Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 3 August 2004

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

Between 17.00 and 18.00hrs on I stood on the edge of the top balcony ramp of the house on Ernest Van Dijckkaai N°8 in Antwerp dressed in a shiny red cape rubber boots blindfolded and with my ‘Diggin’ for Gordon’ shovel like a rifle in my hands. While I counted from 1 till 1978 Sofie Pepermans read a cutup text about this piece. The performance had - apart from casual passers-by below - one viewer: Mauro Pawlowski.
(13 April 2007)

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

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BirthFactDeath (-) Tuesday 3rd of August 2004 22 years, 7 months and 18 days ago
Photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson aka The Master of Candid Photography dies of unknown causes at the age of 96 in Céreste, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.