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)
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BirthFactDeath (-) Monday 24th of August 1987 38 years ago |
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Rapist and murderer Sterling J. Rault is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 36 in Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana, United States. Rault's final meal request was for a T-bone steak, 12 shrimps, French fries, Pepsi and strawberry shortcake. |
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