By Lindsay DePietro

Day two of the Buffalo Infringement Festival (Friday, July 25) came to a close around 12:30 a.m. of today (July 26), and with that came the realization of two aspects of Infringement to appreciate: the broad range of music genres it offers you the opportunity to experience in a single day and the way that it allows for great displays of creativity and authenticity.

The first stop of the day for me was the Artists Versus A.I. installation at the Bicycle Bottle Shop. The installation showcased art created by A.I. and the artist’s unique version of the computer-made image. Both the work of A.I. and the artist hung side by side, allowing viewers eyes to compare images. If it was a competition of who or what did it best, I’d have to say without hesitation that the artists won this round.

At this installation also hung artist Eamon McCallion’s huge, untitled canvas painting. McCallion said the painting took him about six months to complete.

Captured in his art piece is a collection of both “different art historical images or references” and “images I liked or things I was seeing and thinking about,” McCallion said.

Over at 26 Allen, performers set up outside beside the bars bright pink door. First up was singer Erica the Ice Dragon who sang songs about love and comical topics like “mid conversation realizing you have no idea what the f— they were saying.” Her songs had those strolling the street stopping in their tracks to listen.

Then came along Bobby Angel wearing his cowboy hat, black and white fringed face covering and a stylish polka-dotted blouse. He pelted out lyrics with his strong country voice in his tribute to Orville Peck. Singing alongside him was Pamela Swarts, who is both an Infringement Festival performer and dedicated organizer.

While these performers kept their intimate crowd entertained, R&R (Rizzo & Reinhardt) were around the corner at Trinity Church playing away on the piano and drums. Earlier in the day at Trinity Church both auxcab and liminal girl performed ambient music.

Unfortunately, I had to take a short hiatus and missed Sasha Fleet and her funky bass lines and lyrics, which wrapped up 26 Allen’s outdoor performances.

Making my way to Milkie’s, but before my hiatus was up, performers Greg Hill and echolocator took the stage. Next came Turf N’ Turf and when I say I have never seen anything like this performance before, I truly mean it. The performer, Snail, banged around in an eight foot tall chicken cage while shirtless with his long blonde hair splashed in front of his face. This was the first time I ever seen someone play the cymbals without drumsticks and just smash their arm into them instead. Both, it seems, have the same sound effect.

Ending the night at Milkie’s was a comedic, yet epic, performance by Hooked on Casiophonics that got the whole crowd laughing, participating, and some up on their feet dancing. I even caught myself giggling as RockNutz and Pamazon spun in a circle, touched the ground, and wiggled their butts in the air as MC Vendetta sang “Round and round, touch the ground, shake that booty if your booty is round.”

Simultaneously, during all this excitement at Milkie’s, DirtyWifi was back at 26 Allen in the midst of their Freaky Friday performance.

To view the list of performances for Saturday, July 26, visit either the Infringement website for the full schedule, or the Buffalo Hive Calendar.

Some more scenes from the Buffalo Infringement Festival Instagram page: