The Infringement Festival, Hamilton, runs from July 8 to 18, at various venues (including This Ain’t Hollywood, Artword Artbar, The Blue Angel & The Intolerant Gallery). The Infringement Festival, 2010 Hamilton . “Infringement” events at Artword include:
Saturday July 10 at 3:00 pm, $10, at Artword Artbar. TRIBAL INTRIGUE, an American Tribal Style Bellydance showcase, presented by Tribe Maya Fire (BellyUp’s American Tribal Style Dance Group) and Shades of Araby. Guest performers include: Jackie Pullar and company of Wild Orchid Belly Dance in Hamilton, Tribal Fushion soloist Mandala Danannce from Toronto, and the American Tribal Style duet Euphraxia from Buffalo.
Saturday July 10 at 7:00 pm, Richard Lahmy – singer/chansonnier from Montreal.
Saturday July 17 at 5 pm and Sun July 18 at 7 pm; Erin Welsh, young singer-songwriter from Buffalo. A review from 2009: “The precocious singer/songwriter Erin Sydney Welsh shared her brand of Tracy Chapman-ish folk, which featured some impressive lyrical twists for a 13-year-old.” www.myspace.com/erinsydneywelsh
Richard Lahmy: “I try to follow in the tradition of the great poetic masters like Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan Bob Marley and Boris Vian.As long as there is war, hunger, and injustice there will be voices like mine to cry out. I write songs of protest, but also songs about the fleeting moments of life, unrequited love and lost faith, yet I always leave hope for the inevitable miracle. My sound is folk rock grounded but has been influenced by the jazz, latino, and African rhythms of this beautiful cultural place we call Montreal.
History of The Infringement Festival International:
In 2004, artists and activists in Montreal, fed up with art as a commodity and a culture for sale came together to form the first infringement festival. Put together in under three months and featuring over 25 local, national and international performers, the festival€™s success made it clear that something wasn€™t right with the way things were going and it was time to infringe€¦ Since that time, the festival in Montreal has grown and spread to other communities around the world like Buffalo (happy sixth anniversary), Regina, Ottawa, and even Bordeaux, France in 2006. Earlier this year, Brooklyn, NY held its first infringement and plans are already underway for next year. Despite it€™s growth, the infringement has stayed true to it€™s mandate to oppose the corporate takeover of culture and create a space for local and out of town critical artists to meet, collaborate and, above all, play. Now, it€™s Hamilton€™s turn, so the infringement is once again welcoming anyone who wants to artistically infringe on the monoculture: theatre troupes and performers, musicians and bands, visual artists, flim and video makers, street performers, culture-jammers and more.
