BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)

38th year  -  N° 333                 Wednesday, 29 November 2023         Antwerpen		
Someone is Calling
The Eyes Have It

In the past 22 years I have made 49.711 digital photos. 480 of them are available here. They can be found on the corresponding days they were taken.


It's Just Blood, Blood on the Floor
1 November 1999 || Antwerpen, Belgium
A rather boring Franko B. performance in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.
The Cooling System
1 November 2005 || Beijing, China
Meeting up with a truckload of sheep in a traffic jam in Beijing, Hebei, China.
Home is Where the Heart is
2 November 2005 || Beijing, China
The amazing archive of China's Noise Guru n°1 Yan Jun in Beijing, Hebei, China.
Collision Drive
3 November 2005 || Beijing, China
Meeting our first website provider in a traffic jam in Beijing, Hebei, China.
We're All Frankies
4 November 2002 || Wijnegem, Belgium
Nothing but a shadow on the floor in Vlemincktoren, Turnhoutsebaan 381, Wijnegem, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Out in the Real World
4 November 2005 || Yang Zhen, China
Many hands make the work light, as explained by the keeper as he had to shorten six metal poles for the open-air slaughterhouse construction in Yang Zhen, Shunyi, China.
Out in the Real World
5 November 2005 || Yang Zhen, China
The construction site of a new open-air pig slaughterhouse at Art Farm in Yang Zhen, Shunyi, China.
Sakthi Kodu Vel Ayya
6 November 2005 || Yang Zhen, China
Be respectful towards your vehicle and treat it as an instrument given to you by God for your convenience. So treat your vehicle with respect. The builder's vehicle at Art Farm in Yang Zhen, Shunyi, China.
Is it My Body? Someone I Might Be?
7 November 1999 || Charleroi, Belgium
William Shatner aka Captain James Kirk from Star Trek popping up at a conference on Media Art in Fabrimetal, Rue Puissant d'Agimont 15, Charleroi, Hainaut, Belgium.
Shake, Rattle and Roll
7 November 2006 || Antwerpen, Belgium
The 'Mexico' bridges are some of the finest of a number of old industrial bridges in the old port in Mexicobrug, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.
It's Just Blood, Blood on the Floor
9 November 2005 || Yang Zhen, China
The gutter of the open-air slaughterhouse filling with blood in Yang Zhen, Shunyi, China.
Down, Down, Deeper and Down
9 November 2018 || Kassel, Germany
A stairwell next to the waterfalls in Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel, Hessen, Germany.
It's Just Blood, Blood on the Floor
10 November 2005 || Yang Zhen, China
Pig remains after slaughtering at Art Farm in Yang Zhen, Shunyi, China.
I Don't See Anything that I Want
10 November 2005 || Yang Zhen, China
Pig remains after slaughtering at Art Farm in Yang Zhen, Shunyi, China.
Down, Down, Deeper and Down
11 November 2006 || Antwerpen, Belgium
Some dirt from the Hole for an exhibition in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Blood on the Floor
12 November 2005 || Yang Zhen, China
Blood on the floor in the open-air slaughterhouse in Yang Zhen, Shunyi, China.
Superficial Punctate Keratopathy
13 November 1999 || Brussel, Belgium
A welcoming act on the launch of the now defunct 'Café Belge' in Brussel, Brabant, Belgium.
Don't Do Anything Illegal
13 November 2005 || Beijing, China
A courtyard of the Forbidden City in Beijing, Hebei, China.
Walk on Pain
14 November 2003 || Brussel, Belgium
The tower of the Belgian National Broadcast Company where I was a guest in a talkshow with Jan Fabre and Jan Hoet in VRT, Reyerslaan, Brussel, Brabant, Belgium.
He's Dead Alright
14 November 2005 || Beijing, China
The advantage of not speaking Chinese and yet wandering as an unwary nobody into the forbidden wing of the museum in Museum of Natural History, 126 Tian Qiao Nan Street, Dongcheng, Beijing, Hebei, China.
Poupée de Cire, Poupée de Son
17 November 2001 || Nantes, France
A note about the final closure of the puppet museum in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France.
I Am Happy When You Are Happy
18 November 2005 || Yang Zhen, China
Happy visitors at Art Farm in Yang Zhen, Shunyi, China.
Am I not Farang?
19 November 2002 || Eernegem, Belgium
Curious pigs wondering why a performance artist wants to present one of his works in their sty in Vermeersch Pig Farm, Zedelgemsesteenweg 64, Eernegem, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
And I said oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, what a feeling
20 November 2003 || Antwerpen, Belgium
This is the bed where conceptual artist Martin Maloney died, impoverished, ill-infected and alone in his studio in Jacob Jordaenskaai, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.
I Don't See Anything that I Want
20 November 2008 || Nürnberg, Germany
Surveillance cameras on the corner of the building where Rote Armee Fraktion member Elisabeth Von Dyck was shot in the back and killed by a police sniper on 4 May 1979 in Haus Stephanstraße 40, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany.
Daders van Dodingen on Wheels
21 November 2001 || Sleidinge, Belgium
Installing my 'Perpetrators of Death' in the corridors of a psychiatric center in Sleidinge. in Psychiatrisch Centrum, Weststraat 135, Sleidinge, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Seven Horses in the Sky
22 November 2005 || Beijing, China
A plate of 'Duck Tongues', a dish I couldn't resist in a duck specialty restaurant in Beijing, Hebei, China.
Out in the Real World
22 November 2008 || Nürnberg, Germany
The room of the courthouse where the famous Nazi trials were held after World War II in Saal 600, Nürnberg, Bayern, Germany.
The Girl Can't Help it
23 November 2005 || Yang Zhen, China
The waitresses of the 'Happy Forest' restaurant in Yang Zhen in the second photo I used for my infamous placemat in Yang Zhen, Shunyi, China.
Collision Drive
24 November 2001 || Sleidinge, Belgium
My final installation 'Daders van Dodingen' for an unusual presentation on the floor along the corridors of a psychiatric hospital in Psychiatrisch Centrum, Weststraat 135, Sleidinge, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Home is Where the Heart is
24 November 2001 || Sleidinge, Belgium
My final installation 'Daders van Dodingen' for an unusual presentation on the floor along the corridors of a psychiatric hospital in Psychiatrisch Centrum, Weststraat 135, Sleidinge, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Sakthi Kodu Vel Ayya
25 November 2010 || Antwerpen, Belgium
A worn out medieval piece of wood looking like some Gold Coast in my workshop in Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Mutsaardstraat 31, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.
I Don't Hear Anything that I Want
26 November 2007 || Antwerpen, Belgium
A program featuring exclusive audio clips, music, and spoken word from and about Bruno Hauptmann's innocence, Sallie Ellen Ionesco's 'ice pick' transorbital lobotomy, Howard Carter, Jean-Louis Pisuisse's protest songs, John Holmes and Linda Lovelace, 'Nutbush' cover versions, Heinrich Himmler, The Rolling Stones and many more.... in Radio Centraal, Ernest Van Dijckkaai, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Lunar Bender
26 November 2019 || Borgerhout, Belgium
Our kitchen at night in Oudstrijdersstraat 35, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Blood on the Floor
27 November 2018 || Antwerpen, Belgium
The ceiling of my Mekano workshop where I spent 13 years sitting under layers of bird shit in Mekano, Mutsaardstraat 31, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.
Highway to Hell
28 November 2007 || Antwerpen, Belgium
Complex plumbing in our refurbished bathroom in Oudstrijdersstraat 35, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.
I Got no Turntable and Two Microphones
29 November 2001 || Rotterdam, Netherlands
Two microphones at a free-mic installation in Witte de With, Witte de Withstraat 50, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.