Exploring issues of religion, in particular religious art, alongside questions regarding judgement of bodies and quality of life, the work takes the form of a series of tests. Tests of body and of faith. For the artist it is a study in the notion of empathy.

- Give Me A Reason to Live – Claire Cunningham lines face down in a room. The walls and floor are pitch black and Claire’s reflection can be seen in the floor. There are crutches beneath her arms.


Give Me a Reason to Live is dedicated to the approximately 70,000 disabled victims of the Nazi Aktion T4 euthanasia program and exists