FIGMENT Geelong 2014 Artist Spotlight: Factory 2
Factory2 (c) 2014 Melissa Smith
Taking inspiration from Andy Wahol's comment, "I always thought I’d like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph and no name. Well, actually, I’d like it to say ‘Figment,’” returning FIGMENT Geelong artists Lance Youston and Ingrid Petersen and a few newcomers have formed 'Factory 2', a crew that is bringing an unique project to FIGMENT Geelong 2014.
For the Saturday of the event, the 'Warholia Epitaph Project', will invite participants to "lie in a cosy coffin to contemplate their non-existence and what they will want to be remembered by." These words will then be written up on some mock gravestones, with the point being for people to have a chance to consider just what their core values or reasons to be are while still a living breathing human being.
The experience extends to include references to other prolific artists of the 20th century, including David Foster Wallace.
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