Alma Kahn
Born in Schwechat, Austria in 1983.
Biography
Neusserplatz, Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, Vienna, Austria
I am the daughter of a violent drinker and an anxious mother
Währinger Gürtel, Alsergrund, Vienna, Austria
At age 3, I receive medical attention for the first time after my father’s violence, without my mother protecting me
Döblinger Hauptstraße, Vienna, Austria
At age 6, I am raped by my father and placed in a children’s home for a year
Praterstern, Leopoldstadt, Vienna, Austria
At age 9, I am raped by my sixteen-year-old cousin and my mother brands me a liar and the traitor of the family
Innere Stadt, Vienna, Austria
At age 11, I learn to smoke hash and feel good in the company of outsiders
Baumgartner Höhe, Penzing, Vienna, Austria
At age 11, my parents send me to a closed psychiatric unit, I fight desperately against it and am given tranquillisers to keep me quiet
Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria
At age 13, I survive my first suicide attempt, am disowned by my father and flee from the city together with a friend
Gadnergasse, Simmering, Vienna, Austria
At age 13, my drug addict friend gives me my first shot of heroin and takes me with her to walk the streets
Arsenalstraße, Vienna, Austria
At age 13, I am a drug addict, move in with my violent pimp and live in shame
Triester Straße, Graz, Austria
At age 15, I hope that my divorced mother will take me in and am rejected
Arndtstraße, Meidling, Vienna, Austria
At age 16, I marry my pimp
Donauinsel, Donaustadt, Vienna, Austria
At age 17, I fall in love with a male drug addict, am happy, clean, and become a mother
Arsenalstraße, Vienna, Austria
At age 19, I go back to heroin and prostitution
Stephansplatz, Innere Stadt, Vienna, Austria
At age 21, I provide for my lover, who is in jail, and my son, by dealing
Hagengasse, Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, Vienna, Austria
At age 21, I break off contact with my father
Thaliastraße, Ottakring, Vienna, Austria
At age 22, I am diagnosed as having cirrhosis of the liver and I break off my first course of treatment
B15, Rosenheim, Germany
At age 23, my boyfriend is released and we escape to Germany because of my court case
Landesgerichtsstraße, Josefstadt, Vienna, Austria
At age 23, I am arrested, convicted, and given a long prison sentence
Hardtmuthgasse, Favoriten, Vienna, Austria
At age 23, my boyfriend leaves me
Hardtmuthgasse, Favoriten, Vienna, Austria
At age 24, I understand and forgive my mother’s betrayal
Hardtmuthgasse, Favoriten, Vienna, Austria
At age 24, I am depressed, deliberately harm myself, and seek help
Related spaces
The conceptual architecture of TBDWBAJ is based on the investigation of various social spaces, isolated space, cultural space, public space and virtual space. Each of these rooms describes a phase of the project and takes on a different perspective.