15/09/2026
For our final artist spotlight we spoke with artist Journey Kelly, about their work ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฎย ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ถ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ,ย ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ข showcased in Gallery 2.ย
Kelly details the relationship between her rust transfer process to the exploration of memory within her art. The artist also discusses the role that โhomeโ and time spent within a space plays in documenting such memories.
๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฎย ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ถ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ,ย ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ข is available for viewing in Gallery 2, until this Sunday 20th of September.
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Trocadero Projects is supported byย Arts & Culture Maribyrnong City Council
Trocadero: Your rust transfer process embraces unpredictability and deterioration; what is it about these imperfect, fragmentary images that feels connected to the way memory operates?
Kelly: The rust transfer process itself is seen as a muddying of details โ an attempt to recall and replicate, though ultimately flawed in its ex*****on. Likewise, every memory accessed is malleable, vulnerable to deterioration, change, and inconsistencies. That is to say, memory is ephemeral.
Kelly: The rust, by its entropic nature, attempts to make sense of this most unpredictable process by transforming familial archives both physically and intangibly.
Trocadero: The homes and domestic spaces
in your work span places like Darwin, Bali, and Geelong;
how has moving between these different ideas of home shaped the way you think about belonging?
Kelly: In this collection of work, I return to three main points of connection, navigating a time and place that are now inaccessible. The home hosts a complex network of exchange, where stories, histories, fragments and shadows endlessly accumulateโan elusive archive of sorts.
Kelly: Memories of gathering, of bodies gathering within the home, linger in its surfaces. Consider how marks are left behind. Consider deterioration and imperfections as evidence of existence, as evidence of belonging.
