Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 13 April 1919

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

I filled golden paper bags alternately with earth from my hole and ‘Yves Klein’ blue paint, and tied them to a piece of canvas. Then I hoisted the canvas up so the bags formed a figure. I hoisted myself up upside down and pulled at a rope until I was hanging at a distance away from the canvas, let go and swirled like a projectile against the canvas which made the bags tear and the earth and the paint were mixed and spattered around.
(6 June 2009)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Sunday 13th of April 1919 106 years ago
Over 400 people are shot dead by troops of the British Indian Army in Jallianwala Bagh Garden, Amritsar, Punjab, India. Over 1.000 people were injured as troops continued to fire into the fleeing civilians until their ammunition was almost exhausted.