Detail of image: Golper Setu, from the exhibition গল্পের সেতু Story Bridge, artist and photographer Anindita Banerjee.
what it means to remember
FRI 20 FEB—SAT 18 APR
MULTIPLE EVENTS
what it means to remember brings together artists whose practices engage with memory and place, revealing how such explorations offer layered and diffractive networks that respond to—and at times, remedy—the passage of time.
Honoring the fluid nature of time, what it means to remember highlights how artists stretch and compress perception, forging connections between body, memory, and environment. The exhibition positions art as both mirror and archive—acknowledging culture as dynamic and ephemeral, yet made tangible through acts of making and storytelling.
Across traditional and experimental forms, the artists in what it means to remember trace how memory is recorded, expressed, and reimagined. Together, their works propose art as a vessel for holding, translating, and renewing what might otherwise be lost—illuminating the ways migration, belonging, and post-colonial experience continue to shape our sense of home.
Below is a list of events that will be taking place as part of this thematic.
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More details for the thematic events will be released early 2026.
Detail of image: Golper Setu, Anindita Banerjee.
Anindita Banerjee
গল্পের সেতু Story Bridge
FRI 20 FEB—SAT 18 APR | Gallery One
“Soon after my arrival as a migrant, my Baba said to me on Skype ‘ekbar Story Bridge ta dekhe ashish to, shotti Howrah Bridge er moton kina’ (go visit the Story Bridge and tell me if it actually looks like the Howrah Bridge). My first reaction after visiting the site was that while the architecture is possibly the same, the Story Bridge is a smaller, cleaner, more toy-like version of the Howrah Bridge, much like some of the migrant experiences of finding Home in a new country – inauthentic, sterile, toy-like!” —Anindita Banerjee
This body of work is a nostalgic response to the duplicate architectural plans of the Story Bridge in Brisbane and the Howrah Bridge in Kolkata, through the lens of a migrant on unceded lands.
Polaroid photo: Shivanjani Lal
Shivanjani Lal
I will be the waves and you will be a strange shore
FRI 20 FEB—SAT 18 APR | Gallery Two
I will be the waves and you will be a strange shore is a new work that explores sounds and images from time spent in India, Australia, and Fiji exploring shorelines and sounds connected to Indenture. The work is a lamentation beginning from the shoreline and soundings that speak to histories of Indenture, grief, and the slippages caused by holding onto histories that are slipping away.
Photo: Penne Thornton
Penne Thornton
A People’s Guide to (North) Geelong: Presentation
FRI 20 FEB—SAT 28 FEB
For three months in 2025, young people from the Indie School joined the Platform Arts project team as honorary artists and crew members, developing a program that mapped the social history of the northern suburb of Norlane by engaging with senior residents.
This is the presentation event for the 2025 program, where community participants explored how Norlane has changed over time, emphasizing how seniors and youth hold and share local knowledge.
Photo by Adam Tarasuik
Ganavya ALBUM TOUR
SAT 01 MAR
“among modern music's most compelling vocalists” —Wall Street Journal
“the singer whose work feels like prayer…with listeners hanging onto her every word” —The New York Times
PLATFORM presents one of modern music's most divine performers. New York-born, Tamil Nadu-raised singer and trans-disciplinarian GANAVYA blends spiritual jazz, Indian devotional traditions, and ambient textures for a sound that transcends time and space, at once capable of lifting audiences to a higher state and moving them to tears.
GANAVYA is touring her new album, Nilam, released May 23, 2025. This follows last year’s Daughter Of A Temple, which was awarded Gilles Peterson’s BBC 6 Music Album of the Year and was declared one of 2024’s Top 10 Best Global Albums by The Guardian, who applauded GANAVYA’s ability to harness “the power of communal harmony to touch something deeper than song.”
Co-produced by Nils Frahm at LEITER Studio in Berlin’s Funkhaus complex.
Memory Counts
MAR—APR
Recording sessions begin for Platform Arts alumni and community to collect stories that celebrate our 30-year history (in anticipation of the 30th anniversary of the Courthouse Project in October).
Shared Plates, Shared Stories
SAT 21 MAR
Shared Plates, Shared Stories transforms the Performance Space into an immersive evening of food, art, and conversation. This intimate, limited-capacity event celebrates Djilang’s multiculturalism, featuring a catered dining experience and guest speakers, alongside opportunities to connect, reflect, and share. Held in conjunction with World Harmony Day and the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the evening invites guests to explore culture, community, and creativity around the table.
