Stations

Svalbard

Svalbard

Network partner Artica Svalbard is one of Norway’s leading not-for-profit residency foundations. Based in Longyearbyen, Svalbard in the Arctic Circle we are a place for thinking slowly in a fast changing world. During 2024 they will share weather reports created by the national and international resident artists, writers and researchers that stay on Svalbard.

Guiana Shield

Guyana

Network partner Sophia Point, a rainforest research centre, locates its weather station at the research centre, focusing on the language and experience of the weather of Afro, Indo and Amerindian Guyanese, who live near Sophia Point.

Fogo Island, Newfoundland & Labrador

Canada

Network partner Fogo Island Arts, a contemporary arts and ideas organization, connects A Variability Quantifier (aka The Fogo Island Red Weather Station) sculptural artwork as an operational weather station on Fogo Island.

Île Fogo, Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador

Canda

Le partenaire du réseau Fogo Island Arts, une organisation d'arts et d'idées contemporains, relie l'œuvre d'art sculpturale A Variability Quantifier (alias The Fogo Island Red Weather Station) à une station météorologique opérationnelle sur l'île de Fogo.

Qinhuangdao

China

Network partner UCCA Center for Contemporary Art & Aranya, a leading contemporary art institution and future-oriented lifestyle brand, set Cloud Atlas as a weather station, depicting the local weather of Qinhuangdao and reflecting on the complex power dynamics between ecology and urban development.

秦皇岛

中国

网络合作伙伴尤伦斯当代艺术中心与领先的当代艺术机构和面向未来的生活方式品牌阿那亚将云图作为气象站,描绘秦皇岛当地的天气,反映生态与城市发展之间复杂的动力动态。

Johannesburg, South Africa

South Africa

Network partner Nothing Gets Organised (NGO) & POOL, Johannesburg-based art organisations, create the project An Accumulation of Uncertainties attempting to stage a speculative inquiry on the relationship between bodies and the environment in the context of weather beyond its meteorological associations.

eGoli

Iningizimu Afrika

Uzakwethu wenethiwekhi i-Nothing Gets Organised (NGO) kanye ne-POOL, izinhlangano zezobuciko ezizinze eGoli, zakha iphrojekthi ethi An Accumulation of Uncertainties ezama ukwenza uphenyo lokuqagela mayelana nobudlelwano phakathi kwezinhlangano nemvelo esimweni sezulu esingaphezu kwezinhlangano zayo zesimo sezulu.

Tigris River & Mesopotamian Marshes

Iraq

Network partner Ruya Foundation, a non-profit, non-governmental art organization, locates their weather stations in two locations: Tigres River and the marshes of Southern Iraq, exploring the impact of rising temperatures on the delicate ecosystems of these areas.

Enoura Observatory

Japan

Network partner Odawara Art Foundation reconsider history through the art of all genres from the Sugimoto Collection, sets Enoura Observatory as a weather station measuring time and the changing of the seasons.

江之浦測候所

日本

ネットワークパートナーの小田原芸術振興財団は、杉本コレクションのあらゆるジャンルの美術を通して歴史を再考し、江ノ浦天文台を時間と季節の変化を測る測候所として設定します。

Bonna

Bangladesh

Network partner Dhaka Art Summit, an international, non-commercial research and exhibition platform for art and architecture related to South Asia, is exploring the concept of a weather station in the frame of DAS 2023.

বন্যা

বাংলাদেশ

নেটওয়ার্ক পার্টনার ঢাকা আর্ট সামিট, দক্ষিণ এশিয়ার শিল্প ও স্থাপত্যের জন্য একটি আন্তর্জাতিক, অ-বাণিজ্যিক গবেষণা এবং প্রদর্শনী প্ল্যাটফর্ম, DAS 2023-এর ফ্রেমে আবহাওয়া স্টেশনের ধারণাটি অন্বেষণ করছে।

Comporta

Portugal

Network partner TERRAFOUNDATION brings together practitioners from design, music and poetry to observe the climate’s effects on biodiversity and the natural and human landscapes of the Comporta area. A flexible and mobile weather-station pavilion will be shaped and built gradually, rooted in the ecosystems of rice fields, dunes, lagoons, the Atlantic Ocean and the village of Carvalhal, while the creative team produces a sequence of weather reports.

Comporta

Portugal

A TERRAFOUNDATION reúne músicos, designers de som e poetas para observarem os efeitos das alterações climáticas na biodiversidade e nas paisagens naturais e humanas da área da Comporta. Enquanto estas equipas criativas produzem uma série de relatórios meteorológicos, está a ser gradualmente desenhada e construída uma Estação Meteorológica, um pavilhão temporário, na vila do Carvalhal, enraizado no ecossistema dos campos de arroz, dunas, lagoas, vila e Oceano Atlântico.

Grasse

France

Network partner Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation, departing from Nicoletta Fiorucci’s private garden in Grasse, in Southern France, explores the multi-faceted nature and properties of lichens as weather ‘reporters’.

Helsinki

Finland

Network partner IHME Helsinki, a contemporary art organisation, deals with the planet’s life-support systems: the oceans and forests.

Helsinki

Suomi

Verkostokumppani IHME Helsinki, nykytaiteen organisaatio, käsittelee planeetan elämää ylläpitäviä järjestelmiä: valtameriä ja metsiä.

Kampala

Uganda

Network partner 32° East | Ugandan Arts Trust, a centre for the creation and exploration of contemporary Ugandan art, builds a new arts centre as a weather station researching new technologies to respond to the climate crisis reflecting on local knowledge.

Vitsaniemi

Arctic Circle

Network partner Konsthall Tornedalen is a cultural institution under construction in Vitsaniemi, a village in the Tornio Valley just south of the Arctic Circle. Their weather station is a cottage right by the Torne River, to which artists are invited to immerse themselves in the local weather.

Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty

Great Salt Lake, Utah

Network partner Holt/Smithson Foundation exists to continue the creative and investigative spirit of the artists' Nancy Holt (1938-2014) and Robert Smithson (1938-73), considering Spiral Jetty as a weather station recollecting and retracing ever-changing climate conditions.

28th Parallel North

Through Mount Everest, the North Indian Himalayas, Rajasthan, and the Singh Desert in Pakistan

Network partner KHOJ, an autonomous not-for-profit contemporary arts organization based in New Delhi, imagines the 28th Parallel North as an expeditionary weather station in the form of observations, stories, images and imaginings about the changing weather and our climate.

Seoul

South Korea

Network partner Art Sonje Center, a dynamic platform for visual culture in Korean contemporary art, forms their weather station with an art exhibition and a participatory platform for exploring speculative design solutions to the climate crisis.

서울

대한민국

네트워크 파트너인 아트선재센터는 한국 현대미술의 시각적 문화를 위한 역동적인 플랫폼으로 기후 위기에 대한 사변적 디자인 솔루션을 모색하기 위한 미술 전시회와 참여 플랫폼을 통해 기상 관측소를 구성합니다.

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Network partner Waag, an art, science and technology organisation in Amsterdam, re-imagines 14th century weighing house De Waag as a weather station investigating the phenomenon of cetacean stranding.

Amsterdam

Nederland

Netwerkpartner Waag, een kunst-, wetenschaps- en technologieorganisatie in Amsterdam, verbeeldt 14e-eeuws waaghuis De Waag als een weerstation dat het fenomeen van het stranden van walvisachtigen onderzoekt.

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

Network partner Art Jameel, an independent art institution, situates their weather station in the Arabian Gulf, exploring the central climatic marker of atmospheric humidity in the form of three podcasts that report on the themes of the Threshold, Sweat and Labour, and Technofutures. 

Istanbul

Turkey

Network partner SAHA positions the historical watch tower of Istanbul, the Galata Tower facing its premises as an imaginary weather station to bring artists and writers together for personal and collective observation of weather. SAHA’s weather reports covers a wide-range of artistic statements including artworks, texts, essays, artist talks and conversations, lecture performances, panel discussions, podcasts, and workshops, etc. about art, weather, and ecology from Turkey and beyond.

Manila Observatory

Philippines

The Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD) re-imagines the Manila Observatory as a weather station with Derek Tumala's digital diorama 'Tropical Climate Forensics', shedding light on shifting weather patterns and climate in the Philippines and the region.

Manila Observatory

Pilipinas

Muling inilarawan ng Museo ng Kontemporaryong Sining at Disenyo (MCAD) ang Manila Observatory bilang isang istasyon ng panahon na may digital diorama ni Derek Tumala na 'Tropical Climate Forensics', na nagbibigay liwanag sa nagbabagong mga pattern ng panahon at klima sa Pilipinas at sa rehiyon.

Ijebu

Nigeria

Network partner Yinka Shonibare Foundation, a charity dedicated to facilitating international cultural exchange, builds their conceptual weather station The Farm, focusing on the impact of weather on local knowledge, tradition and practice concerning farming and weather patterns.

Ijebu

Nàìjíríà

Alabaṣepọ Nẹtiwọọki Yinka Shonibare Foundation, ifẹ ti a ṣe igbẹhin si irọrun paṣipaarọ aṣa agbaye, kọ ibudo oju-ojo ero wọn The Farm, ni idojukọ lori ipa oju-ọjọ lori imọ agbegbe, aṣa ati iṣe nipa ogbin ati awọn ilana oju ojo.

Stykkishólmur

Iceland

Network partner Icelandic Art Centre, a contemporary art organisation, sets their weather station in Stykkishólmur, observed by Einar Falur Ingólfsson with his year-long visual diary in dialogue with the weather and meteorological records of Árni Thorlacius from the year 1852.

Stykkishólmi

Ísland

Samstarfsaðili Íslenska listamiðstöðin, samtímalistasamtök, setja upp veðurstöð sína í Stykkishólmi, sem Einar Falur Ingólfsson fylgdist með með árslangri sjónrænni dagbók sinni í samræðum við veður og veðurfar Árna Thorlaciusar frá árinu 1852.

Bundanon

New South Wales

Network partner Bundanon, an Australian cultural organisation located on Wodi Wodi Country on the Shoalhaven River, New South Wales, draws on climate research, critical thinking and First Nations knowledge to create a major exhibition with a series of research projects and public programs for Siteworks: From a deep valley.

Te Moana Nui A Kiwa

Aotearoa, New Zealand

Network partner Te Tuhi, one of New Zealand’s foremost contemporary art organisations, sees their weather station as a sea of islands–Aotearoa New Zealand, Tonga, Niue, and Samoa–tracing the signs of a rapidly changing climate.

Athens

Greece

Network partner NEON, a non-profit art organisation in Athens, creates 112, Climate Tone as an unconventional weather station to broadcast a signal about the state of climate change in Greece.

Αθήνα

Ελλάδα

Ο συνεργάτης του δικτύου ΝΕΟΝ, ένας μη κερδοσκοπικός οργανισμός τέχνης στην Αθήνα, δημιουργεί το 112, Climate Tone ως έναν αντισυμβατικό μετεωρολογικό σταθμό για να μεταδώσει ένα σήμα για την κατάσταση της κλιματικής αλλαγής στην Ελλάδα.

Talaia

Basque Country

Network partner Artingenium, a contemporary art project agency, reconsiders the historic lighthouse of the Santa Clara Island in Donostia/San Sebastián, recently transformed to host the work Hondalea of artist Cristina Iglesias, as an observatory of the changing climate of the region.

Talaia

Euskadi / Euskal Herria

Artingenium sareko kideak, arte garaikideko proiektuen agentziak, Donostiako Santa Klara uharteko itsasargi historikoa berraztertuko du, eskualdeko klima aldakorraren behatoki gisa. Leku hau Cristina Iglesias artistak eraldatu berri du eta berak sortu duen obra dago bertan: Hondalea

Talaia

Pais Vasco

El socio de la red Artingenium, una agencia de proyectos de arte contemporáneo, reconsidera el faro histórico de la Isla de Santa Clara en Donostia/San Sebastián, recientemente transformado para albergar la obra Hondalea de la artista Cristina Iglesias, como un observatorio del clima cambiante de la región.

Turin, Guarene and Venice

Italy

Network partner Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, a nonprofit institution committed to contemporary art and culture, connects their weather station to three locations: a museum in the former industrial area of Turin, a hill overseeing the farming landscape in Guarene, and a small island part of the fragile ecosystem of the Venice lagoon.

Torino, Guarene & Venezia

Italia

Partner di rete Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, istituzione no-profit impegnata nell'arte e nella cultura contemporanea, collega la propria stazione meteorologica a tre sedi: un museo nell'ex zona industriale di Torino, una collina che presidia il paesaggio agricolo a Guarene e una piccola isola di il fragile ecosistema della laguna di Venezia.

London

United Kingdom

Network partner Artangel, an art organisation in London, imagines two contrasting locations as weather stations: the iconic Senate House Library and a flat shared by artist Abi Palmer and two Siberian forest cats exploring how everyday weather is experienced, defined and communicated.