an erotic short film by artist and interdisciplinary designer Crystal Peñalosa, part of the With Womens Work series.
Choreographer and performer Ayano Elson responds to a score by pioneering composer and accordionist Pauline Oliveros as a part of the With Womens Work series.
With Womens Work
ISSUE is pleased to host an event for ISSUE Members with Annea Lockwood and crys cole in conversation around their respective work, as well as the formation and influence of the Womens Work scores. The conversation and Q&A will be moderated by Irene Revell.
With Womens Work
Wednesday, February 3rd at 8pm EST, ISSUE is pleased to stream sound artist crys cole’s Valid ForeverrRrrRRrrr… (pt.1), a lockdown interpretation of composer Beth Anderson’s Valid For Life.
Thursday, January 28th, ISSUE and Abrons Arts Center are pleased to present a new video piece by Elysia Crampton Chuquimia, as well as the premiere of Seasons in a Quasar, a new collaborative work by Brooklyn-based vocalist and producer Embaci and South African via NYC artist Dasychira.
Artists-In-Residence 2020
Composer and performer John McCowen presents his third and final performance as a 2020 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence with LOW QUARTET, featuring Leila Bordreuil, Zach Rowden, & Lester St. Louis.
ISSUE and Harvestworks are pleased to stream a commissioned residency project from multidisciplinary artist Eva Davidova. Global Mode > is an interactive, experimental online performance on ecological disaster, inertia, and manipulation of information.
Artists-In-Residence 2020
2020 ISSUE Artist-In-Residence Holland Andrews presents There You Are, a series of micro-performances taken place over the phone. Andrews will email a work to each participant to be played in an available speaker or sound system in their home while Andrews' then calls them to sing and speak to them.