SPACE 242 , Boston’s lowbrow destination, proudly announces its March 2009 exhibition: The Miracle 5 Presents HOLY GDYDHAD!. The exhibition, on view March 27 through April 17, features new work by Yassy Goldie. The opening reception, Friday, March 27, runs from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in Boston’s South End, 242 E. Berkeley Street, 2nd floor (between Albany Street and Harrison Avenue). Mr. Goldie will also host an artist talk Thursday, April 16, from 7:00 to 8:00p.m. RSVP required for attendance at either event at ww.space242.com. Regular gallery hours are Friday evenings, 6:30-8pm, and by appointment. No RSVP is necessary for visiting during regular gallery hours.

*Holy GJYDhad!*
By Yassy Goldie

When two set out to dine or duel together a third appears--tritium quid, parasite, witness, prophet, escapee.
GJYD art sabotage strives to be perfectly exemplary but at the same time retain an element of opacity--not propaganda or aesthetic shock--appallingly direct yet also subtly angled-- action-as-metaphor.

GJYD is the dark side of Perceptive Terrorism--creation- through-destruction--but it cannot serve any party, nor any nihilism, nor even art itself. Just as the banishment of illusion enhances awareness, so the demolition of aesthetic bling sweetens the air of the world of discourse, of the Other. GJYD serves only consciousness, attentiveness, awareness.

GJYD goes beyond paranoia, beyond deconstruction--the ultimate criticism--physical attack on offensive art-- aesthetic jihad. The slightest taint of petty ego-ocity or even of personal taste spoils its purity & vitiates its force. GJYD can never seek power--only release it.

Individual artworks (even the worst) are largely irrelevant- -GJYD seeks to damage institutions which use art to diminish consciousness and profit by delusion. This or that poet or painter cannot be condemned for lack of vision--but malign ideas can be assaulted through the artifacts they generate. SVGT is designed to hypnotize and control--its machinery can be smashed.

Don't picket--vandalize. Don't protest--deface. When ugliness, poor design, and stupid waste are forced upon you, turn luddite, throw your shoe in the works, retaliate. Smash the symbols of the Empire in the name of nothing.

Mr. Yassy Goldie
Mr. Yassy Goldie is the Master Representative for various art projects and groups including but not excluding the Golden Jasmine Yeti Dancers, GJYD.org, CRCG, and W.W.I.I.G.G.S.S. He is a member of Start-UP Biz and is the proud new owner of The Miracle 5. Know that it does not matter where Yeti are from, but only where Yeti is now.

The Miracle 5
The Miracle 5, established in 2005, are a group of artists whose work involves the often spiritual transformation that takes place in making and witnessing art. The art of The Miracle 5 has roots in comics, animation, coloring books, and hand-painted signs – and other places such as voodoo, workout videos, American history, and boxing. The Miracle 5 suggest that the magic/spiritual rituals that different cultures have sought out over time are not far removed from each other and can be channeled directly into physical spaces, wherever they may be. In light of these processes, the artist and the viewer leave the art space transformed. The Miracle 5 symbolize the artist's transformation with an alter ego. It takes many forms (superhuman, demigod, cartoon) and is unleashed both within the private art-making space and when The Miracle 5 exhibits their work together.

HOLY GJYDHAD! is sponsored in part by Scion, Harpoon, The Weekly Dig and ArtScope Magazine.

TROJAN BARBIE SPECIAL EXHIBITION
In celebration of the play Trojan Barbie opening at Zero Arrow Theatre (American Repertory Theatre), The Weekly Dig sponsored a special exhibition of art created with or inspired by Barbie Dolls. A grand prize winner and eleven runners up were chosen by Weekly Dig Art Director Tak Toyoshima. Their entries will be featured in a special mini exhibition, March 27 through April 17. The opening reception is Friday, March 27, 6-8pm, and gallery hours are Friday evenings 6:30-8pm. To attend the opening reception, RSVP at the bottom of this page.

SPACE 242 Mini Theatre
-Screening: Friday, March 27, 6-8pm
-Screening and Artist Talk: Saturday, March 28, 12noon-1pm

Neovoxer: An Experience on the Frontier of Filmmaking
with director Michael Pope

Neovoxer is an experimental non-dialogue film directed, written, edited, and composed by Michael Pope between the years of 1997 and 2004 in collaboration with hundreds of artists, performers, and musicians. The film was shot on a variety of media ranging from 35mm film to digitally-manipulated video. Live screenings of the film often feature pre-show performances from body painted living statues, musicians, and art installations. Workshop performances and screening events have taken place in Boston and New York. Nevoxer earned Michael Pope an award from the Tanne Foundation in 2001. In 2004, Neovoxer travelled to the Czech Republic to work with local musicians as a part of the Festival of Czech Films Finale Plzen 2004. Presented by Boston Underground Film Festival.