Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 9 January 1908

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

I repeated the text “The Lips of Osiris Ani, Triumphant, are the Lips of Anpu” with my head immersed in water. The sound was amplified by a hydrophone. AMVK read passages from the Egyptian Book of the Dead. The sound was amplified by a microphone. Behind us a film was projected with images of mouths of humans and beaks of animals.
(11 October 1985)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1989

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BirthFactDeath (+) Thursday 9th of January 1908 118 years, 5 months and 18 days ago
Philosopher, political activist, feminist and social theorist Simone de Beauvoir is born as Simone-Lucie-Ernestine-Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir in 101 Boulevard Montparnasse, VIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.