Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 27 February 1854

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

In a closed off garage I made an installation on a sunday morning with loud noise music and slide-projections.
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There are 3385 births, 3950 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2085 other events about 5737 people in 6452 places until today.

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BirthFactDeath (x) Monday 27th of February 1854 172 years, 11 months and 6 days ago
44-year-old romantic composer Robert Schumann tries to commit suicide by throwing himself from a bridge into the Rhine River in Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Schumann was rescued by boatmen and taken home, he asked to be taken to an asylum for the insane.