Paul McCarthy Performance_ Vienna Secession 1998

From the exhibition: “Sod and Sodie Sock Comp. “ The exhibition by Mike Kelley and Paul McCarthy at the Secession will consist of a new installation/video work built in and designed especially for the site. ’Sad and SadieSack’ consists of an architecture composed of American military tents, various tunnel systems and military paraphernalia. The installation will also serve as the set for a single channel video work which will contain documentation of the piece during its installation as narrativized through ’Sad Sack’, a children’s comic book about American military life. Kelley, McCarthy and a larger cast of performers will use the installation in a number of improvised and scripted scenarios, addressing military themes through the writings of Georges Bataille, Wilhelm Reich, and Clement Greenberg. text by Secession Vienna