Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Lauria, Basilicata, Italy

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

On the Campo Santo graveyard I dug a grave. After I lay down in it Ross Cannon closed it with earth. While the audience was transported with buses to the next location of the exhibition we moved the grave to the Gele Zaal in Gent.
(17 September 1983)

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

There are 3359 births, 3911 deaths, 1122 murders, 494 disasters and 2072 other events about 5713 people in 6416 places until today.

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

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Lauria, Basilicata, Italy.

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