Kayla Flett

A miscellany of local art history: East Melbourne has been a loved site for artistic pioneers and patrons for much of its colonial existence. This collection of histories is a community resource that spotlights the socially engaged arts scene in East Melbourne via both anecdotal and archival references. The use of index cards pays homage to local historian Winston Burchett’s extensive personal records that detail East Melbourne architectural history. Index cards nod to the history of accessible public knowledge hubs like libraries. Indexing material into a mobile body of work using a standardised system, allows the collection to be easily stored, shared, displayed, and curated.