Proxy Ocean examines the ocean as a driving force within our planetary system and highlights its paradox as a global commons: accessible in theory, but exploited in practice. Autonomous floats, such as those deployed by the Argo programme, enable real-time monitoring of climate change. As of January 2025, 3,990 floats surface every ten days to transmit data, forming a “planetary brain” that maps the ocean’s stories. Proxy Ocean connects global sensing data with local ecological responses, helping communities predict extreme weather. It envisions a distributed sensory network, redefining planetary intelligence through interconnected processes of sensing and sensitivity.
Participants
FLORIAN KILIAN JARITZ AND FRANZISKA GÖDICKE
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
Florian Kilian Jaritz, Leipzig, Germany, 1996. Lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland.
Franziska Gödicke, Altenburg, Germany, 1998. Lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland.
Technical Collaborator
Lucas Vogel Urzúa
WORK CONCEIVED AND PRODUCED THANKS TO THE PROGRAMME BIENNALE COLLEGE ARCHITETTURA 2024–25, LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA
