Fragmentation Museum

Dana-Fiona Armour — Serpentine Currents

Dana-Fiona Armour turns ocean data into an animal presence. A fragmented serpent, developed from a scan of an endangered specimen, crosses Somerset House’s courtyard as a luminous sculpture. Its variations make environmental measurements and projections perceptible without claiming to reconstruct an ecosystem. Between museum specimen and speculative organism, this artificial body questions how we come…

Serpentine Currents de Dana-Fiona Armour : fragments lumineux d’un serpent suspendus au-dessus des fontaines de Somerset House à la tombée du jour.

Dana-Fiona Armour — Serpentine Currents – Fragments of a Changing Future, Somerset House, 2026. Photo : David Parry / PA Media Assignments. Source : Somerset House Press Office.

Dana-Fiona Armour turns ocean data into an animal presence. A fragmented serpent, developed from a scan of an endangered specimen, crosses Somerset House’s courtyard as a luminous sculpture. Its variations make environmental measurements and projections perceptible without claiming to reconstruct an ecosystem. Between museum specimen and speculative organism, this artificial body questions how we come to know living things when their disappearance becomes measurable information.

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2026 archive: Serpentine Currents – Fragments of a Changing Future, Somerset House, 19 February–26 April 2026. Original Somerset House and artist video published 12 March 2026. Source and context.