This is the first book to bring together writing and documentation on the performance artist Martin O’Brien and marks ten years of his work. It includes photographs and essays by philosophers, performance scholars, and art historians, including Alphonso Lingis and Amelia Jones.

O’Brien is best known for his long durational solo performances and his collaborations with the pioneering body artist Sheree Rose. Martin O’Brien is an artist whose performance work draws upon his experience of suffering from cystic fibrosis.

His performance and video art is concerned with physical endurance, disgust, long durations, and pain-based practiices in order to address a politics of the sick queer body and examine what it means to be born with a life-threatening disease, politically and philosophically.

Contributors:

Alphonso Lingis

Amanda López-Kurtz

Amelia Jones

Giannna Bouchard

Jareh Das

Johanna Linsley

Sheree Rose

Yetta Howard