Grief and Pleasure as Research and Play

A 4-week workshop series facilitated by Peter Banki as part of Critical Practice.

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DATES

20 NOVEMBER – 11 DECEMBER 2025
THURSDAYS
6:30PM - 8:30PM

20 NOV, 27 NOV, 4 DEC, 11 DEC

LOCATION
THE DRILL HALL, CRITICAL PATH
1C NEW BEACH ROAD, DARLING POINT, NSW, 2027
GADIGAL & BIRRABIRRAGAL COUNTRY

PRICE:
SINGLE CLASS: $25
4-WEEK PASS: $90

Discounted option for low-income participants:

SINGLE CLASS: $15
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FROM THE ARTIST

We often think of pleasure and grief as spontaneous states that arise in the body. Curiosity about pleasure is rarely given the seriousness and attention of an artistic research. Moreover, connections between grief and pleasure are rarely explored. How can allying with both experiences together move us towards individual and collective liberation and invention?

Each week we will employ a series of movement and vocal invitations to set the table for a collective ritual where you will have the opportunities to explore and release grief and pleasure in your body, while being witnessed and gently supported by others.

ABOUT PETER BANKI

Peter Banki, Ph.D is a Sydney based performance activist, facilitator and curator. He currently works at the intersections of philosophical research, embodied practice, sexuality and grief. He is founder and director of the School of Erotic Living and the Festival of Death and Dying. Since 2011, he has been curating festivals in Sydney and interstate, as well as performing and teaching workshops. In 2018, he published a book, based on my Ph.D research, entitled The Forgiveness To Come: The Holocaust and the Hyper-Ethical (New York: Fordham UP, 2018). He has also been a member of the Philosophy Research Initiative at the University of Western Sydney and a teaching assistant in the Department of German at New York University.

@peterjbanki
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@eroticliving
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Critical Path respectfully acknowledges the Gadigal and Birrabirragal people of the Eora Nation, the traditional owners of the land where the organisation is based.

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IMAGE ID: Courtesy of the artist.

IMAGE CREDIT: Photo of two people dancing in contact with each other.

Contact the host of CRITICAL PRACTICE 2025 // with Peter Banki