Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 3 May 1942

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)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1991

There are 3366 births, 3926 deaths, 1121 murders, 497 disasters and 2076 other events about 5724 people in 6428 places until today.

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Sunday 3rd of May 1942

83 years ago

Ivy McLeod is raped and strangled by serial killer Edward Leonski aka The Singing Strangler at the age of 40 in Bleak House Hotel, Victoria Avenue, Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.