Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Palermo, Sicilia, Italy

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

‘Mexico’ was a small part of a botanic garden, planted with cactuses, surrounded by water. I tried to crawl through a plastic tube through the water, but the pressure of the water was too heavy and it didn’t work.
(19 June 1979)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1988

There are 3377 births, 3944 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2079 other events about 5733 people in 6441 places until today.

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

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Palermo, Sicilia, Italy.

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Friday 27th of June 1941 (+) — Mafia pentito Leonardo Vitale is born.
Friday 23rd of March 1973 (x) — Mafia pentito Leonardo Vitale walks into a police station and declares that he was a member of the Mafia and confessed to various acts of extortion, arson and two homicides.
Vitale's case came to trial in 1977. His testimony lead to a number of alleged mobsters being indicted but all were acquitted when their defence lawyers cast doubt on Vitale's mental state by pointing out his self-mutilation and other odd habits. In the end only Vitale and his mafioso uncle were imprisoned and Vitale spent most of his time in a mental asylum.
Sunday 2nd of December 1984 (-) — Mafia pentito Leonardo Vitale is shot dead by persons unknown while leaving Mass with his mother and sister.