Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| New York, Queens, New York, United States || 211th Street south of 45th Road

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

I took a suitcase with some 20kgs of earth on the plane to Genève and the train to Lausanne. In the gallery I made an installation which related to the work of minimal artist Donald Judd. Instead of perspex and aluminium shapes I used 3 old drawers that I found at a garbage dump. I filled 2 buckets with water of Lac Leman. I stepped into the bottom drawer of my Donald Judd piece and proceeded to open the suitcase. I grabbed some of the earth inside and put it in the drawer above my head. Then I took some water from a bucket and poured it in the top drawer.
(22 June 2007)

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

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211th Street south of 45th Road, Queens, New York, New York, United States.

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Sunday 26th of June 1977 (x) — Serial killer David Berkowitz shoots 17-year-old Judy Placido and 20-year-old Salvatore Lupo as they were sitting in their car.
Placido suffered wounds of the right temple, the right shoulder and the back of the neck. Lupo suffered a wound of the right forearm.