Video screenshot: a naked male bottom with conspicuous reddening of the skin partially covered by the shadow of an unrecognizable object

One Hundred Reasons

Mike Kelley & Bob Flanagan & Sheree Rose

  • Year 1991
  • Edition Unlimited edition
  • Material/Technique Single-channel video (color, sound)
  • Dimensions Variable
  • Length 6' 41''
  • Category Media art
  • Collection Sammlung Goetz, Medienkunst, München

Mike Kelley’s video work One Hundred Reasons was created in collaboration with the writer and performance artist Bob Flanagan and the photographer Sheree Rose. Starting in the 1980s, the two began to intensively explore sadomasochistic sex practices in their art. One Hundred Reasons reflects this trend. Kelley reads a passage from his book Plato's Cave, Rothko's Chapel, Lincoln's Profile (1986), in which a hundred synonyms of the word ‘paddle’ are listed. With this object, which is characteristic of the SM scene, Sheree Rose spanks Bob Flanagan’s bottom one hundred times during the reading. The action was originally created as part of the ten-year anniversary celebration of Rose and Flanagan’s relationship and was then recreated for the video work.

Mike Kelley

271 pages, 150 ill., hardcover.
German/English
2008, Kunstverlag Ingvild Goetz GmbH, Hamburg
ISBN 978-3-939894-11-7
€ 25,00

learn more

We use cookies to optimize our website and improve the user experience. We employ strictly necessary cookies, which are technically necessary for the operation of our website, as well as cookies for anonymous web analysis and extended functions and services. Additional information can be found in our privacy statement.
As the user, you decide to which cookie categories you consent and which you do not. Please note that, depending on your selection, you may not be able to use all our website functions. Strictly necessary cookies are essential for the operation of our website and cannot be deactivated.