Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Khibula, Mingrelia, Georgia

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

The audience entered the space through a glass door. Then I tied a thin rope to the outside of the door lay down on the ground and tied my feet to two posts on the street. The other end of the rope I swallowed. The performance stopped when someone opened the door from the inside.
(27 August 1995)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1985

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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Khibula, Mingrelia, Georgia.

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