NO SHAME — MANIFEST
I do not hide my body to spare others their ideas of shame.
I am Achim Mentzen.
My body is not a mistake. Nudity is not a secret. Visibility is a conscious decision.
I accept that a visible body attracts looks. I accept questions. I accept irritation. I accept that people interpret my body in different ways.
What I do not give away is the decision about my own body.
I make myself visible without turning it into an obligation for others.
I do not need an anonymous art persona to show my body.
Living Sculpture / Transparency Project makes exactly this tension its subject: body and gaze. Nudity and shame. The public and self-determination. Visibility and boundary.
The human body is not obscene.
— Achim Mentzen