Delighted to announce that my socio eco art practice “The Memory Palace of Tree Stories” has been awarded public funding via Carlow County Council and the Creative Ireland Carlow Programme . This support has helped me build a specially designated website for the gathering of peoples tree stories on video.
有一次我去数鸟
作者：凯西·菲茨杰拉德
有一次我在南太平洋一个非常偏远、无人居住的环礁上数鸟，
海拔高度只有几英尺，这个特殊的地方挤满了各种形状和颜色的生命。在所有的大事小情中，人们很容易忘记这样的地方和它们在海平面上升中的命运，然而在一万英里之外，有趣的是，风吹过我的农场，听起来像海的声音。
我认为，我们照料的每一片森林，我们的每一个微小行动，都相互关联。
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征集视频形式树的故事
“树之记忆宫殿” 是一个关注社会与生态环境的艺术实践，这个项目邀请大家通过讲述一个关于树的故事（或者提供与树有关的信息）参与其中。
这也是一个通过分享故事探索如何与地球与他人和谐相处的社会调查。
“树之记忆宫殿”将在2021年继续展开。今年提交的文件是视频格式。如果你有一个故事想分享，请找到你最喜欢的树，坐在树下用手机自拍一条不到一分钟（少于60秒）的视频。我可以帮忙添加英文或中文字幕。请确保您的录音音质清晰。如果对此有任何问题，尽管提问。
可以直接在这个平台上联系我，也可以在网站最后一页查询页面（ENQUIRE）上联系我。
视频#8 –屹立不倒 -约瑟夫·斯图尔特
视频#9 – 好心情树歌- 南
视频#10 – 森林的呼吸 —倪芙瑞莲
视频 #11 – 有保护作用的桃树 – 艾斯·古姆
视频 #12 – 蜜蜂树—第一部分 悬铃木 -米克·维斯普伊
视频 #13 冬天的苹果 – 约翰·麦克·凯纳
视频 #14 古老的红豆杉 –索尼亚·吉本斯
“记忆宫殿树的故事” 是一个关注社会与生态环境的艺术实践，这个项目邀请大家通过讲述一个关于树的故事（或者提供与树有关的信息）参与其中。这也是一个通过分享故事探索如何与地球与他人和谐相处的社会调查。欢迎分享你的与树有关的故事，找到你喜欢的树，在树下拍一条不到60秒的视频讲述你的故事，请确保声音清楚，我可以帮忙编辑和添加字幕。期待你的参与！
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“记忆宫殿树的故事 2020″
这些故事大多是个人的故事。提交的文章来自美国、欧洲、澳大利亚和亚洲的许多不同的人，其中包括儿童作家、诗人、树木学家、艺术家、舞者、守林人、蚂蚁森林应用用户、摄影师、学者等等。本页下方有这些故事的链接。
银杏宫殿 蔗糖系列 83 x 120 cm 铝上印画 Niamh Cunningham 倪芙瑞莲2020 （第15周)
(蔗糖系列) 在铝合金上进行UV打印 ,120 x 160cm, 瑞莲2020
记忆宫殿树的故事正式开始于2020年1月。整个2020年，我向世界各地的人们收集树木的故事，其中有诗人、画家、森林学家、树木学家、艺术家、儿童作家和其他各种各样的人。
十二月——蚂蚁森林 十二月 27, 2020 十一月——与树共舞 十一月 22, 2020 十月——甘榜椰子树. 十月 26, 2020 九月——科希玛的龙爪柳 十月 2, 2020 八月——山楂树 八月 16, 2020 七月——塔拉波托的表情树 七月 30, 2020 六月-- 爬树的人 六月 5, 2020 第二十一周 山指甲叶 五月 25 , 2020 第二十周 蓝树交响曲 五月 19, 2020 第十九周 -有自己合法所有权的树 五月 11, 2020 第十八周 从恐龙时代存活至今的银杏树五月3,2020 第十七周 山毛榉树和偶然成为的学者四月27,2020 第十六周 落雁森林 四月 22, 2020 第十五周 康复之源 四月 13, 2020 第十四周 高原精灵与森林走廊 四月 6, 2020 第十三周 树可以交流 三月 30, 2020 第事儿周 公园里的树 三月 25, 2020 第十一周 鸟和竹 三月 8. 2020 第十周 冻果子 三月 8. 2020 第九周 《树和我》二月 19, 2020 第八周 你院子里的树 二月 23, 2020 第七周 武汉市第五医院里的古老银杏树 二月 19, 2020 第六周 走路去上班 二月 14, 2020 第五周 能治头疼的树 二月 14, 2020 第四周 伸展出的安全 二月 14, 2020 第三周 国王长着驴耳朵 一月 20, 2020 第二周 为何树在低语——儿童故事 一月 12, 2020
栗树– 公园树 蔗糖系列 最初的蔗糖作品 50 x 50 cm Niamh Cunningham倪芙瑞莲 2020 (第12周)
征集视频形式树的故事
“树之记忆宫殿”将在2022年继续展开。今年提交的文件是视频格式。如果你有一个故事想分享，请找到你最喜欢的树，坐在树下用手机自拍一条不到一分钟（少于60秒）的视频。我可以帮忙编辑并添加英文或中文字幕。请确保您的录音音质清晰。如果你在北京，如果你愿意，我可以去给你录像。如果对此有任何问题，尽管提问。
非常期待听到你们的回音。请给我发邮件
niamh@niamhcunningham.com
树歌 济南 蔗糖系列 Niamh Cunningham 2020
这里是一个一分钟的视频作品剪辑，这是十一月树的故事。
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Very pleased to have a video from Ireland’s leading figure on The Earth Charter, Dr Cathy Fitzgearld. I have known Cathy for many years , and I have taken a number of her courses with Haumea Ecoversity such at Eco Literacy for Creatives and Cultural Professionals and most recently on the Earth Charter .
Cathy made this video in 2009 . Originally from Aotearoa , New Zealand, she was part of a biodiversity research trip to unpeopled Suwarrow atoll in the Cook Islands, South Pacific. Cathy is currently based in County Carlow, Ireland where she and her husband Martin have since 2008 , been diversifying a small conifer plantation forest on their land to become a mixed species, more resilient, more bird-song-filled small continuous cover forest (Hollywoodforest.com)..
Cathy’s words on Trees:
Once I counted birds on a very remote unpeopled atoll in the South Pacific. Only a few feet above sea-level this special place was crammed with life in every shape and colour in all our busyness it could be very easy to forget such places and their fate with rising seas. Yet 10,000 miles away, it is funny how the wind in my forest sounds like the sea . It’s connected I think , each forest we tend , each small action we take.”
original score: Dan Berridge
I highly recommend the transformative learning offered by Dr Fitzgearld for art professionals , educators and business owners and policy makers on her platform Haumea Ecoversity
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Video 1： Empty Tendrils by Yvette Stride
Video 2：Pomegranate Tree by Han Chao
Video 3：Trees are Like Humans by Jenny Hong
Video 4：Old Ash A real survivor by Gillian Cussen
Video 5：Tree Rings of Life by Wang Ligeng
Video 6：A very Weird Elf by Zhu Jinghua
Video 7：Old Crabapple of Wenhua Dian by Matthew Hu
Video 8: Standing Fast by Joseph Stewart
Video 9: Feeling Good – Tree Song by Nam
Video 10: Forest Breath Niamh Cunningham
Video 11: Protective Peach – Ayse Emel Gümüs
Video 12: Bee Tree part 1 – Sycamore – by Mick Verspuij
Video 13 Winter Apples by John Mac Kenna
Video 14: Ancient Yew Trees by Sonia Gibbons
I am currently gathering tree stories in the format of one minute videos but in January 2020 I collected stories in written format .
Most of these are personal stories. Submissions came from a range of different people in the US, Europe, Australia and Asia including a children’s writer, poets, dendrologists, artists, a dancer, a forester, an ant forest app user, photographers, academics and more.
See further down this page for these links.
Gingko Palace Sucrose Series 83 x 120 cm print on Aluminium Niamh Cunningham 2020 (week 15)
Throughout 2020 different peoples tree stories were gathered from various people writers , artists, foresters , poets, and other people .
Memory Palace of Tree Stories began in January 2020. Throughout 2020 different peoples tree stories were gathered from various people writers , artists, foresters , poets, and other people .
Chestnut – Park Tree Sucrose Series original Sucrose 50 x 50 cm Niamh Cunningham 2020 (week 12)
Open Call for your tree story on video
Memory Palace of Trees will continue in 2022. This year the submissions will be in video format. If you have a story you can tell in less than a minute (less than 60 seconds), please find your favorite tree sit under it and video yourself on your phone telling the story. I can help with the editing and add the English or Chinese subtitles. Please ensure the sound quality of your recording is clear. If you are in Beijing I can come and video you if you wish. Please ask if you have any questions about this.
Looking forward to hearing from you. Please email me at niamh@niamhcunningham.com
Jinan Tree Song Sucrose Series, print on aluminium 158 x 120cm Niamh Cunningham 2020
Here is a one minute video clip for the November 2020 tree story .
Delighted to get this tree story from a dear neighbour and good friend Sonia Gibbons. The Yew Trees near her gate have some special local history and contain the story of moving a church brick by brick across the river .
My home is built on the grounds of the former St Annes Church. Built in the 1840’s by Colonel Bruen. Colonel Bruen felt there was a need, coupled with some of the parishioners, for Church on his domain and he proceeded to build St Annes Church .The beautiful wall outside is flanked by two ancient YewTrees . If those trees could talk they could tell a lot of tales .
The Church was taken down in 1926, moved across the river and built as a catholic church now known as St Clares ’s Church.
Two yew trees remain flanking either side of the gate.
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Video 1： Empty Tendrils by Yvette Stride
Video 2：Pomegranate Tree by Han Chao
Video 3：Trees are Like Humans by Jenny Hong
Video 4：Old Ash A real survivor by Gillian Cussen
Video 5：Tree Rings of Life by Wang Ligeng
Video 6：A very Weird Elf by Zhu Jinghua
Video 7：Old Crabapple of Wenhua Dian by Matthew Hu
Video 8: Standing Fast by Joseph Stewart
Video 9: Feeling Good – Tree Song by Nam
Video 10: Forest Breath Niamh Cunningham
Video 11: Protective Peach – Ayse Emel Gümüs
Video 12: Bee Tree part 1 – Sycamore – by Mick Verspuij
Video 13 Winter Apples by John Mac Kenna
I am currently gathering tree stories in the format of one minute videos but in January 2020 I collected stories in written format .
Most of these are personal stories. Submissions came from a range of different people in the US, Europe, Australia and Asia including a children’s writer, poets, dendrologists, artists, a dancer, a forester, an ant forest app user, photographers, academics and more.
See further down this page for these links.
Gingko Palace Sucrose Series 83 x 120 cm print on Aluminium Niamh Cunningham 2020 (week 15)
Throughout 2020 different peoples tree stories were gathered from various people writers , artists, foresters , poets, and other people .
Memory Palace of Tree Stories began in January 2020. Throughout 2020 different peoples tree stories were gathered from various people writers , artists, foresters , poets, and other people .
Chestnut – Park Tree Sucrose Series original Sucrose 50 x 50 cm Niamh Cunningham 2020 (week 12)
Open Call for your tree story on video
Memory Palace of Trees will continue in 2022. This year the submissions will be in video format. If you have a story you can tell in less than a minute (less than 60 seconds), please find your favorite tree sit under it and video yourself on your phone telling the story. I can help with the editing and add the English or Chinese subtitles. Please ensure the sound quality of your recording is clear. If you are in Beijing I can come and video you if you wish. Please ask if you have any questions about this.
Looking forward to hearing from you. Please email me at niamh@niamhcunningham.com
Jinan Tree Song Sucrose Series, print on aluminium 158 x 120cm Niamh Cunningham 2020
Here is a one minute video clip for the November 2020 tree story .
视频#13 我很高兴在这个特别的季节，邀请到获奖作家约翰·麦克·凯纳（John Mac Kenna）在此分享他的诗歌《冬天的苹果 》。
约翰著有23本书，他还写了许多广播剧和舞台剧，其中包括他获奖作品—-关于莱昂纳德·科恩（Leonard Cohen）的系列广播纪录片。
冬天的苹果，
冬天的苹果的视野中有些东西
它们在12月中抱着最高的树枝。
结霜的外皮上有微弱的燃烧闪闪发光，
像阳光在雾中萌发。
果肉里有甜美和锐利：
尚未攀登的长长的山坡。
约翰·麦克·凯纳
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征集视频形式树的故事
“树之记忆宫殿” 是一个关注社会与生态环境的艺术实践，这个项目邀请大家通过讲述一个关于树的故事（或者提供与树有关的信息）参与其中。
这也是一个通过分享故事探索如何与地球与他人和谐相处的社会调查。
“树之记忆宫殿”将在2021年继续展开。今年提交的文件是视频格式。如果你有一个故事想分享，请找到你最喜欢的树，坐在树下用手机自拍一条不到一分钟（少于60秒）的视频。我可以帮忙添加英文或中文字幕。请确保您的录音音质清晰。如果对此有任何问题，尽管提问。
可以直接在这个平台上联系我，也可以在网站最后一页查询页面（ENQUIRE）上联系我。
视频#8 –屹立不倒 -约瑟夫·斯图尔特
视频#9 – 好心情树歌- 南
视频#10 – 森林的呼吸 —倪芙瑞莲
视频 #11 – 有保护作用的桃树 – 艾斯·古姆
视频 #12 – 蜜蜂树—第一部分 悬铃木 -米克·维斯普伊
“记忆宫殿树的故事” 是一个关注社会与生态环境的艺术实践，这个项目邀请大家通过讲述一个关于树的故事（或者提供与树有关的信息）参与其中。这也是一个通过分享故事探索如何与地球与他人和谐相处的社会调查。欢迎分享你的与树有关的故事，找到你喜欢的树，在树下拍一条不到60秒的视频讲述你的故事，请确保声音清楚，我可以帮忙编辑和添加字幕。期待你的参与！
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“记忆宫殿树的故事 2020″
这些故事大多是个人的故事。提交的文章来自美国、欧洲、澳大利亚和亚洲的许多不同的人，其中包括儿童作家、诗人、树木学家、艺术家、舞者、守林人、蚂蚁森林应用用户、摄影师、学者等等。本页下方有这些故事的链接。
银杏宫殿 蔗糖系列 83 x 120 cm 铝上印画 Niamh Cunningham 倪芙瑞莲2020 （第15周)
(蔗糖系列) 在铝合金上进行UV打印 ,120 x 160cm, 瑞莲2020
记忆宫殿树的故事正式开始于2020年1月。整个2020年，我向世界各地的人们收集树木的故事，其中有诗人、画家、森林学家、树木学家、艺术家、儿童作家和其他各种各样的人。
十二月——蚂蚁森林 十二月 27, 2020 十一月——与树共舞 十一月 22, 2020 十月——甘榜椰子树. 十月 26, 2020 九月——科希玛的龙爪柳 十月 2, 2020 八月——山楂树 八月 16, 2020 七月——塔拉波托的表情树 七月 30, 2020 六月-- 爬树的人 六月 5, 2020 第二十一周 山指甲叶 五月 25 , 2020 第二十周 蓝树交响曲 五月 19, 2020 第十九周 -有自己合法所有权的树 五月 11, 2020 第十八周 从恐龙时代存活至今的银杏树五月3,2020 第十七周 山毛榉树和偶然成为的学者四月27,2020 第十六周 落雁森林 四月 22, 2020 第十五周 康复之源 四月 13, 2020 第十四周 高原精灵与森林走廊 四月 6, 2020 第十三周 树可以交流 三月 30, 2020 第事儿周 公园里的树 三月 25, 2020 第十一周 鸟和竹 三月 8. 2020 第十周 冻果子 三月 8. 2020 第九周 《树和我》二月 19, 2020 第八周 你院子里的树 二月 23, 2020 第七周 武汉市第五医院里的古老银杏树 二月 19, 2020 第六周 走路去上班 二月 14, 2020 第五周 能治头疼的树 二月 14, 2020 第四周 伸展出的安全 二月 14, 2020 第三周 国王长着驴耳朵 一月 20, 2020 第二周 为何树在低语——儿童故事 一月 12, 2020
栗树– 公园树 蔗糖系列 最初的蔗糖作品 50 x 50 cm Niamh Cunningham倪芙瑞莲 2020 (第12周)
征集视频形式树的故事
“树之记忆宫殿”将在2022年继续展开。今年提交的文件是视频格式。如果你有一个故事想分享，请找到你最喜欢的树，坐在树下用手机自拍一条不到一分钟（少于60秒）的视频。我可以帮忙编辑并添加英文或中文字幕。请确保您的录音音质清晰。如果你在北京，如果你愿意，我可以去给你录像。如果对此有任何问题，尽管提问。
非常期待听到你们的回音。请给我发邮件
niamh@niamhcunningham.com
树歌 济南 蔗糖系列 Niamh Cunningham 2020
这里是一个一分钟的视频作品剪辑，这是十一月树的故事。
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For video #13 I am delighted to have award winning writer John Mac Kenna read his poem Winter Apples, for the special season.
John is author of twenty three books and a number of radio and stage plays including his award winning radio documentary series on Leonard Cohen.
John is based near my hometown of Carlow, Ireland .
Winter Apples by John Mac Kenna
There is something in the sight of winter apples
hugging the highest branch in mid-December.
A dim burn glistens from the frosted skin,
like sunlight budding through a fog.
And there is sweetness and sharpness in the flesh:
the virtue of the blameless , the long hill yet to climb.
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Video 1： Empty Tendrils by Yvette Stride
Video 2：Pomegranate Tree by Han Chao
Video 3：Trees are Like Humans by Jenny Hong
Video 4：Old Ash A real survivor by Gillian Cussen
Video 5：Tree Rings of Life by Wang Ligeng
Video 6：A very Weird Elf by Zhu Jinghua
Video 7：Old Crabapple of Wenhua Dian by Matthew Hu
Video 8: Standing Fast by Joseph Stewart
Video 9: Feeling Good – Tree Song by Nam
Video 10: Forest Breath Niamh Cunningham
Video 11: Protective Peach – Ayse Emel Gümüs
Video 12: Bee Tree part 1 – Sycamore – Mick Verspuij
I am currently gathering tree stories in the format of one minute videos but in January 2020 I collected stories in written format .
Most of these are personal stories. Submissions came from a range of different people in the US, Europe, Australia and Asia including a children’s writer, poets, dendrologists, artists, a dancer, a forester, an ant forest app user, photographers, academics and more.
See further down this page for these links.
Gingko Palace Sucrose Series 83 x 120 cm print on Aluminium Niamh Cunningham 2020 (week 15)
Throughout 2020 different peoples tree stories were gathered from various people writers , artists, foresters , poets, and other people .
Memory Palace of Tree Stories began in January 2020. Throughout 2020 different peoples tree stories were gathered from various people writers , artists, foresters , poets, and other people .
Chestnut – Park Tree Sucrose Series original Sucrose 50 x 50 cm Niamh Cunningham 2020 (week 12)
Open Call for your tree story on video
Memory Palace of Trees will continue in 2022. This year the submissions will be in video format. If you have a story you can tell in less than a minute (less than 60 seconds), please find your favorite tree sit under it and video yourself on your phone telling the story. I can help with the editing and add the English or Chinese subtitles. Please ensure the sound quality of your recording is clear. If you are in Beijing I can come and video you if you wish. Please ask if you have any questions about this.
Looking forward to hearing from you. Please email me at niamh@niamhcunningham.com
Jinan Tree Song Sucrose Series, print on aluminium 158 x 120cm Niamh Cunningham 2020
Here is a one minute video clip for the November 2020 tree story .
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I recently met conservationist Mick Verspuij in Buncranna, Donegal, Ireland . He makes natural habitats for bee hives using old dead tree trunks . Here he talks about pollen and the Sycamore Tree in his yard. He has a few tree stories for the Memory Palace of Trees Stories.
A sycamore tree, a semi mature or a mature tree can produce up to half a million flowers , so it’s a crucial crop for the honey bees because it is quite early in the season as well. And it’s all around the time where the colony really needs it most because they are expanding their in numbers very rapidly . By having just one of those trees on the ground , the same match as half an acre of wild flowers, which is actually surprisingly good because as it only takes up a tiny bit of space , it is brilliant for the bees.
At the end of May start of June , it’s an ideal time because they bring in so much . Once that tree goes to flower its like someone has just switched on a hairdryer inside the tree because the noise it makes is phenomenal , it just hums for two solid weeks , the bees make sure they collect all the pollen from it and all the nectar .
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Video 1： Empty Tendrils by Yvette Stride
Video 2：Pomegranate Tree by Han Chao
Video 3：Trees are Like Humans by Jenny Hong
Video 4：Old Ash A real survivor by Gillian Cussen
Video 5：Tree Rings of Life by Wang Ligeng
Video 6：A very Weird Elf by Zhu Jinghua
Video 7：Old Crabapple of Wenhua Dian by Matthew Hu
Video 8: Standing Fast by Joseph Stewart
Video 9: Feeling Good – Tree Song by Nam
Video 10: Forest Breath Niamh Cunningham
Video 11: Protective Peach – Ayse Emel Gümüs
I am currently gathering tree stories in the format of one minute videos but in January 2020 I collected stories in written format .
Most of these are personal stories. Submissions came from a range of different people in the US, Europe, Australia and Asia including a children’s writer, poets, dendrologists, artists, a dancer, a forester, an ant forest app user, photographers, academics and more.
See further down this page for these links.
Gingko Palace Sucrose Series 83 x 120 cm print on Aluminium Niamh Cunningham 2020 (week 15)
Throughout 2020 different peoples tree stories were gathered from various people writers , artists, foresters , poets, and other people .
Memory Palace of Tree Stories began in January 2020. Throughout 2020 different peoples tree stories were gathered from various people writers , artists, foresters , poets, and other people .
Chestnut – Park Tree Sucrose Series original Sucrose 50 x 50 cm Niamh Cunningham 2020 (week 12)
Open Call for your tree story on video
Memory Palace of Trees will continue in 2022. This year the submissions will be in video format. If you have a story you can tell in less than a minute (less than 60 seconds), please find your favorite tree sit under it and video yourself on your phone telling the story. I can help with the editing and add the English or Chinese subtitles. Please ensure the sound quality of your recording is clear. If you are in Beijing I can come and video you if you wish. Please ask if you have any questions about this.
Looking forward to hearing from you. Please email me at niamh@niamhcunningham.com
Jinan Tree Song Sucrose Series, print on aluminium 158 x 120cm Niamh Cunningham 2020
Here is a one minute video clip for the November 2020 tree story .
Delighted to learn from Ayse Emel Gümüs about the protective traditions associated with peach tree wood in both China and Turkey . We went searching for peach trees at Yuyuantan park last week.
Ayse offers art workshops at the Turkish Cultural Centre in Beijing .
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Video 1： Empty Tendrils by Yvette Stride
Video 2：Pomegranate Tree by Han Chao
Video 3：Trees are Like Humans by Jenny Hong
Video 4：Old Ash A real survivor by Gillian Cussen
Video 5：Tree Rings of Life by Wang Ligeng
Video 6：A very Weird Elf by Zhu Jinghua
Video 7：Old Crabapple of Wenhua Dian by Matthew Hu
Video 8: Standing Fast by Joseph Stewart
Video 9: Feeling Good – Tree Song by Nam
Video 10: Forest Breath Niamh Cunningham
I am currently gathering tree stories in the format of one minute videos but in January 2020 I collected stories in written format .
Most of these are personal stories. Submissions came from a range of different people in the US, Europe, Australia and Asia including a children’s writer, poets, dendrologists, artists, a dancer, a forester, an ant forest app user, photographers, academics and more.
See further down this page for these links.
Gingko Palace Sucrose Series 83 x 120 cm print on Aluminium Niamh Cunningham 2020 (week 15)
Throughout 2020 different peoples tree stories were gathered from various people writers , artists, foresters , poets, and other people .
Memory Palace of Tree Stories began in January 2020. Throughout 2020 different peoples tree stories were gathered from various people writers , artists, foresters , poets, and other people .
Chestnut – Park Tree Sucrose Series original Sucrose 50 x 50 cm Niamh Cunningham 2020 (week 12)
Open Call for your tree story on video
Memory Palace of Trees will continue in 2022. This year the submissions will be in video format. If you have a story you can tell in less than a minute (less than 60 seconds), please find your favorite tree sit under it and video yourself on your phone telling the story. I can help with the editing and add the English or Chinese subtitles. Please ensure the sound quality of your recording is clear. If you are in Beijing I can come and video you if you wish. Please ask if you have any questions about this.
Looking forward to hearing from you. Please email me at niamh@niamhcunningham.com
Jinan Tree Song Sucrose Series, print on aluminium 158 x 120cm Niamh Cunningham 2020
Here is a one minute video clip for the November 2020 tree story .
I first encountered the “Forest Breath” concept when reading David Haskell’s book “Songs of Trees”. He was discussing the Formosa Pine and I thought it a fascinating perception that “air is 400 millions years of forest breath”.
You might wonder how many times is it possible for an oxygen atom to be recycled after numerous binding and cleaving, before it gets ” too old” or if even there is such a thing as an atom getting old?
Nevertheless , these basic atoms pass in and out of different life forms as life evolved on earth. Where will the balance of this gas exchange lie as the globes forests continue to be decimated at break neck speed .
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Video 1： Empty Tendrils by Yvette Stride
Video 2：Pomegranate Tree by Han Chao
Video 3：Trees are Like Humans by Jenny Hong
Video 4：Old Ash A real survivor by Gillian Cussen
Video 5：Tree Rings of Life by Wang Ligeng
Video 6：A very Weird Elf by Zhu Jinghua
Video 7：Old Crabapple of Wenhua Dian by Matthew Hu
Video 8: Standing Fast by Joseph Stewart
Video 9: Feeling Good – Tree Song by Nam
I am currently gathering tree stories in the format of one minute videos. In January 2020 I collected stories in written format .
Most of these are personal stories. Submissions came from a range of different people in the US, Europe, Australia and Asia including a children’s writer, poets, dendrologists, artists, a dancer, a forester, an ant forest app user, photographers, academics and more.
See further down this page for these links.
Gingko Palace Sucrose Series 83 x 120 cm print on Aluminium Niamh Cunningham 2020 (week 15)
Throughout 2020 different peoples tree stories were gathered from various people writers , artists, foresters , poets, and other people .
Memory Palace of Tree Stories began in January 2020. Throughout 2020 different peoples tree stories were gathered from various people writers , artists, foresters , poets, and other people .
Chestnut – Park Tree Sucrose Series original Sucrose 50 x 50 cm Niamh Cunningham 2020 (week 12)
Open Call for your tree story on video
Memory Palace of Trees will continue in 2022. This year the submissions will be in video format. If you have a story you can tell in less than a minute (less than 60 seconds), please find your favorite tree sit under it and video yourself on your phone telling the story. I can help with the editing and add the English or Chinese subtitles. Please ensure the sound quality of your recording is clear. If you are in Beijing I can come and video you if you wish. Please ask if you have any questions about this.
Looking forward to hearing from you. Please email me at niamh@niamhcunningham.com
Jinan Tree Song Sucrose Series, print on aluminium 158 x 120cm Niamh Cunningham 2020
Here is a one minute video clip for the November 2020 tree story .
Overview of Memory Palace of Tree Stories
南的树歌
这是一个在地艺术项目中的自发时刻（见文章“生命之律动”），在2021年10月，云南西双版纳。我们这组艺术家正在探索中国面积最大的地处保护区的热带森林。我们在一棵有着巨大树墩的树旁休息了一会儿，拍了些照片。傣族艺术家罕璇突然唱出了这首欢快的短歌。旁边打节奏的是艺术家铁发荣。虽然只有短暂的25秒，我特别开心刚好在这里捕捉到了这个时刻。
云南西双版纳的南,她的僧名是 Ānandī (欢喜 )
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征集视频形式树的故事
“树之记忆宫殿” 是一个关注社会与生态环境的艺术实践，这个项目邀请大家通过讲述一个关于树的故事（或者提供与树有关的信息）参与其中。
这也是一个通过分享故事探索如何与地球与他人和谐相处的社会调查。
“树之记忆宫殿”将在2021年继续展开。今年提交的文件是视频格式。如果你有一个故事想分享，请找到你最喜欢的树，坐在树下用手机自拍一条不到一分钟（少于60秒）的视频。我可以帮忙添加英文或中文字幕。请确保您的录音音质清晰。如果对此有任何问题，尽管提问。
可以直接在这个平台上联系我，也可以在网站最后一页查询页面（ENQUIRE）上联系我。
视频#8 –屹立不倒 -约瑟夫·斯图尔特
视频#9 – 好心情树歌- 南