Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 28 May 1948

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

A variation on the L’Age d’Or nr 2 performance, where my feet were tied to the floor, and I tried to pull myself off the ground via a pulley and a rope around my neck. Using a throat-microphone I repeated “I wanna be injured”, the sound was electronically distorted by AMVK.
(2 April 1987)

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There are 3388 births, 3954 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5741 people in 6457 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (-) Friday 28th of May 1948 78 years, 9 months and 19 days ago
Aristocratic socialite and devotee of Adolf Hitler Unity Valkyrie Mitford dies of meningitis caused by the cerebral swelling around a bullet lodged in her head after a suicide attempt in 1939 at the age of 34 in West Highland Cottage Hospital, Polvinister Gardens, Oban, Scotland, United Kingdom.