(UNSHAME), GUM Museum (2025)

Throughout history, society has buried certain experiences beneath silence. What’s unspeakable becomes taboo, and what’s hidden becomes shameful. But what gets labeled shameful, and by whom? Shame and taboo are never neutral — they’re shaped by power, history, by who’s allowed to speak and who must stay silent. What do our silences say and what's the cost of hiding? What happens when we bring those things into the light — not just to expose, but to understand, heal, resist? How do rituals help us shed the weight of what we’re told not to feel?

Four artists explore what we usually keep in the dark, examining the layers and ambiguities of shame — not as a finished result, but an open-ended process. You’ll encounter the unspoken and the uncomfortable, the unfiltered and the intimate, vulnerable and defiant. Each work steps outside the frame of what should be whispered, challenging who gets to speak and what counts as ‘normal’ or ‘natural’.

Curators: Bethan Burnside & Marjan Doom

Artists: Hanne Lamon, Giulia Cauti, Ugo Woatzi & Loïs Soleil.