DDV - Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar (A5 xerox calendar)

A-01 - Privémilicia
A-02 - untitled
A-03 - untitled
A-04 - untitled
A-05 - untitled
A-06 - Hij Die Geen Hoofd Heeft Zal Geen Kroon Dragen

DDV's Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar is a daily listing of events in history until this day. It was first published in 1985. It involves no audio, but for your pleasure we include some tracks from a live performance by DDV at Club Moral on 2 november 1983, the opening night of his exhibition "Privémilicia".

"So, you have joined in the victories of crime, disaster and death, this is the only way, you have bought the BIRTH(+)FACT(x)DEATH(-)CALENDAR. From now on you also can rejoice in private celebrations, add seductive dates to your worthless life so far. Now the time has come for you to enslave the great masters.
Drink like an animal on SHAKESPEARE's birth-death-day, eat violently on the BOBBY SANDS memorial day, and praise the lord on RIPPER murder-days.
You can now pinch your testicles as LARRY EYLER killed before you, rejoice in sodomy when SADE was born, rejoice in blood when KURTEN died, scratch your legs when young KENNEDY his was amputated, stroke with tenderness & love your breasts & nipples on the day JACK slaughtered CATHERINE EDDOWES.
Drive into the country on your bike when LAWRENCE OF ARABIA crashed to hell on his and don't shit on the day LIVINGSTONE died. Sing in your shower when CARUSO sang in "L'elesir d'amour" and have your hands & feet manicured in memory of JOHN FARE. Eat fish for SCHWARZKOGLER and smoke a cigarette for DALI.
In short, enjoy your life now it has become worthy to have your favourites to celebrate day by day."

Every page of the first edition of the Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar listed 7 days and one picture. There was a reviewed copy of the Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar in 1987 and an update with new entries only in 1988. The 1989 edition of the Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar was an 'all-memorials' issue, listing only events that happened 5, 10, 25, 50, 100,.... years ago. The 1990 edition of the Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar listed only events about 90 killers and was subtitled "90 Killers for the 90s". The 1991 edition of the Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar listed only events about artists, musicians, writers and filmmakers. The 1992 -and last- edition was an index and listed all names and the days they appeared until then in the Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar. Today the Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar is a huge database file with 8817 entries about 5511 people; 2405 births, 1998 facts and 4414 deaths. The database has been used in 1998 by V2 to build an 'unreliable website' for their "DEAF" festival, subtitled "The Art of the Accident".

The Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar has been available throughout 2007 as a daily blog on wheniwasbuyingyouadrinkwherewereyou.blogspot.com with additional photos taken by DDV in the past eight years. Between 1999 and 2007 DDV has taken over 25.000 pictures with various digital cameras. On this blog he posted one picture every day, taken on that specific day in a random year between 1999 and 2007, as well as a listing of all the events for that day.
You can search the Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar blog for a certain day by using the "Blog Archive" on the right hand side of the page, or you can search for a name, a place or whatever by using the search box on the top left of the page and clicking "Blog Search".

The Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar blog will not be updated and remains on the Blogspot system "as is".

The title from the blog was taken from a song by the Mekons,
"When I Was Buying You a Drink Where Were You ?"

When I was waiting in a bar where were you ?
When I was buying you a drink where were you ?
When I was crying home in bed where were you ?
When I watched you from a distance did you see me ?
You were standing in a queue did you see me ?
You had yellow hair did you see me ?
I want to talk to you all night do you like me ?
I want to find out about your life do you like me ?
Could you ever be my wife do you love me ?

Goodbye.