Time • Rone

Set in the long-abandoned third-floor wing of Flinders Street Station, Time is a nostalgic love letter to mid-century Melbourne and a tribute to one of the city’s great icons by the artist Rone.

The installation is created around a fictional history that transports audiences to post-WWII Melbourne. Time is inspired by an era when European migrants powered the city’s booming manufacturing industries. A vignette of mid-century working-class life and an ode to the faded yet enduring beauty of this forgotten place, Time captures the spirit of the city’s industrious past while offering glimpses of the station’s role as a once-glorious hub of work, learning and social life.

Twelve installations, each room was adorned with Rone’s haunting signature murals, the artist and his team created an immersive, multisensory installation that audiences will remember for time to come.