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Contemporary art replaces industrial giant

When industry moved out and left a country town floundering, art festival Cementa moved in to activate it.

20 Apr 2017 12:00

Gina Fairley

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Artist Linda Brescia’s roving performance ‘Don’t worry I’m an artist’; photo ArtsHub.

For the residents of Kandos, a small NSW country town where the main employer was a cement works, the announcement of its closure in 2012 had a devastating impact. The cement plant had been the largest in the southern hemisphere, attracting workers from all over the globe.

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Gina Fairley

Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina