Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 11 February 2012

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

I spread out a sheet on the floor and threw pamphlets at the audience. On a small tv-monitor played an excerpt of a documentary on Holger Meins. I placed objects and books onto the canvas and the canvas turned into a prison cell. Then I took out several ingredients for baking: butter, sugar, eggs, flour, and also some earth from my Hole. I mixed everything into dough and baked 2 classic sand-cookies. I undressed to my underwear and force-fed myself violently to eat the cookies.
(10 April 2008)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Saturday 11th of February 2012 13 years ago
Singer, actress and model Whitney Elizabeth Houston dies of accidental drowning at the age of 49 in Beverly Hilton Hotel Suite 434, 9876 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California, United States. The official cause of Houston's death was drowning and the "effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use". The amount of cocaine found in Houston's body indicated that she used the substance shortly before her death. Toxicology results revealed additional drugs in her system: diphenhydramine, alprazolam, cannabis and cyclobenzaprine.