Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| San Francisco, California, United States || Museum of Conceptual Art

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

Morrison doused himself in kerosene and set himself on fire below Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara's office. In the Vietnamese city of Đà Nẵng a road is named after Morrison in memory of his act against the Vietnam-U.S conflict.
(2 November 1965)

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

There are 3388 births, 3954 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2088 other events about 5741 people in 6457 places until today.

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

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Museum of Conceptual Art

86 Third Street, San Francisco, California, United States.

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Sunday 3rd of October 1971 (x) — Performance and installation artist Chris Burden performs 'I Became a Secret Hippy'.
The piece began when I took my clothes off, jeans and a t-shirt, and lay on my floor on my back. A friend hammered a star-shaped stud into my sternum. I then sat in a chair and had all my hair cut off. Finally, I dressed in some FBI clothes I had bought for the piece.