Kristine Stam
Born in Solothurn, Switzerland in 1959.
Biography
Palisadenweg, Aarburg, Switzerland
I am the devoted child of my theomaniac mother
Olten, Switzerland
At age 8, I am sexually abused by my father
Graben, Olten, Switzerland
At age 9, my father attempts to rape me
Aareweg, Murgenthal, Switzerland
At age 10, I deliberately injure myself to blackmail my father
Bahnhofstrasse, Olten, Switzerland
At age 15, I am raped by a stranger, busted by the police, and accused by my mother
Baslerstrasse, Olten, Switzerland
At age 15, I anaesthetise myself with medicine
Wilerweg, Olten, Switzerland
At age 16, I run away from home, live together with a man and get pregnant
Grundstrasse, Olten, Switzerland
At age 17, I am forced to marry the father of my child in order not to be expelled from my mother’s church
Baslerstrasse, Olten, Switzerland
At age 18, my husband begins to abuse me
Kasinostrasse, Aarau, Switzerland
At age 18, I shoot heroine, work while addicted, and look after my beloved child
Belchenstrasse, Olten, Switzerland
At age 20, I leave my husband, live with my parents, and work professionally as a dealer
Ziegelackerstrasse, Olten, Switzerland
At age 24, I manage a restaurant with my HIV-positive lover and take care of him until his death
Neumattstrasse, Wangen bei Olten, Switzerland
At age 31, I love a drug-addicted woman and live happily
Wilerweg, Olten, Switzerland
At age 37, I contact my father in order to forgive him
Bahnhofplatz, Bern, Switzerland
At age 38, I fear life, alone
Gheidgraben, Olten, Switzerland
At age 39, I am being observed by the police, and am charged for openly dealing in heroine
Von Erlachweg, Hindelbank, Switzerland
At age 40, I am arrested and sentenced to four years imprisonment
Von Erlachweg, Hindelbank, Switzerland
At age 40, I submit to legally imposed treatment and confess my addiction to my son
Von Erlachweg, Hindelbank, Switzerland
At age 42, I am clean, depressed, and cannot endure life in sobriety
Von Erlachweg, Hindelbank, Switzerland
At age 42, I fall in love with a former drug addict, experience unprecedented understanding, and no longer defend myself through verbal violence
Aarebrücke, Grenchen, Switzerland
At age 43, I stop treatment, and fall back into polytoxicomaniacal drug abuse
Schöngrünstrasse, Solothurn, Switzerland
At age 46, I am treated a full year for advanced liver cirrhosis
Von Erlachweg, Hindelbank, Switzerland
At age 47, I live in prison
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.