“A traveling exhibition of dead trees from the Ghanaian rainforest, on their way this month to Oxford, England, is helping people understand the majesty of these threatened giants – and, in the process, drumming up support for schemes that reduce greenhouse gas emissions by saving trees.”
Read the full article on: Forest Carbon Portal
“Rainforest tree stumps – Angela Palmer’s exhibition on the front lawn highlights deforestation crisis.”
Read the full article on: Daily Info, Oxford
“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
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.
An article on Angela Palmer, the artist behind Ghost Forest, happiness and challenges was released today in Psychology Today.
“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
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
Haunting vision: Ghost Forest in Trafalgar Square. Read the full article: http://www.creativecities.org.uk/haunting-vision-ghost-forest-invades-trafalgar-square/
Oxford helps plant ‘Ghost Forest’. Read the full article: http://www.ox.ac.uk/media/news_stories/2009/091119_1.html
