Scope and Contents The editors of this volume are Bruce Gilcrist and Jo Joelson of London Fieldworks.Wikipedia: Gustav Metzger (born 1926) is an artist and political activist who developed the concept of Auto-Destructive Art and the Art Strike. Together with John Sharkey, he initiated the Destruction in Art Symposium in 1966. Metzger is recognized for his protests in the political and artistic realms. Metzger was born to Polish-Jewish parents in Nuremberg, Germany in 1926 and came to Britain in 1939 as a refugee under the auspices of the Refugee Children Movement. He has been stateless since the 1940s. It is with an experience of twentieth century society's destructive capabilities that led Metzger to a concentrated 'formulation of what destruction is and what it might be in relation to art.Metzger is known as a leading exponent of the Auto-Destructive Art and the Art Strike movements. He was also active in the Committee of 100 and took part in their early anti-nuclear base campaigns of direct action...