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Cement Fondu

Locality: Darlinghurst, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 9331 7775

Address: 36 Gosbell St 2021 Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia

Website: https://cementfondu.org/

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24.01.2022 15 MARCH 2018 29 APRIL 2018 Offering a warm welcome to our local suburb and those beyond, our inaugural exhibition took a fresh look at Suburbia through the eyes of a culturally and geographically diverse selection of artists. From the perspectives of Tangentyere indigenous painters who make keen observations of ‘outback suburbia’, to those from further afield with Daata Edition’s international video artists, this exhibition explored our complex and evolving relationships to each other and the places we inhabit.

24.01.2022 TONIGHT We’re dropping the latest collaboration in our Art X Music initiative that invites visual and musical artists to collaborate on a new and experimental digital offering. In our second session artist @yeetheeast worked with musician @spv.rrow to collaborate on a clip for her track ‘What I Said’. The video will go live on our Facebook page at 6PM. Follow us and have your notifications on to get an alert.

23.01.2022 12 MAY 2018 8 JULY 2 This exhibition was a sensory invitation to experience Turner Prize Winner Laure Prouvost’s video work in tandem with newly commissioned installation and live work by Sydney-based artist Emily Parsons-Lord. Prouvost and Parsons-Lord created a playful and seductive pairing where they intersected human sensuality, technology and nature. Highlighting how we perceive the world through our senses they also playfully interrogated the ways in which we seek to ...make sense of it from everyday devices to innovative science, superstition and speculation. Prouvost’s video works Swallow and Lick in the Past invoked the senses touch, taste, sight and sound creating dreamlike scenarios that captured the beauty of nature and the freedoms of youth. The works journeyed us to the idyllic and timeless pleasures of the Italian countryside and to the wistful speculations of adolescents in LA. With humour, Prouvost seems to relish our once-natural state of communing with nature and the small but persistent ways in which digital technologies jolt us away. Parsons-Lord makes sculptural installations that bring together biotechnology and participatory experiences. Looking to past and future, this new work examined the timeless human impulse to reimagine and alter the environment, whether in physical or conceptual ways. It took inspiration from interpretations of atmospheric events as portents or omens such as the weather phenomenon of ‘blood rain’. For instance, in the immersive environment The Sky is Falling (then let us run) Parson-Lord reflected on human inflicted environmental damage and geoengineering solutions that will likely produce profound aesthetic effects. Generations to come may find themselves under a differently-coloured sky.

22.01.2022 Art X Music presents ‘What I Said’, the latest and unreleased track by Sydney based musician SPVRROW with video and artwork by Sydney based artist Chris Yee. ‘What I Said’ was written by SPVRROW and her good friend Jay Maaka. After an initial rehearsal, the pair ended up throwing the track together in an hour or so with SPVRROW noting that it was an incredibly organic process. SPVRROW shares that the words refer to MY love. She notes that while they don’t always mean what... they say to each other it’s all about swallowing your pride and moving forward after all love is a verb." This clip is brought to you from our gallery in Paddington with special thanks to, Vocals: SPVRROW Artwork: Chris Yee DOP William Suen and Benjamin Powell 1st Assistant Andrew Yee Song by SPVRROW and Jay Maaka Guitar by Jay Maaka Backing Vocals by Maysa Tippins Engineered by Sep Pourbozorgi Mixing and production by L Fresh The Lion Location: Cement Fondu

22.01.2022 We're excited to announce our first exhibition of 2021, 'Attention Tourist', launching Saturday 16 January 6-8pm In our third annual pairing of esteemed international artists with an early career artist from the region, we're thrilled to present a newly commissioned video series by Samoan New Zealander Christopher Ulutupu alongside selected works by acclaimed US duo Lizzie Fitch and Ryan Trecartin. Despite their different cultural backgrounds and polar opposite aesthetic sens...ibilities, the pairing highlights potent similarities and fascinating divergences around the performance of identity in relationship to place, speaking to ‘homelands’ and colonisation, tourism and new encounters. In our Project Space, Black Birds will present their new commision Cement Fondu X Daata Editions video installation 'My Gyul', while 110% Collective will take over our Art Store with a COVID-19 iteration of 'Holiday Feelings'.

22.01.2022 Lean in and let go with @jodie.whalen In Liminal Space, a new video produced entirely in the time of COVID-19, sublime imagery and transitory moments become symbolic analogues of emotional and spiritual states of being. Slow and repetitive like a meditation, the soundtrack is the driving narrative in juxtaposition to the visual narrative; it is the detail in the slowness and the stillness of the images. View the full video here: https://cementfondu.org/dontletyourselfgo/

20.01.2022 ‘Contact Us’ First Look Tom Polo’s work explores conversation, doubt and gesture through portraiture. For our upcoming exhibition, he brings his colourful palette to the space and looks at how our hands, eyes and mouths become the communicative pit stop between desire and will.

20.01.2022 GLO, Mohi and The Dieyoungs take our virtual stage at 5:30PM tonight. Thank you to RUSSH MAGAZINE for featuring us online and shout out to our incredible team ...on this project. Vocals: Glo Keys: The Dieyoungs Producer: Mohi Director: Gabby Dadgostar 1st Assistant: Christo Herriot 2nd Assistant: Carolina De La Piedra Sound: Sep Pourbozorgi Colour: Justin Tran Exhibition: "Contact Us" 2020 Exhibiting Artists: Emma Finneran, Campbell Patterson & Tom Polo Location: Cement Fondu

17.01.2022 It is with sadness and deep affection that Cement Fondu wishes farewell to one of its founding Directors, Megan Monte. We wish Megan congratulations for accepting the unmissable opportunity to be Director of Ngunungulla, Southern Highlands new regional gallery, which will launch in 2021. They've chosen well. From behind closed doors in 2017 to our public launch in 2018 and throughout the past 3 years, Megan has been instrumental in shaping Cement Fondu. Together, we've presen...ted a program of dream artists, forged valued partnerships, hosted unforgettable live events, and turned our team of two into a team of many, a community of artists and arts lovers. Beyond her wealth of experience and commitment to the union of community and contemporary art, Megan brings warmth to every interaction. A dear friend to many of us at Cement Fondu, she will be sorely missed. While Cement Fondu's programmed 2020 exhibitions have been postponed until 2021 due to the impacts of COVID-19, stay tuned as our digital program continues to roll out and we get ready to announce the reopening of our doors. Looking forward to seeing you soon.

16.01.2022 A note from Cement Fondu Our hearts go out to everyone affected by COVID-19 and recognise the broad impacts this it is having on artists, fellow arts workers, supporters, family and friends. Sadly, in light of COVID19, we have decided to close our doors to the public indefinitely as a safety measure and are in the process of assessing the impacts on our upcoming program.... Supporting our artists and community means a great deal to us, so please stay tuned and engaged as we keep you in the loop with our news, offer a virtual visit to the current show Contact Us and share tasters for what’s to come in the future. There is still so much to be appreciated and look forward to! You can visit our current show, Contact Us, which features Emma Finneran, Tom Polo and Campbell Patterson, by making an appointment before 3 May just email us [email protected] In the meantime, please keep safe and look after each other.

14.01.2022 Safe and Sound presents, ’Transmute’, the latest and unreleased track by Sydney based Glo, produced by Moses MaCrae (Mohi) and Benjamin Freeman (thedieyoungs). Transmute is brought to you from our gallery in Paddington and is performed amongst works by Emma Finneran, Tom Polo and Campbell Paterson. ‘Transmute’ was inspired by the idea of remaining grounded whilst the world around us moves and develops at an alarmingly rapid rate, making us susceptible to being detached from ...our surroundings, human connection, love and nature. Glo notes that when it came together everything just fell into place. I find inspiration in being in flow with people who are in the same state. With this particular song and in general. It's really magical. Project credits; Vocals: Glo Keys: The Dieyoungs Producer: Mohi Director: Gabby Dadgostar 1st Assistant: Christo Herriot 2nd Assistant: Carolina De La Piedra Sound: Sep Pourbozorgi & Cooper Doyle Colour: Justin Tran Exhibition: "Contact Us" 2020 Exhibiting Artists: Emma Finneran, Campbell Patterson & Tom Polo Location: Cement Fondu

14.01.2022 ‘Contact Us’ First Look Campbell Patterson’s work practice explores the ‘candid quirks and painstaking obsessions in daily activities’. For our upcoming exhibition, Campbell examines the emotional responses, personal boundaries and the abjectness of the bodies of strangers.

12.01.2022 Cement Fondu has been nominated for 'Best Arts Program' in FBi Radio's SMAC Awards! Thank you to everyone who has shown such incredible support of Cement Fondu's program, artists and projects this past year. The polls are now open and we would be so grateful for your continued support by casting your vote today! https://fbiradio.com/vote/

09.01.2022 Learn with @mechelleb_ Observe and learn from the video Loohk Mae - a Lao phrase that translates to 'Mother's child'. In it, Mechelle Bounpraseuth Barilla gifts her mother’s traditions to her daughter during this time of reflection and healing in isolation. From Mechelle My connection to Laotian culture was through my mother- hearing her sing Laotian songs and share stories of homeland life, dancing Lamvong (traditional folk dance) together, and learning to cook. G...rowing up as a Jehovah’s Witness removed many aspects of Laotian culture from my life through its teachings. The tools, techniques, imagery and memories surrounding food in my work enable me to reclaim my cultural experience and remain connected to my mother after her loss. View the full video here: https://cementfondu.org/dontletyourselfgo/

07.01.2022 Our latest digital program 'Don't Let Yourself Go' has been featured by ABC Arts for The Mix. Watch #CFCollaborators Amrita Hepi, Mechelle Bounpraseuth Barilla, Shahmen Suku (as Radha), Salote Tawale & Sidney McMahon speak about their works commissioned during the nationwide lockdown in March. You can view the full episode on ABC iView and enjoy the exhibition online here: https://cementfondu.org/dontletyourselfgo/

07.01.2022 CF Call Out We’re looking for proposals to hire our Project Space. Contact us if you have a concept that is experimental, evolving, live and immersive + complements either of our upcoming exhibitions below. Attention Tourist (16 May 12 July) | Christopher Ulutupu X Lizzie Fitch & Ryan Trecartin. Tell us your ideas that explore the desire to escape and the desire for attention, highlighting the constructed, hybrid nature of identities. Project Dates: 17 May 14 June or 18 June 12 July TEXTBOOK FOR DESIRE (25 July 20 September) | Nat Randall & Anna Breckon, Giselle Stanborough, Kate Blackmore and Get to Work. Tell us your ideas that reveal the complexities of emotions and the shifting social landscape that governs the dynamics of love and desire. Project Dates: 25 July 16 August or 20 August 20 September

06.01.2022 Don't Let Yourself Go is a self-help guide to learning from lockdown. With 13 pieces of video and visual work presented online, this guide is dedicated to sharing lessons, ideas and tools that will help you find meaning from the challenges of life in isolation. The works were created by our artists during the pandemic and offer reflections on all areas of personal growth, from fitness and self-care to feeling sensual and staying connected. Entering a post pandemic world, we... hope this guide helps you find solace and inspiration in all uncertain times. The project is now showing here: https://cementfondu.org/dontletyourselfgo/

06.01.2022 After a weekend of scrolling what is time? Melbourne based artist Kenny Pittock captures all the 2020 feels in his sculptural collection for ‘Don’t Let Yourself Go’. You can view Kenny’s work throughout the guide here: https://cementfondu.org/dontletyourselfgo/

05.01.2022 Get to know GLO and RSVP ahead of our first Safe and Sound session Wednesday 27.

03.01.2022 But the Future Is Tongan." Winnie Dunn ... This year has been emotional. But, the future is... ? We asked our future program artists and creatives to finish this sentence and will be sharing their responses over the coming weeks as we announce each show in 2021. Winnie Dunn is a Tongan-Australian write, General Manager of Sweatshop: Western Sydney Literacy Movement and Editor of Sweatshop Women, Australia’s first anthology series produced entirely by women of colour. Writers from Sweatshop Women, Gayatri Nair, Aseel Harb, Sydnye Allen and Abeny Mayol, will perform live readings of their work in the expanded "lecture" series of 'Textbook For Desire', running from 20 March - 2 May 2021.

02.01.2022 ‘Contact Us' First Look Through accumulated gesture and the residue that remains, Emma Finneran collects the narratives of performed actions. For our upcoming exhibition Emma demonstrates the inherent intimacy in a series of everyday actions; highlighting the movements and rituals in each she shows us that we are always, consciously or not communicating. RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/2841666572548383/

01.01.2022 If the pandemic is the great equaliser, then who is nasty? Who is savage? Savage by @jdreforma reflects on the racism that has defined Trump’s response to COVID-19 among other pandemics as well as the soft power exerted globally by American popular and political culture. It leans into the chimeric absurdity of contemporary media and domestic self-performance during our shared self-isolation. You can view the video here: https://cementfondu.org/dontletyourselfgo/... #CFDigitalProgram