Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Bern, Mittelland, Switzerland || Alpines Museum

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

The first train ran into a pile of rock and concrete. Minutes later a second train came into the tunnel from the opposite direction, colliding with the rubble and the first train.
(16 June 1972)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1990

There are 3385 births, 3950 deaths, 1122 murders, 498 disasters and 2085 other events about 5737 people in 6452 places until today.

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.

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Alpines Museum

Helvetiaplatz 4, Bern, Mittelland, Switzerland.

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Friday 28th of January 2005 — . The Eyes Had it: Taking his theme from the triumph and tragedy in the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865, Ferdinand Hodler created two gigantic dioramas in 1865 and 1894 measuring 7,25 x 4,35m each for the World's Fair in Antwerp. They are a symbolic representation of human fate in general. A figure detail from the diorama 'Plunge' by Ferdinand Hodler.