Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| San Diego, California, United States || Grover Cleveland Elementary School

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

For an exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts I painted a line of lime through the city with Lud Vandevelde as a connection between the studios and the exhibition space. Halfway we were arrested by the police.
(19 November 1979)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1985

There are 3376 births, 3943 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2079 other events about 5732 people in 6441 places until today.

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

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Grover Cleveland Elementary School

6365 Lake Atlin Avenue, San Carlos, San Diego, California, United States.

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Monday 29th of January 1979 (x) — Murderess Brenda Spencer opens fire on a school across he street.
Spencer killed 53-year-old principal Burton Wragg and 56-year-old custodian Mike Suchar and wounded 9 children. After firing thirty rounds of ammunition, Spencer barricaded herself inside her home for several hours before surrendering. During the siege she had a telephone conversation with a journalist who reported that she had said "I don't like Mondays".