 USA Against Racism (Homeless)
Sacramento isn't very big, at least not in midtown. It'd make for a long day but you could hike the four corners on a short, rainy day if you so chose. You would, however, miss out on the wonderful, rotteness at its core. Being a not very big town, we don't have so many homeless that you don't recognize the ones in your neighborhood. There's that tall guy they call Mike, that Hobo-looking guy down by Captiol, round about 22nd, and there's USA Against Racism (Homeless). Part poet, part harmless wanderer, USA Against Racism (Homeless) decorates Midtown Sacramento with his strangely consistent poetry. Is he delusional? I dunno, did the US teach him how to break brick (hand), etc?? Perhaps. In any regard, its impossible to determine from those of us who casually pass by his art. In 2003, USA Against Racism (Homeles)'s art was all over the damned place, scrawled on pizza boxes and on the backs of fliers. He created miniature gallery spaces all across town, and did so in a manner less pretentious and failed than the various "art comissions" that rule all things eclectic past the 40s. The Archbishop Dave "Smith" (who you will see chronicled here and again throughout this section) started amassing his collection, wallpapering his eclectic livingspace with the greasy cardboard fortune cookies. These images following have an interesting pedigree. I used to work with "Smith" who'd alleged that Rob Cockerham -- Internet geek of much renoun here in Sacramento -- had been over to take pictures of his collection. This was great -- I was far too lazy to go and take them myself. I had various ideas about "mediatronic" art installations based on the artwork of (Homeless)'s work, though I questioned the ethics of it as well as the technological and aethetic aspects of it. I'm closer now to resolving hardware issues regarding the kiosk than ever before, and perhaps it'll see the light of day before 2005, who knows. I've got to get it off my damned project table before summer comes, that's all I know. In any regard, much thanks to Rob Cockerham for the photos. He slid me a disk back in '03 at some point and I hadn't thought he'd done much with 'em until I went googling for other USAARH pages. So, perhaps a bit duplicitous, but has he transcribed them? I think not. Rob's website is at http://www.cockeyed.com The Collection: Text • text + images Links:
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