Opening launch: Wednesday 26 February 6–8PM

Rhys Cousins
The Artist Known as Foot
MeiMei 莓莓 Hodgkinson
Zoe Jones
Rachel Morley
Annette Wagner

In Preconceived Interrogations – Memory, six artists delve into the nebulous terrain of memory, challenging the very foundations of what we recall and how we perceive our past.
This exhibition interrogates the reliability of memory, dissecting the layers of nostalgia, trauma, and selective recollection that shape our understanding of self, place and history.
Through diverse mediums and perspectives, the artists expose the fallibility of memory, revealing the distortions and biases that colour our most intimate narratives. This collective exploration invites viewers to question the authenticity of their own memories and consider how these distorted recollections inform their identity and worldview.

ABOUT DEEP WEST COLLECTIVE

Formed through a socially engaged arts program in Melbourne’s outer west in 2023, this six-artist collective collaborates to interrogate the preconceived in relation to identity, place, body, class, memory, and the natural world, through sculpture, textiles, photography, painting, and installation.
Their inaugural exhibition, In the Deep West (West End Arts Space, 2024), examined ‘place’ and now, Preconceived Interrogations – Memory debuts at Trocadero Projects. They look forward to continuing to use their practices to acknowledge and celebrate the undeniable diversity and enormous potential of the arts from the peripheral.

Image credit: Zoe Jones, polaroids from Threads of us, Hello, 2025