MADRID, 10 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Activists from the environmental group Last Generation have glued their hands to the pedestal of a dinosaur skeleton at the Natural History Museum in the Austrian capital (NHM), Vienna, as a sign of protest at “the destruction of livelihoods”.
Shortly after sticking their hands to the pedestal, police officers have arrived at the scene with solvent to separate the activists from the base and expel them from the museum. The authorities will report later on hypothetical complaints of public disorder and possible damage to property.
The main demand of the activists is the reduction of the maximum speed on the highways to one hundred kilometers per hour as an “immediate measure” to reduce CO2 emissions and thus try to stop the advance of the population towards a “climate hell”. “We are not dinosaurs, we have a choice,” they have said.
From the Museum Management, Katrin Vohland has acknowledged understanding “the desperation of young people” in the face of apparently unstoppable climate change and the political measures of national and international authorities, but has questioned their methods of protest.
For Vohland, “a lot of discourse” is necessary to make the situation understood, with which he has lamented that this type of ‘performance’ does nothing more than “distract from the real issue”, according to the Austrian public broadcaster, ORF.
This incident is added to the increasingly extensive list of ‘performance’ against cultural and historical heritage in various parts of the European continent against climate change. Among the most outstanding actions, the throwing of soup to various paintings by Vincent van Gogh stands out.
In Spain, two Futuro Vegetal activists glued their hands on Saturday to the paintings of ‘La maja Desnuda’ and ‘La maja ropa’ by Francisco de Goya exhibited at the Prado National Museum in Madrid, as a sign of protest against the emergency climate.
