Gustav Metzger, ‘Mobbile’ (1970/2021). Courtesy the Gustav Metzger Foundation. Photo: Alan Dimmick.
As the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) takes place in Glasgow, The Common Guild re-presents Gustav Metzger’s sculpture, ‘Mobbile’, a modified car that collects and stores its own carbon emissions, originally made in 1970 to demonstrate the destructive and harmful effects of manmade pollutants on the natural world.
Gustav Metzger, ‘Mobbile’ (1970/2021). Courtesy the Gustav Metzger Foundation. Photo: Alan Dimmick.
Realised in conjunction with the Gustav Metzger Foundation, ‘Mobbile’ (1970/2021) will appear around Glasgow, culminating in a discussion event on 3 November in conjunction with the University of Glasgow, looking at Metzger’s work and the relationship between art and climate activism.
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‘Mobbile’ appeared at various locations around Glasgow.
