Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch was an Austrian writer from the mid to late 19th century. The term masochism comes from his name due to the nature of his popular romance novels. In his literary analysis of Sacher-Masoch's novels, the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze, in 1967, brought attention to the importance of an assistant, "an agreement between partners, which Sacher-Masoch had literalized by drawing up a real contract" (O'Dell, 1998, p.4). However, previously, in the late 19th century, the term masochism had been used by Richard von Krafft, a French philosopher, to name what he considered to be a “desire to harm one's body” (O'Dell, 1988, page 3). Without emphasizing the more modern use of the word sexualized, it can be said that Stelarc, among other artists involved in performances with conscious intent to self-harm, performed masochistic acts. In 1949, Theodor Reik conducted an internal study. clinical study on masochism and expressed the idea that there are four components to such behavior. These components are listed as fantasy, suspense, demonstrated...