Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Zajíc, Jan

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I made a metal mask which was fixed to my head. While Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven read a text about willpower, I pulled myself forward with the mask by a rope. The sound of my breathing was electronically amplified through a throat-microphone.
(16 March 1987)

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		Revolutionary student Jan Zajíc 3 July 1950 (+) is born in Vítkov, Czechoslovakia. 25 February 1969 (-) commits suicide by self-immolation in Praha, Czechoslovakia.
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