Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia || Port Arthur Prison Colony

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

In an AMVK-installation I was laying naked on a rotating platform, naked with my legs spread, my feet tied to a branch. By shuffling over the platform it looked as if I was moving forward, but yet remaining on the same spot. On the background a film of the same performance in a wood was projected.
(1 November 1986)

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

There are 3388 births, 3954 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5741 people in 6457 places until today.

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

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Port Arthur Prison Colony

Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia.

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Sunday 28th of April 1996 (x) — Mass murderer Martin Bryant kills 35 and wounds 23 people in a shooting spree.
Bryant's motivation for the massacre remains a closely guarded secret known only to his lawyer, who is bound not to reveal confidences without his client's consent.