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

With Tim Vanhamel I made a Noise performance about ‘Thaipoosam’, a Hindi religious festival I attended in the Batu Caves near Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.
(31 August 2005)

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

There are 3393 births, 3960 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5748 people in 6461 places until today.

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

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Winter Palace

St. Petersburg, Northwestern Federal District, Russia.

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Thursday 17th of November 1796 (-) — Russian monarch Catherine the Great dies of a stroke.
Combined with the knowledge of Catherine's globally known sexual appetite and her love for the equestrian, a rumor circulated that she died when the harness of her horse broke that was positioned to be held above her.