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THE POWERS are Emily Pelstring, Katherine Kline and myself. We are at once a band, an artistic collaboration, and a research-creation group committed to weaving alternate realities through video, music, story-telling, dance, and ritualistic performance. The Powers create a speculative reality that is absurd, irreverent and terrifying, inhabited by animal kin and monstrous creatures, haunted by other-dimensional entities, and erupting with the repressed archetypes of classical myth. In this world, The Powers foster dynamic relationships with all sorts of beings--earthly, embodied, and otherwise. They invoke a pantheon of characters and deities, and include them in feminist reconfigurations of hetero-patriarchal myths. They draw inspiration from mythological trinities of sisters such as the Graeae, the Gorgons, and the Fates, and recast these icons in reclaimative, chaotic media events.

THE POWERS’ bandcamp: https://thepowers.bandcamp.com/

SISTERSHIP TV: Our 4-episode web series that explores various topics, including the cyborg, telepresence, hysteria, the seance, witchcraft, and animal communication
https://vimeo.com/sistershiptv


Music video - Tranquility Base

Music video for The Powers track "Turn Your Face Around"... In deepest space, the Space Queen is awakened by her faithful monk, and led to the ritual bath. While washing away the lingering astral dust of dreamtime, Queen is joined by her advisor and oracle Frankie, high priestess of crones. Through an inscrutable series of gestures and grunts, Frankie shares her enigmatic vision. Queen understands what she must do. But first: Refreshments. Queen is led to the fire throne where she enjoys a glass of space bubbles and a handful of celestial chips. Satisfied, she calls upon Brainchain, the executioner, and gives her orders. Brainchain arms herself with a murder orb and sets out for the hunt. The Cyst clambers willy-nilly over the dunes, feeding on lunar insects and cacti. Brainchain launches the orb and sends The Cyst hurtling through a portal to the sacrificial stone. There he dematerializes once and for all. The Sisters gather around the stone. They transmutate the lingering energy into a powerful and ever-increasing auric field.


Trailer for "Crone Island" by The Powers, episode 2 of the web series Masterpeace Theatre. All performances shot and performed by The Powers on Pender Island, BC, 2017. Music composed and performed by The Powers. Audio recording by Josh Stevenson.

Trailer for "Crone Island" by The Powers, episode 2 of the web series Masterpeace Theatre. All performances shot and performed by The Powers on Pender Island, BC. Music composed and performed by The Powers. Audio recording by Josh Stevenson.