Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 16 July 1936

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

I took a suitcase with some 20kgs of earth on the plane to Genève and the train to Lausanne. In the gallery I made an installation which related to the work of minimal artist Donald Judd. Instead of perspex and aluminium shapes I used 3 old drawers that I found at a garbage dump. I filled 2 buckets with water of Lac Leman. I stepped into the bottom drawer of my Donald Judd piece and proceeded to open the suitcase. I grabbed some of the earth inside and put it in the drawer above my head. Then I took some water from a bucket and poured it in the top drawer.
(22 June 2007)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1985

There are 3339 births, 3865 deaths, 1103 murders, 491 disasters and 2015 other events about 5672 people in 6326 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Thursday 16th of July 1936 87 years ago She Smoked Unconscious
Murderess Mary Frances Creighton aka The Long Island Borgia is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 37 in Sing Sing Prison, Ossining, New York, United States. Creighton had passed out prior to the execution and was executed in an unconscious state.