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CanKan Laboratory

Walk on Country with Ngambri-Ngunnawal custodian Paul Girrawah House.

In 2023 and 2024, Canberra Art Biennial collaborated with cementa festival (Kandos, NSW) to delivery an artist Laboratory and creative exchange. Three artists representing Canberra Art Biennial and three representing cementa participated in the inaugural CanKan Laboratory. In October 2023 the Biennial’s Creative Producer, Tegan Garnett, along with local artists Emma Rani-Hodges, Sophie Dumaresqu and Tom Buckland, hosted the Canberra-leg of the Laboratory. Joined by cementa artists June Golland, Juundaal Strang-Yeticca and Tom Isaacs, who then hosted the second exchange in Kandos, in March 2024 lead by cementa director, Alex Wisser.

Dr Colin Pardoe gives a lecture at Canberra Contemporary Art Space on rewilding the lake.
Studio visit at Canberra Glassworks with AiR Rosalind Lemoh.
Laboratory participants (left to right) Tom Buckland, Sophie Dumaresq, and Emma Rani-Hodges in Kandos in March.
Visiting Kandos’ ARI Wayout.
Lab participants Sophie Dumaresq, Emma Rani-Hodges and Tom Isaacs swim in the lake at Ganguddy.
An afternoon of conversations with local Kandos farmers about their regenerative agricultural practices.
Welcome to Country ceremony at Ganguddy.
A guided walk with Uncle Peter Swain through Ganguddy.