poetry and semiotics???

[yumdidlyiscious]

Not to cross genres, but I thought you guys might like this :)

Scott-Patrick Mitchell

re: WRITING the city (anonymously)

“alongthehorizon

wewriteonwallssowecanspeak

offerupameaningtotheconcrete”

in sect signage (ph.) minority based semiotics where meta-ghetto sub-cults usurp authority through an aggressive iconographic lexicon, one where neo-collectivisim reconstructs deviations into a unified art form of territorial expression, heterogeneity usurped to directly tackle political actions which disregard diplomacy.

or, in mega-basic:

label yr tribe

confuse art & advertising

paint yr message on the pavement

stick to yr ethos

i

they tattoo, trademark tags

, steal space, spray like dogs

. they kidnap

, hold hostage

. to them, bricks are canvas

, mortar a crossbeam

, on which they graf against those governing

, a coordination in how to be notorious

. they have names:

·      victim

·      trevor

·      hitchcock

·      mcpherson

·      ghengis

·      fiend

·      revolt

·      sins

·      spoine

·      yok

. some are real, some imaginary. together

, they are the urban artists of the meta-ghetto

, propelled by the momentum of moving,

as though plot could write itself.

ii

in the City of Perth a victim laments

buffed designs of grand territorial takeovers

. he paints himself in where others

have painted, & been painted, over & over

again. white crosses at speed crash sites

own their own design, suffer it.

iii

chickens are loose, are hungry space eaters

. they follow the storm, these new northians.

iv

smash yr television, cornice floorboards

. the master of suspense has become a chinese detective!

v

yok yok yok yok yok yok

(it’s as though they are laughing).

vi

to say their name is to invoke discordia

, is to say “yes…of course…i have that one

…photographed.”. or adorning

fridge, cupboard, wall as exhibition.

vii

in the a.m. the new north travels to the ghetto (meta, satellite &

burbial), tagging public works of art right there on the facade

. they invade space, as it were

, like french in an australian play-yard.

viii

these are the architects of the urbane gardé

, plotters surveying where to piss aerosol

. they culturally chrome, dribble their zone

, are high on the fumes of vandalizing (the vandal…