Shame Ends Here

An interdisciplinary project to show the scale and impact of s3xual violence

 

SHAME ENDS HERE

Click on this link for a one-off showing of the film and Q&A session with Lucy Churchill and members of the Make Your Mark collective on SUNDAY, 15 FEBRUARY, 6 – 7pm
This on-line event follows the full in-person presentation at City Screen PictureHouse York on 1 February 2026

SHAME ENDS HERE is a research-led art and film installation that combines police data and survivor testimony to show the scale and impact of s3xual violence, challenge misconceptions and encourage informed dialogue. 
It is a powerful combination of demonstrable facts and personal perspectives, presented in a succinct and visually impactful way to enlighten people who haven’t experienced s3xual violence, and to bear witness to those who have.

Created by the interdisciplinary collective Make Your Mark, the project represents a new model for trauma-informed community-engaged art in the digital era; Precise depiction of a large data-sets, with local in-person and international on-line contributions to highlight the ongoing global crisis of s3xual violence. Careful implementation of General Data Protection Regulations ensures the safe presentation of data and personal narratives.

Get in touch if you would like to present Shame Ends Here OR recreate the project in your locality. 

The Art Work: 

  • SHAME ENDS HERE has multiple components including-
    – A map-based artwork recording  the 1,436 acts of s3xual violence reported over 1 year to North Yorkshire Police.
    This stamped map specifically builds on the legacy of Suzanne Lacy’s “Three Weeks in May – Speaking Out On Rape” (1977), an influential feminist performance-piece that brought legislative change to California, and continues to inspire art-activists.
    – A handmade Book of Testimonies with personal accounts from around the world, on an embroidered cloth alongside text-based art.
    – A short film comprising of survivor reflections from the Book of Testimonies.
    – A booklet of supporting data interwoven with personal statements and additional information. This is for visitors to take away.
    Get in touch if you would like to be sent a copy

  • Content warning: This exhibition contains references to s3xual violence and survivor testimonies that may be triggering. Our intention is to inspire change.

The Creative Process:

Participants at the initial event in York on 11 May 2025 used publicly available police data to mark 1,436 stamps on a map of North Yorkshire (randomised for Data Protection). This recorded the exact number of reported incidents of s3xual violence across the region between October 2023 to September 2024.
Marking the map was a symbolic gesture of acknowledgement, not just of the unknown victims whose experience was catalogued but the thousands of victims whose life-changing experiences were never recorded or given legal recognition in court. The effect of this silencing -or ‘gaslighting’ on individuals and the wider community is often brutal and long-reaching.
To help viewers relate to the incidents marked on the map, Lucy Churchill invited survivors of s3xual assault to send in their own stories. These were then hand-typed, like a police report, and collated into a Book of Testimonies. These moving personal accounts have formed the basis of the subsequent artworks and film.

The project was developed to mark the 35th anniversary of Survive – North Yorkshire’s specialist support service for all adult survivors of s3xual trauma. Despite the governments acknowledgment that s3xual violence is at ‘epidemic’ levels, survivor support services such as SURVIVE  remain perilously underfunded. Please give whatever support you are able to this excellent charity.

The Creative Team

Make Your Mark is based in York, UK. Using a broad range of academic and creative skills they work collaboratively to bring about a positive change in society.

Lucy Churchill – Artist, concept author and group co-ordinator / script writer & film editor / research & information presentation / event co-ordination.
John Beecroft – Cinematography & co-film director / event co-ordination.
Pip White – Typography & printing of manifesto & art posters / Book of Testimonies text arrangement / exhibition co-ordination / project & event participation.
Daniel Jeffares – Data representation, GDPR advisor, tech support / project & event participation.
Catherine May – Creator of the Book of Testimonies / project & event participation.
Jay Allsopp – Textile art / project & event participation.
Kat Jeffares -Assistant to cinematographer / film advisor / event participation.
Maggie Stirk – Graphic design / map marking event participant.
Sam Mills – Concept & counselling advice / map marking event participant.
Katherine Loverock – Counselling advice / map marking event participant.
Kerry Harker – GDPR and exhibition advice.

Supported by:

This project was made possible due to Lucy Churchill’s Arts Council of England Develop Your Creative Practice award
With many thanks to City Screen PictureHouse for hosting the first presentation of Shame Ends Here,  Thin Ice Press for use of their printing workshop and book related advice, and Young Thugs Recording Studio for use of their lovely facilities.
Also the Make Your Mark Rubber Stamps shop for their excellent bespoke service, York Digital Image  and Mail Boxes Etc for their generous support and high-quality printing services.