Grimposium was proud to collaborate with their longstanding partners at Heavy Montreal to bring grindcore legends Pig Destroyer back to Montreal for a unique and intimate evening at Théâtre Corona on July 26, 2019. Local electronic improvisation outfit Landscape of Hate opened the show. Here is a video of the performance.

Performing in Landscape of Hate were Vivek Venkatesh, anabasine, Jason Wallin, and Annabelle Brault. Visuals by David Hall. Music composed by Vivek Venkatesh, Owen Chapman, and anabasine.

The event featured creative workshops with members of Pig Destroyer and Landscape of Hate, as well as a panel discussion on racial and social profiling featuring local activists, youth and community leaders. Workshops were closed but the panel (7pm doors) was open to public. Here is a video of the panel from 26 July.

Panelists/Panélistes
– JR Hayes, Pig Destroyer lyricist and singer/Compositeur et chanteur du groupe Pig Destroyer
– Elsa F. Mondésir Villefort, youth educator and member of the Youth Advisory Group of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO/ Éducatrice de jeunes et membre du groupe consultatif sur la jeunesse de la Commission canadienne pour l’UNESCO
– Will Prosper, documentary filmmaker, civil rights activist, former RCMP officer/Documentariste, militant des droits civiles, ancien agent de la GRC
and/et
– Vivek Venkatesh, Director of Project SOMEONE and Co-Founder of Landscape of Hate/Directeur de Project SOMEONE et cofondateur de Landscape of Hate

Moderator/Modératrice
Annabelle Brault, music therapist and Landscape of Hate collaborator / Musicothérapeute et collaboratrice de Landscape of Hate

Facebook event here.