Kristine Stam

Born in Solothurn, Switzerland in 1959

Biography

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

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.

THE ISOLATED SPACE

THE PUBLIC SPACE

THE CULTURAL SPACE

(no the cultural space spaces)