Ghost Forest on Daily Info, Oxford
“Rainforest tree stumps – Angela Palmer’s exhibition on the front lawn highlights deforestation crisis.”
Read the full article on: Daily Info, Oxford
Ghost Forest: tree stumps travel from Ghana to Oxford
“Ghost Forest is an installation of rainforest tree stumps on display at Oxford University’s Museum of Natural History and the Pitt Rivers Museum from 9 July 2010 to 31 July 2011. The project, by Angela Palmer, aims to highlight the alarming depletion of the world’s natural resources and the rate of deforestation.”
Read the Guardian article: guardian.co.uk
The Ghost Forest’s Oxford roots
“Artist Angela Palmer has brought a little piece of the West African rainforest to Oxford. The ‘Ghost Forest’ is displayed on the lawn of Oxford University’s Museum of Natural History. It consists of a collection of huge rainforest tree stumps from a commercially logged tropical forest.”
Watch the BBC video: BBC Oxford Ghost Forest video
Ghost Forest takes root in Oxford
Today a Ghost Forest appeared on the lawn of Oxford University’s Museum of Natural History and the Pitt Rivers Museum to the sound of African drums.
Do something difficult – it could even make you happy
An article on Angela Palmer, the artist behind Ghost Forest, happiness and challenges was released today in Psychology Today.
BBC News: Ghost trees ‘haunt’ London
“The stumps of 10 rainforest trees, complete with their roots, have been placed around Trafalgar Square to highlight the issue of deforestation.”
Read the full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8361486.stm
The Telegraph and Artdaily on Ghost Forest
Watch the Telegraph’s footage and read the full story: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/6588131/Video-Ghost-forest-haunts-Trafalgar-Square.html
Read the Artdaily article: http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=34345
Creative Cities covers Ghost Forest
Haunting vision: Ghost Forest in Trafalgar Square. Read the full article: http://www.creativecities.org.uk/haunting-vision-ghost-forest-invades-trafalgar-square/
Oxford University on Ghost Forest and on their role
Oxford helps plant ‘Ghost Forest’. Read the full article: http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2009/091119_1.html
Digital Journal covers Ghost Forest
Artist Angela Palmer intends to inspire and provoke debate about the future of the world’s rainforests with her installation of rainforest tree stumps from Western Africa. Read the full article: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/282316
