Platform Arts is thrilled to present Villain Edit, the mid-career survey of Naarm Melbourne-based artist Georgia Banks.

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 regional audiences the opportunity to see Banks’ remarkable works together for the first time. Villain Edit brings together three key works spanning 2020 - 2023 (A Four Letter Word, Remains to be Seen, and DataBaes) into an ambitious and timely exhibition, which will be Banks’ first large-scale, solo institutional project.

Villain Edit is accompanied by an eponymous publication, edited by Madé Spencer-Castle and featuring contributions by Daniel Mudie Cunningham, Ari Tampubolon, Diego Ramirez, and Anador Walsh.

Villain Edit

Georgia Banks

Curated by Anador Walsh and Madé Spencer-Castle

Exhibition dates: SAT 02 AUG—FRI 26 SEP
Opening event: SAT 02 AUG at 4:30PM—6:30PM with an artist talk at 3:30PM

Attendance is free, but registration is appreciated to help us cater for the event.

Alongside this exhibition, on Friday 19 September and Saturday 20 September 2025, Banks will debut her first theatrical live work, Death Warmed Up, which extrapolates on her research into Reality TV’s impact on culture, to stage an immersive dinner theatre event, which places audiences on the set of a fictitious, live-taped reality television show. To learn more, visit platformarts.org.au.

Villain Edit is commissioned by Platform Arts with support from Copyright Agency, Cultural Fund, APHIDS Supermassive Program, and Temperance Hall.

Platform Arts (Djilang/Geelong) is supported by the City of Greater Geelong, Creative Australia, and the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.

Image: Photography by Guilia McGauran. Editing by Guilia McGauran & Georgia Banks.