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The Death of the Chemist: Installation: one films, one installation, one screening, one talk, one leaflet and two birthdays. 2 February 1926 the 28-year-old doctor of chemistry Christian Wilhelm Norberg-Schulz was conducting an experiment at the chemistry building of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Gamle Kjemi, NTNU), when he fell through a glass window and died, leaving his pregnant wife Lalla behind. As a result, his son Christian, who later was to become one of the most important architectural thinkers of the 20th century, never met his father. 90 years after the accident, to the day, I visited the old chemistry building with caretakers Stig Pallesen and Raymond Sterten. Trying to find out where the accident could have taken place, our visit was recorded, which resulted in the film The Death of the Chemist (Andersen, 2016). 90 years after Norberg-Schulz`s was born, 23 May 2016, the film was installed in a staircase in the building. Opening at 12:00, this event was followed by a screening and talk at Kunstarken, Kunstakademiet Trondheim/NTNU 18:00. The finale of the project was my departure from Trondheim, 26 May: my very own 28th birthday.