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INTERNATIONAL
PAST FESTIVAL ARCHIVE
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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, NY (2009 will be its fifth year), Regina, SK, Ottawa, Toronto and New York City. In 2007, the first infringement Festival on European shores happened in Bordeaux, France and this year, there are plans to get festivals underway in other cities and new communities are always welcome
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.
2009 will be our fifth festival in Montreal and we will once again be welcoming anyone who wants to artistically infringe on the monoculture: theatre groups and performers, musicians and bands, visual artists, flim and video makers, street performers, culture-jammers and more.
Details on how to get involved as an artist will be posted soon.
As the infringement looks to the future, here is a quick look at our past, though previous incarnations of the festival's website:
and a handful of images...
thanks for infringing...
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