Coverage of Ghost Forest, news and videos

November/December 2009

Please visit http://www.ghostforest.org/news-videos/ to see a selection of the coverage on Ghost Forest.

FT Weekend magazine: Where is she? Gone to Ghana to get rare trees

14/15 November 2009

Mrs Moneypenny writes about Ghost Forest and the challenges of bringing it to London.

Read the full article: http://www.ft.com

The Times: Ken Russell on London’s Ghost Forest

13 November 2009

Ken Russell writes about Ghost Forest, “Angela Palmer’s incredible, once-in-a lifetime cityscape installation”.

Read the full article: http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk

BBC: Breathing In audio slideshow

4 November 2009

Angela Palmer hosts an audio tour of Breathing In – her mission to capture the physical properties of climate change by finding what is thought to be the most polluted air on Earth, and the purest. Breathing In is exhibited at the Wellcome Collection, 20 October – 22 November 2009.

Watch and listen to Angela’s guide of the exhibition: http://news.bbc.co.uk

Financial Times: Bringing a rainforest to Trafalgar Square

9 October 2009

Angela explores her motivations and challenges in bringing Ghost Forest to Trafalgar Square and Copenhagen, in conjunction with the U.N. Conference on Climate Change, to express visually the connection between deforestation and climate change.

Read the FT feature: http://www.ft.com

BBC: New images of ‘ghost forest’ art

9 October 2009

“Computer images of a “ghost forest” art installation planned for Trafalgar Square show the vast scale of a project designed to highlight deforestation.”

Read the story on the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk

BBC: Ghost Forest in Trafalgar Square

15 June 2009

“A ‘ghost rainforest’ of huge tree stumps from the jungles of Africa is to form a dramatic artwork in London’s Trafalgar Square.”

Read the story on the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk

Daily Telegraph: Ghost toddler from ancient Egypt on show as art

23 May 2008

“The ghost of an Ancient Egyptian toddler now haunts a London gallery, after scans of his mummy were fashioned into a work of art” reports Roger Highfield in the Daily Telegraph’s coverage of Angela’s Unravelled exhibition.

Read the Telegragh feature: http://www.telegraph.co.uk

The Guardian: The cleanest place on earth – and the dirtiest

9 July 2007

“Fresh air must surely be the most precious commodity of the future. Unlike the world’s land and water, air cannot be owned – there are no borders to confine it.” The Guardian reported on Angela’s April 2007 trip to the dirtiest place on Earth followed by the cleanest place on Earth in a double page feature.

Read the Guardian’s story: http://www.guardian.co.uk

The Times: New world of interiors, when science meets art

26 May 2007

“The marriage of art with science stretches back to Leonardo da Vinci’s drawings of dissections in the 15th century, but today scientists and artists are finding new ways of collaboration” reports the Times in an article featuring Palmer and her work.

Read the story in The Times: http://women.timesonline.co.uk