Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Pituffik, Greenland, Denmark || Thule Air Base

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

Miyazaki sent a postcard to her family assembled using words cut out of magazines: "Erika. Cold. Cough. Throat. Rest. Death."
(12 December 1988)

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

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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Thule Air Base

Pituffik, Greenland, Denmark.

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