'$afety Deposit Box' by Good New$ Bank (Cassie Thring and Nicholas Hanisch), is a playful, layered installation created for the Bentham Street Gallery. Riffing on the Bentham Street Gallery as literal safety deposit boxes, Good New$ Bank uses familiar signifiers of wealth—fat stacks of cash, diamond rings—a dose of humour and hidden symbols to ask, “What does our community value?” These artworks highlight the tension between outward displays of wealth and the poignancy of sentimental, treasured objects.

Visitors are encouraged to scan the QR code at the exhibition, answer the question “What would you keep in a safety deposit box?”, and contribute to the growing Good New$ database, a participatory archive of what people choose to value and why.

Nicholas Hanisch and Cassie Thring’s collaborative practice, Good New$ Bank, is driven by a hopeful resistance to cynicism: bored with widespread nihilism, they imagine communities where good news is valued above all. Their work explores how society measures success and wealth and proposes alternative, often esoteric value systems through art, technology and interactive performance.

The Bentham Street Gallery is a public exhibition space made up of three custom display units that function as both permanent artworks and an outdoor gallery. Titled 'Motional – Objects by Association', the units were installed in 2024 by Karl Meyer and Exhibition Studios in consultation with the City of Adelaide and will host a renewed exhibition each year.

Presented by the City of Adelaide in collaboration with Good New$ Bank, Exhibition Studios and Karl Meyer.