Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Chicago, Illinois, United States || Starr Hotel

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

On exactly the same day that, 21 years earlier, 13-year-old Petra Giese was killed by Joachim ‘Jockel’ Kroll, the Ruhr Hunter, I sat on a chair and cut off all the clothes off my body. To my left hand a rope was tied, leading to an electric winch at the other end of the room, slowly dragging my body over the concrete floor.
(23 April 1993)

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

There are 3366 births, 3927 deaths, 1121 murders, 497 disasters and 2076 other events about 5724 people in 6428 places until today.

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.

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Starr Hotel

617 W. Madison, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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