<div> <p><strong>Artist Dana-Fiona Armour reveals what the sea snake knows about our changing oceans – and what it’s telling us about the climate emergency.  </strong></p><p>It’s animals like the sea snake – a vital but often neglected bioindicator of marine health – that can be a crucial lens to environmental change. With fragile eco systems, rising sea temperatures and decreasing salinity, what would it take to retune our ears and listen to the sea snake? </p><p>In her major courtyard commission for 2026, Serpentine Currents – Fragments of a Changing Future, Armour visualises how marine ecosystems are degrading and changing. </p><p>The installation blends sculpture, science and responsive light technology, translating complex research and predictive ocean data from the British coast into visuals, with the sea snake at its heart.  </p><p>The dataset is also projected 50 years into the future, in a world where warming seas might allow sea snakes to inhabit UK waters. </p><p>If the sea snake is telling us that the oceans are collapsing, with devastating consequences, then what does the future of our coastlines look like? </p><p>Dana is joined by marine biologist, composer and researcher, Heather Spence, and researcher at French CNRS and Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, Anthony Herrel.  </p><p>Credits: <br>Contributors: Anthony Herrel and Heather Spence <br>Executive Producer: Eleanor Ritter-Scott <br>Producer: Tess Davidson  <br>Sound Engineer: Mike Woolley <br>Host: Laurent John <br>Theme Music: Ka Baird  <br>Additional field recordings and sound: Heather Spence, Felix Blume (FreeSound) </p></div>