Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 3 June 2011

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

A double glass door with a long piece of wood attached to both sides. Inside two benches are placed on a heap of concrete bricks. On one bench stands a fine selection of art books from the school’s library I am stretched out on the other bench. The spectators can choose to open a door and push forward the piece of wood and make the bench tumble over. At first the books go down on the floor after that I go down on the floor.
(12 December 2000)

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BirthFactDeath (-) Friday 3rd of June 2011 15 years, 11 months and 16 days ago
Pathologist and euthanasia activist Jack Kevorkian born as Murad Jacob Kevorkian aka Doctor Death dies of cerebral thrombosis at the age of 83 in William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, United States. Kevorkian was hospitalized on 18 May 2011 with kidney problems and pneumonia. There were no artificial attempts to keep him alive and his death was painless.