Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 27 April 2005

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)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Wednesday 27th of April 2005 21 years, 8 months and 13 days ago
The skeleton of 51-year-old artist Richard Sumner is found handcuffed to a tree in Clocaenog Forest, Clawddnewydd, Wales, United Kingdom. Sumner had disappeared in March 2002. A detailed search revealed the key to the handcuffs some distance away from the body, well out of reach. Sumner was found by Jennifer Houston who got lost while letting her dogs out.