The award-winning virtual reality immersive artwork, “The Hangman at Home,” has begun its display at the Hatton Gallery at Colorado State University. “The Hangman at Home” is an art piece that is immersive in its VR storytelling and haunting in its poetry. The exhibit is also reflective, as viewers experience the fourth wall breaking throughout the story.
Carl Sandburg’s 1922 poem, “The Hangman at Home,” reflects on the aftermath of World War I and the haunting nature of the hangman’s profession while suggesting the simplicity of a hangman’s domestic life.