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.
Experiments in Opera has commissioned ten composers to each write a ten-minute opera to be premiered by the contemporary music ensemble Hotel Elefant. 'New Shorts' brings a diverse group of composers together to expand the boundaries of opera, including Robert Ashley, Jason Cady, Joe Diebes, Ruby Fulton, and many more.
ISSUE and Erstwhile present legendary guitarist Keith Rowe in a two-night residency. Tonight he plays solo and in a duo with longtime collaborator and renowned composer and guitarist Christian Wolff. Trained as a painter, Rowe adopted the principles of the plastic arts, applying them directly to the electric guitar.
AMPLIFY 2013: rotation
ISSUE and Erstwhile present legendary guitarist Keith Rowe in a two-night residency hosted by TEMP. Rowe performs this opening night in duos with Michael Pisaro & Graham Lambkin. Originally trained as a painter, Rowe adopted the principles of the plastic arts, applying them directly to the electric guitar.
Artists-in-Residence 2012
Sergei Tcherepnin constructs temporary architectural interventions that push phenomena of the sonorous towards the haptic. For the final installment of his residency at ISSUE Project Room, Tcherepnin and artist Lucy Dodd present Tropical Year Zero, a sonic dramaturgy marking the end of the k’atun cycles.
Artists-in-Residence 2012
"Nervous Magic Lantern" unravels an unexpected film before our eyes, without actors, without a plot, without celluloid or video. Ken and Flo Jacobs present live projections in a hallucinatory three-dimensional watching experience, with sound by Artist-in-Residence Aki Onda.
Swedish Energies: EMS in NYC 2012
The second night of Swedish Energies includes Anastasia Ax, Erik Bünger, Hild Sofie Tafjord, Trepaneringsritualen, The Gagmen featuring Aaron Dilloway, Nate Young, and Joachim Nordwall, as well as a film by Lars Siltberg.
Swedish Energies: EMS in NYC 2012
The first night of Swedish Energies features Christine Ödlund, Mats Lindström, Vinyl Terror & Horror with guest JG Thirlwell, Rolf Enström, and a duo performance by Aki Onda, and Lise-Lotte Norelius.
"In the Wan Light of Napalm and Moon" presents new research into the intersection of two old and ever-renewing histories: horror and capital. A collaboration w/ Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe AKA Lichens and an armoire, Williams sketches a secret hell of production and circulation, inspired by a Restoration Hardware catalog.