Kelly Mannings’s Drape, deconstructed.

My paper ephemera, gathered and reworked.

Somewhere between unmaking and repair, something held.

With Festival of Veteran Arts artists, we followed the thread of CURIOSITY — not just as a theme, but as a method — letting it lead the work where it needed to go.

It now sits just outside 310 St Kilda Road. A site with its own memory. Still waiting, in some ways, to become what it was meant to be.

Our materials carry their own histories — nail polish, polystyrene, government documents — things handled, discarded, kept. We work them until they say something else.

This one is quiet, but it lingers - it’s still on display as part of March to Art at ANVAM, a must-see if you're in Melbourne!

Proudly, playfully and creatively documented by the talented @lensoforion - thank you dear friend!

@kellymanningart @anvam310