EDMONTON
-- Six Edmonton-based music acts have been confirmed to stage a
multimedia event designed to satirize the sensationalism of
conservative-leaning TV channel Sun New Network. The event, dubbed
the SCUM News
Network Fearmonger Film Festival,
runs at Bohemia (10217-97 St.) Tuesday, March 10 at 9 p.m. Admission
to the no-minors event is $10.
The
artists, which include Borys, Voice Industrie and Official
Opposition, will perform with screenings of vintage public-domain
footage, captioned to ridicule Sun News Network’s up-in-arms
delivery of editorial opinion, which is almost always aimed at
liberals.
In
particular, a 30-minute edit of the sci-fi bomb Plan
9 From Outer Space
has been retooled to irreverently highlight the perils of an
open-door immigration policy. Voice Industrie will add an electronic
vibe to quotes by Canada’s Prime Minister grafted onto a Fritz Lang
classic in Stephen
Harper’s Metropolis.
Other
films have been altered to parody SNN’s swipes at such subject
matter as gays, media, protesters and campus radio. Additional
artists tapped to play include Bong Sample, Stephen Sereda and Fecal
Point. Video preview is available at http://youtu.be/4k4Wzv2MEgo
.
Note: this is a show that features BEAMS members, but is not an official BEAMS show.
