CEMENTA22

To bring together the work of Aboriginal, diasporic Australian and international artists is a formidable task: How to give visibility to the complexity of lived experience without homogenising or universalising?

Cementa was founded in Kandos in mid-2012 by Dr. Ann Finegan, Georgie Pollard, and Alex Wisser, and perhaps inspired in part by the closure of the cement plant in the town in 2011. A biennial event, its name a play on Manifesta and documenta, both major exhibitions of international contemporary art held in Europe.

Kandos is located at the base of Combamolang Mountain, home of the Dabee mob of the Wiradjuri people. It was