Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| Portbou, Catalonia, Spain || Hotel de Francia

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

In an abandoned brothel I lay on the floor in one of the back rooms. The door was slightly ajar and people could only see the performance by sticking their head inside. I made a machine with a cast of my hand that caressed my back until it bled. A cassette player played Roy Orbison’s ‘Only the Lonely’ all the time.
(17 January 2002)

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.

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

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Hotel de Francia

Portbou, Catalonia, Spain.

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Thursday 26th of September 1940 (-) — Philosopher Walter Benjamin commits suicide by an overdose of morphine tablets.
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