Edgar Honetschläger
Give Nature a Break
Edgar Honetschläger, Give Nature a Break. Film Performance for the NGO gobugsgo.org, 2022 
Edgar Honetschläger, SUMI-E, 2020
The Nordico Stadtmuseum in Linz is dedicating a comprehensive solo exhibition to the visual artist, filmmaker and environmental activist Edgar Honetschläger. Born in Linz, he has been exploring the dichotomy between man and nature through multimedia since the 1980s. Subtly critical while at the same time poetic and humorous, he uses surprising perspectives to question familiar views.
In 2018, in response to the catastrophic impact of the Anthropocene, he founded the non-profit organisation GoBugsGo – Set Nature Free, a transdisciplinary initiative that unites art with environmental activism. The international project initiates collective renaturalisation measures aimed at helping insects regain their habitat. As a utopian artistic vision, zones are created from which humans are excluded.
In addition to a hundred works, including large-format film sets, a “non-human zone” – “a living sculpture of the 21st century” – is also a central part of the exhibition in Linz.
Nature:Art Days
Fri 09.05 – Sun 11.05
Artist and curator talks, nature-city explorations tracing wild nature, a film evening, and walks to “Non-Human Zones.” Organized on the occasion of the exhibitions Edgar Honetschläger and Touch Nature at the Lentos. Details coming soon.