The Weather Station
2026
installation, web interface
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»The Weather Station« is a speculative research infrastructure
in urban space.
Located in the Umweltgarten in central Leipzig, The Weather Station continuously records local
environmental conditions, quantifying and visualizing changes in its immediate surroundings. The
custom-built (infra)structure combines several sensors to measure air temperature and humidity,
atmospheric pressure, gas resistance as an indicator of changes in air composition, carbon
dioxide levels and airborne particles of different sizes. Every four minutes, the collected data
is transmitted automatically and made accessible through a website.
Beyond its function as a scalable monitoring device, the weather station is part of my artistic
research project »Vegetal Diaries«. At the intersection of urban ecologies, environmental
monitoring, and the relationship between »the living world« and technology, the project
investigates urban ruderal plants, energy flows, and speculative practices of environmental
observation.
The Weather Station serves as a sculptural landmark, a speculative source of truth, and a
starting point for workshops and interventions in the urban environment.
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