Ken in The Times 13 Nov 2009. The on-line title is London's Ghost Forest.
Ken talks of an exhibition on London’s Trafalgar Square.
“If you think you’ve seen tree stumps, make your way to Trafalgar Square, where ten behemoths from Ghana will be on show from Monday. This is Ghost Forest, Angela Palmer’s incredible, once-in-a lifetime cityscape installation. An Amazonian chief from the rainforests of South America will also attend in Trafalgar Square… to bless the trees, the forests, London, Ghana, the biosphere and any people watching. After a week at the foot of Nelson’s Column, the stumps will travel to Copenhagen to provide an arresting symbol for the UN conference on climate change from December 7 to 18, involving 11,000 delegates from 192 countries. “
The tree stump will be on their sides to show the roots properly. Palmer says “I want their roots to be exposed… They look like nerve endings.”
(http://www.iainfisher.com/russell/ghost-forest.jpg)
The site www.ghostforest.org (http://www.ghostforest.org) gives details.