As an avid fan of discarded media, I find a lot of pleasure and joy in its reinvention and exhibition like one can see at the
Found Footage Festival, which rolls back into Grand Rapids at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts.
Hosted by creators Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett, whose credits include The Onion
and The Colbert Report, UICA is once again the setting for the return of a brand new tour of fresh material, but also a few fan favorites.
It works like this: the curators of this festival scour the country in search of cast off videos or obscure programing that can be showcased in this one-of-a-kind motion picture event.
The festival is a chance for the curators to share a bit of background on the material via this live program, which also includes a where-are-they-now update on some of their funniest clips.
For a sample peak into a few of the items they have shown in past events, please follow this
link.
This event is not for the easily offended, so consider yourself warned. But for those with a slightly twisted filter willing to venture on the dark side of humor, this is one of those great events where the belly laughter starts at 8 and runs until the final clip is unspooled.