pushing a brain uphill:an experimental show + tell:12/12/15:burl

@ Burlington City Arts, December 12, 5 pm, safer space

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The Powers - Live Performance (Halifax) from Emily Pelstring on Vimeo.

‘The Powers live performance integrates video projection, dance, costumes and experimental electronic music into a 25-minute set that brings the audience on a journey, moving through feelings of resistance and violence and ending with transcendental release in the form of a participatory Psychic Baptism.  Distorted screams, mysterious voices from the underworld, and New Age guided meditations provide instructions on how to achieve power. Entering the performance as medieval crones with upside-down faces, the performers undergo several physical transformations, peeling away skins, revealing what is beneath the masks.’

witchy goddesses coming to vt in 8 days #blessed ♡ ♡ ♡ 

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candy miami @ SHOW MOM fest II ♡ ♡ ♡ 

come check our zines w/ an interview w/ the show moms re: safe + respectful show spaces ☆ ☆ ☆ 

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a set list

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CANDY MIAMI (bos)  THE POWERS (mtl) HARVEY BIGMAN (btv) 23 ENSEMBLE (brat) STAPLES (btv) RUSH AWESOME (brat) STATE VECTOR COLLAPSE (btv) GREG DAVIS (btv) MoNsTaRs (brat) DavEn_Wildr (btv) ATHENA KAFANTARIS (btv) MISTOR HYSTER (nyc) JENIFER GELINEAU (w. ma) PUDDING (btv) FOAM FREE (btv) IVAMAE (btv) RAT BASTARD (btv) ECHOER (btv)

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about us:

come to a collaborative night of experimental // noise ' show + tell ' feat. artists from near and far . . . will feature experimenal + noise sound artists and a show + tell in science-fair style where artists can share their gear, set ups and geekery, +++ their skills and ideas. the ' dream ' of this project is to both showcase rad art and demystify the oft frosted glass which shields the technical processes of noise/experiemental sound making, which i fear can result in levels of inaccessibility to the genre (or non-genre. . . ?). feel at liberty to bring cool things to share !!

we are experimenting with sound, and we are experimenting with the kind of spaces we want to live, work and perform in. we are working v. hard to create a safe and -accountable- space. we have zero tolerance for racist, cis/hetero-sexist, classist, ableist, or otherwise -phobic or hateful words and behaviors. we'll have lit availble about what this could look like in practice, and invite a dialogue re: creating safe and accountable spaces.