#supermasochist

[postpunkindustrial]

This past Monday I went to the Philadelphia Psychotronic Film Society and saw SICK: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF BOB FLANAGAN, SUPER MASOCHIST at PhilaMOCA.

was an American performance artist and writer known for his work on sadomasochism and lifelong struggle with cystic fibrosis.

His closest brush with the mainstream was him ‘‘starring’‘ in the Nine Inch Nails- Happiness In Slavery video. 

Nine Inch Nails- Happiness In Slavery (Uncensored)  Big ol’ trigger warning here

EDIT: Here is the link as any shareable video has been wiped off the internet.

https://vimeo.com/3556108

Near the end of his life he was the subject of a RE/Search book Bob Flanagan: Supermasochist and a documentary Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist.

You can get the Movie from my Google Drive HERE

And as far as I can tell RE/Search aren’t selling PDF’s of this so you can get the book from my Google Drive HERE

Once again big trigger warnings. Thar be graphic medical and S&M ahoy.

[e-ste-tica]

because it feels good because it gives me an erection because it makes me come because I’m sick because there was so much sickness because I say fuck the sickness [...] because I was humiliated by nuns because of Christ and the crucifixion [...] because of doctors and nurses [...] because my parents said be what you want to be, and this is what I want to be, because I’m nothing but a big baby and I want to stay that way, and I want a mommy forever, even a mean one, especially a mean one, because of all the fairy tale witches and the wicked step mother, and the step sisters, and how sexy Cinderella was, smudged with soot, doomed to a life of servitude, [...] because of the Inquisition [...] because it’s in my nature because it’s against nature because it flies in the face of all that’s normal, whatever that is because I’m not normal [...] because my parents loved me even more when I was suffering because I was born into a world of suffering because surrender is sweet because I’m attracted to it because I’m addicted to it because endorphins in the brain are like a natural kind of heroin [...] because it is an act of courage because it does take guts [...] because you always hurt the one you love.

[thenervebible]

sick: the life & death of Bob Flanagan, supermasochist

[vampryn]

stills from happiness in slavery, featuring bob flanagan (supermasochist)

[colorsoundoblivion]

Hey everybody,

Been a while, but I certainly haven’t forgotten my favorite social media wasteland, nor the incredibly talented folks who still inhabit it :)

FANE has been chugging along. We got over 2100 followers on our Instagram (META… yuck… I know) and are trying to build the same audience over on Bluesky (@FANEmag.bsky.social). When the Instagram alternative Flashes launches, we’ll be on there too.

Issue 4 is almost done (hooray!) and should be out this month. Here’s a sneak preview of what’s to come!

Continuing our unintentional British theme, we have Foxtrot Echo of the infamous, and highly influential, COUM Transmissions on the cover. Matthew Levi Stevens, who has been around these creative artists since the 70s, wrote up an interview/article on Foxtrot, where we learn a little bit about how COUM kicked off, some of it’s less visible players, and the Queerness that was there right from the start. Yea, there’s mentions of everyone’s favorites: Genesis P-Orridge, Cosey Fanni Tutti, and Peter ‘Sleazy’ Christopherson. A fun anecdote talks about how Gen & Sleazy used to play a game where one would try to say things more offensively gross than the other (I think we all know who would win most of the time there).

For art this issue, we have contributions from the collective art project Hot Rat Summer (god I love that name). HRS comprised of a group of anonymous creatives in or around the Seattle area who, during the summer, installed Rat related art pieces throughout the city, all in support of Trans visibility and acceptance. Among the works is a truly phenomenal mosaic reminiscent of a religious stained glass work.

David Müller of VERFÜHRERVERGELTER shares with us some of his Osteological Photography. The works focus primarily on bones, and catching them at the right angles and lighting to give them the impression of being something they’re not. The playfulness with the “memento mori” nature of the materials is a nice juxtaposition. David also shared with us some lyrics from new VERFÜHRERVERGELTER material which will be making their debut in various ways later this year.

Supermasochist Rae C., known online as That One Pain Pup, wrote a heartfelt, and disheartening piece for us about their struggle with VEDS. VEDS, or Vascular Ehler-Danlos Syndrome, is a horrific condition that slowly, and painfully, destroys the body. Rae’s battle with this monstrosity is nearing its end, and they want to spread awareness about the condition as far and wide as they can, while they still can.

There’s plenty more, of course. Interviews with artists Snowbeasts, Iman Essiet, and Klovis Gaynor & The Urinal Cakes. Reviews of books from Briar Moth of Vexagon and Thomas Boettner of Straight Panic/JonBenét Bataille. There’s plenty of music reviews, too: SKRATZ, Bison Squad, Cicatrice/Pain Chain, Elka Bong, UNSUB, Pageant, Adeline Wilhel, Machine God, Somnia Vera, iffin, Štarr W., and more. Our cartoon friend Mr. Disembodied Eye makes a comeback, and this time he’s got some new friends.

And last but not least, Issue 4 will bring with it a brand new volume of Frequency Filter featuring music from some of the artists featured or reviewed within the issue.

While you wait for Issue 4 to drop (maybe on a special day for lovers?), you can always check out FANE’s previous 3 issues, Frequency Filter Vol. 3, and Queer Noise Terror Vol. 1, all available digitally for FREE at FANEmag.com

[kingtankgirl]

copped one of the last 2 supermasochist shirts from flesh cvlt im so excited :)

[heavnarchive]

SICK: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF BOB FLANAGAN, SUPERMASOCHIST - $35

[satellitefeed]

hiii movie rec ask game !! 19 and 30 🩷🩷

hiiiiii 💖💖💖

19. a documentary/video essay: im going to make the insane suggestion of sick: the life and death bob flanagan, supermasochist (1997) bc its really one of my fave docs of all time

30. a film to feel bad: sick can also be a feel bad movie but my go-to movie when i want to be miserable and unhappy is, of course, twin peaks fire walk with me (1992)

[iseethedoughnut]

sarah doucette in Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist (1997). what a beautiful documentary

[boyhuff]

bisexual. gnc. transsexual. butch puppy. supermasochist. switch. Owned🔒.

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[zeozeozeo]

Bob Flanagan was an American performance artist, stand-up comic, poet, and lifelong sufferer of cystic fibrosis. He was also a masochist, who found that his S&M experiences helped manage the pain of his illness.

Kirby Dick’s internationally acclaimed award-winning 1997 film follows Bob and his wife, Sheree Rose, through the last years of Flanagan’s life. It is deeply moving, often hilarious profile of a unique artist, giving an insight into Flanagan’s warmth, courage and sense of humour. (Text source: BFI)

[thenervebible]

sick: the life & death of Bob Flanagan, supermasochist

[process-productionryanmurphy]

Research

The topic I am looking at for my studio practice based work could relate to a few of the theory lectures e.g. feminism and psychoanalysis. Leading from this i have been looking at Meg-John Baker, Jessica Benjamin, Otto Kernberg and Timo Airaksinen so far. Timo Airaksinen is also the author of 'A Philosophical and Rhetorical Theory of BDSM' which is published in 'The Journal of Mind and Behavior' which i intend to continue reading for critical practice and to support my studio work. I would like to visit the UK Leather and Fetish Archives (Bishopsgate Institute) as it has a large collective of imagery and documentation surrounding the topics i have listed above. Bob Flanagan produced a documentary film called 'Sick: The life and death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist' which I intend to watch as it documents the life him and his wife, their 24/7 D/s dynamic, his health and his death. This would be an interesting insight into the correlation between BDSM, art and mental health. There are also various interviews with the artists/riggers centering around their practice and what it means to them, finding supporting research could prove more difficult as there are slightly fewer papers written on these very specific sections.

[mistress-milano]

Ho sempre pensato che il giorno in cui sarò malato e non potrò vivere con il mio masochismo, mi impiccherò per il collo e mi castrerò Mi piace lasciarmi andare ...perdere un certo livello di controllo. Ma decido io a chi mi arrendo e con chi mi arrendo. Perché sono totalmente consapevole della natura incontrollabile della mia vita: alcuni giorni mi sveglio e non riesco a respirare. Quindi devo adattarmi e fare qualcosa di diverso da quello che avevo pianificato. La gente dice sempre - Oh, il masochista è sempre sotto il controllo - e lo dicono in modo peggiorativo. Ma non penso sia brutto voler controllare la sua vita

Bob Flanangan

[iamtryingtobelieve]

"With all my heart and soul, all I ever wanted was to be strung up, spanked, splayed, saddled, stuck, strangled, split open, spread eagled, shit on, spat at, sewn up, shoved, shackled, shaved, shocked, sucked, zapped, soaked, screwed, stripped, scratched, suffocated, sacrificed, straight jacketed, squelched, stifled, scorched, straddled, stoned, smothered, smashed, screamed at, shouted out, snapped in two, sawn in half, stamped on, sat on, sodomised, stuffed, starved, strapped, stretched, submerged, surrounded, slugged, socked, scarred, skewered, slaughtered, stung, struck, slapped, slammed, sutured, swept up, saturated, savaged, seduced, stroked and spent"

Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist (1997) Dir : Kirby Dick

[jackaldandy]

Bob Flanagan & Sheree Rose