In a review for Squarecylinder, Julia Gwendolyn Schneider looks at The Tramp, an exhibition by Caguiat Delacruz, the collaboration of Justin Caguiat and Rafael Delacruz, now on view at the CCA Wattis Institute. The show takes its title and spirit from Charlie Chaplin’s 1915 film, which he shot in Niles Canyon in Fremont. At its center is an experimental film in which actor Wesley Hrubes and Butoh dancer Hiroko Tamano, dressed as Chaplin’s drifter, wander Oakland and Half Moon Bay. The film plays from VHS on a computer-controlled VCR that fast-forwards and rewinds at random, so the loop re-edits itself as viewers watch. Repurposed stage sets, paintings, prints, and costumed sculptures fill the gallery, reflecting the duo’s practice of reusing materials across works.

The Tramp is on view through November 21, 2026.