Nature in Absentia: Ghosting
Governors Island, 2023-current
Ghosting brings lost, dead or dying trees back to life by casting them with paper pulp re-generated from their harvested fruits, or the inner bark of non-native species such as abaca and kozo to re-animate their presence. This series highlights memorializing lost native organisms such as the American chestnut with papers from other countries to imbue the possibilities of co-existence. The series includes recreating the essence of lost tree trunks from the fruit they bore to better understand disrupted supply chains.
