Today in honor of the iconic artist's birthday on August 6th, the Andy Warhol Museum began a 24/7 webcam of Warhol's grave site at St. John the Baptist Byzantine Catholic Cemetery in Pittsburgh. The collaborative project titled Figment launched this afternoon according to the museum's Facebook page.
I never understood why when you died, you didn't just vanish, and everything could just keep going on the way it was only you just wouldn't be there. 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."
- Andy Warhol
It's a totally cool idea... Until this happens...
The Warhol site is known locally as a popular spot for seances, weird gifts being left (note the 50 Campbell's Soup cans on the tombstone), and general creepiness. According to the museum's website,
"Hundreds of devotees make the pilgrimage yearly to Warhol's resting place. Often these visitors leave mementos at the site, including such popular culture items as Campbell's Soup cans and Coca-Cola bottles."
There's no telling what kind of crazy stuff will go down while the cam is being used, but it's only day one and already the general weirdness surrounding the gravesite is being captured. It has not yet been announced how long the project will run.
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