Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Super Masochist Bob has Cystic Fibrosis


I recently watched a documentary titled, "Sick". (on Netflix)
It follows the performance artist Bob Flanagan, who is or at least was the world's longest survivor of CF.
His humor and masochism is clearly something to deter from his illness.
Although most of his performances are obscure, and extremely sexual, it's amazing knowing that someone who has a disease that usually overpowers it's victims at birth, is still continuing on with their life as creatively and fully as he did.
He eventually died from the disease, but his videos and performances can still be found on Youtube and Netflix.
Posted below is his version of "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious", It's extremely amusing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Y7JwWMB5kc

-Colleen F

2 comments:

  1. Bob was an amazing human being. I wrote a blog about him and other artists who suffer from CF and different ailments who find solace and longevity through art.

    http://trialx.com/curetalk/2011/03/disability-performance-art-interrupting-death/

    Enjoy!

    - Kim

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