"I, Gustav Metzger, am asking for your participation in this worldwide call for a day of action to remember nature on November 4th, 2015, he began, appealing to creatives to take a stand against the ongoing erasure of species. Our task is to remind people of the richness and complexity in nature and by doing so art will enter territories that are inherently creative."
"Back in 2015, well into the twilight of his life, the artist and activist Gustav Metzger decided to embark on one last big project. Best known as the inventor of auto-destructive art a response, he said, to the destructive horrors of the Holocaust Metzger had also, over the course of a long career, been an inspirational teacher to Pete Townshend of the Who and campaigned for numerous causes including nuclear disarmament and vegetarianism."
Gustav Metzger, inventor of auto-destructive art and longtime activist, launched Remember Nature as a global day of artistic action on 4 November 2015. At age 89 he recorded a short video urging creatives to stand against species erasure and to remind people of nature's richness and complexity. Artists across the country produced responses to the unfolding climate catastrophe. Metzger spent the day with Central Saint Martins students cutting climate-crisis stories from old Guardian issues. Curator Jo Joelson, a neighbour and carer, emphasised Metzger's urgency and the decision to act without waiting for funding. The project influenced movements and artistic sustainability practices.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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