Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 16 September 1977

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

I repeated the text “The Lips of Osiris Ani, Triumphant, are the Lips of Anpu” with my head immersed in water. The sound was amplified by a hydrophone. AMVK read passages from the Egyptian Book of the Dead. The sound was amplified by a microphone. Behind us a film was projected with images of mouths of humans and beaks of animals.
(11 October 1985)

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

There are 3346 births, 3884 deaths, 1122 murders, 492 disasters and 2018 other events about 5697 people in 6343 places until today.

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

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BirthFactDeath (-) Friday 16th of September 1977 47 years ago She Was Lonely and Unhappy
Soprano Maria Callas born as Mengeghini-Calogeropoulou aka La Divina dies of a heart attack at the age of 54 in 36 Avenue Georges-Mandel, XVIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France. Callas spent her last years living largely in isolation.