This free event features readings, performances, videos and posters by the artists and musicians who led the nationwide day of art action 'Remember Nature 2025’, the 10th anniversary of the project by the celebrated artist Gustav Metzger (1926–2017).
The afternoon event will begin with a DJ set by pioneers of electronic music A Man Called Adam working with the sound of birds as adaptable co-inhabitants of our environment.
Featuring artists and musicians: A Man Called Adam, Ria Bagley, Sofia Barton, Youngsook Choi, Patricia Domínguez and Eduardo Navarro, Tom Doubtfire, Hamish Fulton, Anya Gallaccio, Paul Harfleet, Laura Hopes, Uta Kögelsberger, Bernadette McBride, Maddi Nicholson, Nancy Odufona, Cornelia Parker and Yu-Chen Wang.
With Members of the RSPB Youth Council, MA Arts & Ecology, Goldsmiths University and curator-critics Maja and Reuben Fowkes.
Remember Nature 2025 is supported by Arts Council England, Hauser & Wirth, Teiger Foundation, University for the Creative Arts Farnham and Gustav Metzger Foundation.
15.15-15.45 A Man Called Adam
15.45-15.50 Introduction with Jo Joelson and Andrea Gregson
15.50-15.55 Maja and Reuben Fowkes
15.55-16.00 Heather Ackroyd (Ackroyd & Harvey)
16.00-16.05 Zena Edwards
16.05-16.10 MA Arts & Ecology, Goldsmiths University
16.10-16.15 Maddi Nicholson & Alistair Debling
16.15-16.20 Hamish Fulton
16.20-16.25 Sofia Barton
16.25-16.30 Uta Kogelsberger
16.35-16.40 Yu Chen Wang
16.40-16.45 Laura Hopes
16.45-16.50 Bernadette McBride
16.50-17.00 RSPB Youth Council
17.00-17.05 Paul Harfleet
17.05-17.10 Val Ravaglia introduces Youngsook Choi
17.10-17.30 Youngsook Choi (inside Gathering Ground exhibition)
Remember Nature 2025 was a nationwide day of art action, curated by Jo Joelson and Andrea Gregson with 16 regional art partners across England:
Art Gene, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, CAST, Castlefield Gallery, De La Warr Pavilion, FACT, Hatton Gallery, Hauser & Wirth, Homotopia,
Ikon Gallery, KARST, Kestle Barton, Kettle’s Yard, MIMA, Serpentine, Tate Modern, Turner Contemporary.
Folding stools will be available.