WHAT IS UNSAID?
A visual dialogue OF a year
WITH breast cancer and
all that is left unsaid.
WHY?
This event was born in the hardest
chapter of my life. A year of treatment,
fear, motherhood, and rebuilding.
When?
12th Feb 2026 to
26TH MARCH 2026
A NIGHT OF ART, EDUCATION AND ALL THAT IS LEFT UNSAID
Add to your calendar
A NIGHT OF ART, EDUCATION AND ALL THAT IS LEFT UNSAID
Just days before Christmas, at only 32, I was diagnosed with breast cancer while on maternity leave with my one year old son. No family history, No warning signs, life just changed overnight. 2024 should’ve been a return to my advertising career but instead I landed in fertility decisions, surgery and endless rounds of treatment.
TOGETHER, WE CAN CHANGE THE EXPERIENCE OF CANCER.
Of every thousand Australian women, eight will be diagnosed with breast cancer before the age of 40, and one in two people will face cancer in their lifetimes. Yet many young patients enter treatment underprepared and overwhelmed, without the life experience or health literacy that older age often brings.
MAY WE BE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE WORLD WITH CURIosity and kindness, who learn about the plight of others and lean in.
Lauren Swaab -
Print Producer
Exhibition on display weekdays feb 13th - mar 26th
Unsaid recognises and celebrates the histories, diversity, creativity, resourcefulness and endurance of the First Peoples of Australia - the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
