Archibald Dingtam wasn't always the uncompromising engineer of cultural thought experimentation that we know and gladly tolerate today. Before finding solace in the arts, Arch worked at a swimming pool, scraping stray plasters off the surface of the water. Now he scrapes the stubborn layer of hypocrisy off the face of our floundering society's stupid head with his astonishingly astute artworks.

"I used to look at children swimming about in the pool everyday and think: 'someone could kill these kids at any moment, and what does the Council do? Sweep leaves out of the gutters of the poor, that's what.' And it was this recurring reality that inspired my first installation in the local town hall car park annexe."

That installation proved to be very much more than a non-event, and a favourable piece in the newsletter of the veteran's bowling club based in a neighbouring town was the first sign that people were beginning to sit up and take notice, before standing up and shouting loudly about it to everyone within earshot. Archibald was fully prepared for the backlash of course, you can't ritually slaughter several infants on camera and seriously expect the powers that be to recognise the irony inherent in the premise.

"I did it because it had to be done. The fact is that anyone could have killed those children at any time, and the only way to prove it was to go ahead and do it myself. I'm not expecting thanks anytime soon, but when you're tucking your little ones in tonight, remember, they might just be a bit safer because of what I did."

The campaign to free Mr Dingtam continues, although those involved have so far been rendered entirely in bitter disappointment by the refusal of human rights organisations to accept that Arch is a political prisoner. Knowing you've single handedly forged unprecedented artistic and societal progress is scant comfort in the face of a life sentence and a never ending-procession of increasingly tiresome ill-informed cell mates.

Archibald Dingtam provided Kathy Tabitha with a rare glimpse into the wondrousness of his insight exclusively for BrainDeadAir.