Climate Activists Glue Hands to Painting in Bizarre Protest
Two climate activists took a bizarre approach to speak out against the use of fossil fuels. The protesters are part of a group called Just Stop Oil and were identified as Louis McKechnie and Emily Brocklebank. They took…
Two climate activists took a bizarre approach to speak out against the use of fossil fuels.
The protesters are part of a group called Just Stop Oil and were identified as Louis McKechnie and Emily Brocklebank.
They took it upon themselves to glue themselves to the frame of a Vincent Van Gogh painting at the Courtauld Gallery in London.
“Sorry everybody, we don’t want to be doing this,” McKenchie said.
He added, “We’re here glued to this painting, this beautiful painting, because we’re terrified for our future. We’re here from a group called Just Stop Oil. We expect to be arrested today.”
McKenchie went on to argue new fossil fuel projects are like “signing our death warrants.”
According to the protester, the reason for the demonstration is because “we’ve tried everything else.”
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Both protesters issued their own individual statements.
“As a kid I used to love this painting, my dad took me to see it when we visited London. I still love this painting, but I love my friends and family more, I love nature more. I value the future survival of my generation more highly than my public reputation,” McKenchie said.
According to McKenchie, “It is immoral for cultural institutions to stand by and watch whilst our society descends into collapse. Galleries should close. Directors of art institutions should be calling on the government to stop all new oil and gas projects immediately. We are either in resistance or we are complicit.”