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On the 11th of October 2024, takatāpui artist Zack Lewin met a boy outside the neon red ‘HOT YOGA’ sign on Johnston Street. Exactly one year later, he releases ‘HOT YOGA’.

After an explosive affair with an infamous Pākehā socialite, Zack is forced to reconsider his relationship with his Māori father, and by extension, his Māori identity. Indulging that any effort to connect with his Indigeneity is rendered performative by his whiteness, Zack performs his process of connection through chronicling ordinary moments where queerness has created connection.

‘HOT YOGA’ explores a trans-tasman love affair gone awry, the political implications of ordinary moments, and embarks on a meta-examination of the role of art-making when attempting personal decolonisation.

CREDITS

Created by: Zack Lewin
Edited by: Will Bennett
Foreword by: Will Bennett
Afterword by: Zody Takurua
Design by: Max Cosgrove

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Sometimes you really can blame the edit…

For over 5 years, artist Georgia Banks has rigorously delved into the world of Reality TV and AI—exploring ideas of death, fame and legacy—to fearlessly provoke viewers into critically engaging with the ineffable ways these mediums shape and influence our identities, relationships and the zeitgeist of our nation.

This publication brings together a collection of old and new essays on Georgia’s work, as well as never before seen images that marry early 00’s tabloid culture with AI image generation.

CREDITS

Edited by Madé Spencer-Castle

Designed by Jack Loel

Photography by Giulia McGauran

Writing from Daniel Mudie Cunningham, Ari Tampubolon, Diego Ramirez, Georgia Banks and Anador Walsh.

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This is a story about a middle class person trying to have a nice night out at a theatre show they heard about on some vaguely credible mailing list. Sounds fairly pedestrian, but there is a twist: the middle class person is you.

Your friends have stood you up — you are slightly peeved as you’ve worn your new Clergerie boots to show off, and you are concerned they might pinch; you’ll be limping around for nothing. Let’s hope there is someone interesting enough there to make it worth your while.

‘You Beauty’, is a meta exploration of class and identity. With her signature humour and tongue firmly in cheek, Mish Grigor has written a performance in a book about an actual theatre show entitled ‘Class Act’, which was in part a response to the film Musical ‘My Fair Lady’, which itself was adapted from ‘Pygmalion’, by George Bernard Shaw. Quite a genealogy, but don’t worry, no one is wearing a bonnet.

CREDITS

Written by Mish Grigor with text contributions from Zoey Dawson and Sheila Ngoc Pham.
Edited by Elena Gomez and Rebecca Fletcher.
Designed by Rebecca McCauley.

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To celebrate 30 years of APHIDS and accompany our anniversary event An Evening of Performance II we produced a new publication called BACK and FORTH. Featuring an essay by Jana Perkovic ‘APHIDS: Each epoch dreams the one to follow’ about the company as well as responses from Lara and Mish. BACK and FORTH was originally risograph printed by Helio Press and distributed as part of the table setting displays for An Evening of Performance II.

CREDITS
Publication Text: Jana Perkovic, Lara Thoms, Mish Grigor
Publication Designer: LBS
Copy Editor: Julia Murphy