NOx STADT_LUFT_ANZEIGER

At the exhibition to March 20, 2019

Our cities are car-centered, not human-centered. With harmful consequences for the health of the residents. Due to »Dieselgate« and the German car cartel scandal, this subject has now slowly come to the attention of the general public. Nevertheless, the danger is still an invisible threat. Indeed, the situation could not be worse: in more than 50% of all major cities in Germany, those responsible tolerate that legal regulations are ignored. The urban, social installation »NOx STADT_LUFT_ANZEIGER« [NOx City_Air_Indicator] functions like a kind of traffic light. In real time, via a central application programming interface (API), the nitrogen dioxide values (NO2) from around 500 official air monitoring stations are calculated. The display glows red when the EU limit of 40 micrograms/m3 is exceeded, and green if the readings are within the limit. The installation was exhibited from December 2016 to March 2017 in Wiesbaden, which, after Stuttgart, is the city with the worst air in Germany.

Collaboration: Tom Kresin