Office for tree migration (OTM)
Trees are `rooted`. Though long term observations have shown, that forests actually do move throughout the landscape and regions, just very, very slow and over decades. Climate change appears to happen faster than the trees can escape to more suitable areas in order to survive. Scientists are discussing “assisted migration” in order to help speeding up the process of tree adaption.
The Office for Tree Migration (OTM) is investigating tree and plant migration in different climate zones and along the treelines. How they go North, how they climp uphill in the Californian white mountains or how they enter the peatlands.
Furthermore the OTM is exploring possible, seemingly absurd or impossible methods that allow the trees to move faster and simply walk away from the changed climate.
OTM is a longterm research project of Agnes Meyer-Brandis and the Institute for Art and subjective Science FFUR.


Office for Tree Migration (OTM) Hyytiälä, FI
open since April 2024
OTM view from outside
OTM Hyytiälä, view from inside

drone flight over the forest station to the OTM hut
As Trees Go By,
5x channel video installation, extract of 55sec from a total length of 121min, 5x 4k, 2025

OTM Hyytiälä, view from inside

OTM agents at work, assisted migration trial #20220519, Siikaneva peatland, FI

exhibition and video installation, Serlachius Museums, Mänttä, FI
12.04.2025 - 19.04.2026

OTM agent at work
performance, Serlachius Museum, FI, 12. April 2025