Michael Darling

United Kingdom

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This is a piece of work playing with the viewers mind. A strong emotive image of a hanging baby raises many different thoughts, views, opinions and questions. Every one would answer ‘no’ if asked, "Would you hang a baby ". But if you knew it was going to rape and murder a family member you might reconsider your answer or would you give the baby a chance to correct its ways?
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Death is not justice


Our 2010 project asked for the universal abolition of the death penalty.
For us it’s simple. The death penalty is a violation of human rights. Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” How does that fit with beheading, stoning, hanging, lethally injecting or shooting someone?

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Would you hang a baby?

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