World Court

2023. Digital C-Type print. Image: 54 x 81 cm. Framed image: 70 x 97 cm.

The photograph World Court (2023) depicts a top-down view of the judges’ bench at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, otherwise termed the ‘World Court’, where key trials of international law are presided. The tablecloth’s sumptuous red velvet has retained the marks of judicial hand gestures, which to Young not only have a painterly quality but also symbolize the theatricality and performative force of law, the emotional and bodily impacts of the legal, and its ability to protect, prevent, and punish.