Photography by Guilia McGauran. Editing by Guilia McGauran & Georgia Banks.
GEORGIA BANKS
Villain edit
SAT 02 AUG—FRI 26 SEP
Opening event: SAT 02 AUG | 4:30PM—6:30PM
Artist talk with Georgia Banks at 3:30PM
FREE TO ATTEND | REGISTER BELOW FOR THE OPENING EVENT
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Standard hours:
Monday 9.30am - 4.30pm
Tuesday 9.30am - 4.30pm
Wednesday 9.30am - 4.30pm
Thursday 9.30am - 4.30pm
Friday 9.30am - 4.30pm
Saturday 10.00am - 3.00pm
Sunday closed
Note: there are special hours for accompanying events. Please see each event webpage.
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Platform Arts is wheelchair-accessible via our Gheringhap St entrance. Unlocked, accessible bathrooms are available on both ground and first floors.
For accessibility enquiries, please directly contact us at hello@platformarts.org.au
Sometimes you really can blame the edit…
For over 5 years, artist Georgia Banks has rigorously delved into the world of Reality TV and AI—exploring ideas of death, fame and legacy—to fearlessly provoke viewers into critically engaging with the ineffable ways these mediums shape and influence our identities, relationships and the zeitgeist of our nation.
Villain Edit offers audiences the chance to experience Banks’ most significant works together for the first time: A Four Letter Word (2020), Remains to be Seen (2021), and DataBaes (2022-23). The exhibition is accompanied by a publication of the same name, edited by Madé Spencer-Castle, with contributions from Daniel Mudie Cunningham, Ari Tampubolon, Diego Ramirez, and Anador Walsh.
During the Villain Edit exhibition, Banks will make her theatrical debut, in the newly commissioned live performance Death Warmed Up, that places audiences on the set of a fictitious, live-taped reality television show, through a staged immersive dinner theatre event. Death Warmed Up extrapolates on Banks’ research into Reality TV culture, and imagines a world where amateur chefs vie for the opportunity to cater the funerals of public figures. On 19—20 September, audiences are invited to join Banks for dinner and a show, and to cross the threshold into the world of the un/scripted. Tickets release August 02.
Villain Edit is curated by Anador Walsh and Madé Spencer-Castle
Villain Edit is commissioned by Platform Arts with support from Copyright Agency Cultural Fund, APHIDS Supermassive Program, and Temperance Hall.
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Georgia Banks makes performance art even when you think she doesn't. Her most interesting work won’t happen until after she's dead - she hopes it’s good but will never know. Banks has been banned from Tinder, sued by the estate of Hannah Wilke, and awarded Miss Social Impact in a national beauty pageant. She would like to go viral, break a Guinness World Record, and be in an actual episode of Black Mirror instead of making her own. Georgia's never had a filling nor broken a bone (although she has been crucified) and once was convinced she'd accidentally sliced away a part of her labia during a performance (she hadn’t).
Instagram: @georgiaraebanks
Website: https://www.georgiabanks.info/
