Author(s): Edited by Jennifer Cheuk

Aotearoa New Zealand Non-Fiction | Sociology | Culture | Ethnicity, Race and Identity

A landmark anthology that brings together the creative work of twenty-seven mixed-heritage creatives from across Aotearoa. Weaving together a range of artistic mediums and giving space to both emerging and experienced creatives, this anthology lays the groundwork for deeper and more empathetic conversations around the experience of mixed-heritage individuals.

Through an open call for contributors in 2023, this publication was created in response to the lack of authentic representation for biracial, mixed-heritage and multi-ethnic individuals living in Aotearoa. Everything That Moves, Moves Through Another features photography, comics, essays, poetry and multimedia art from a range of creative practitioners (listed below). The publication also includes an original introduction written by mixed Malaysian-Chinese poet, Nina Mingya Powles.

This project showcases the importance of independent publishing and collective creativity in platforming diverse stories and voices. Everything That Moves, Moves Through Another explores the book as an object wherein communities can converse with one another, and different artistic mediums can converge on the page.

Edited by Jennifer Cheuk with contributions from:

Nina Mingya Powles, Kim Anderson, Cadence Chung, Kàtia Miche, Damien Levi, Jefferson Chen, Ivy Lyden-Hancy, Jessica Miku 未久, Ruby Rae Lupe Ah, Ying Yue Pilbrow, Emma Ling Sidnam, Jimmy Varga, Jill and Lindsey de Roos, Daisy Remington, Chye-Ling Huang, Evelina Lolesi, Eamonn Tee, Emele Ugavule, Harry Matheson, kī anthony, Maraky Vowells, Dr Meri Haami and Dr Carole Fernandez, Kechil-kechil chili padi, Nkhaya Paulsen-More, Yani Widjaja, Chyna-Lily Tjauw Rawlinson, romesh dissanayake, Jake Tabata.

Contents: 

Nina Mingya Powles - a creative response

Kim Anderson — Where r u really from?

Cadence Chung — Visitations

Kàtia Miche – What melts into air?

Damien Levi — Ngā mihi

Jefferson Chen — blending in standing out

Ivy Lyden-Hancy — te manu and the sky waka

Jessica Miku 未久 — What Kind of Miracles

Ruby Rae Lupe Ah-Wai Macomber — My Moana Girls

Ying Yue Pilbrow — Wayward

Emma Ling Sidnam — Sue Me

Jimmy Varga — The Asian

Jill and Lindsey de Roos — What are you?

Daisy Remington — What Makes Up Me

Chye-Ling Huang — Black Tree Bridge

Evelina Lolesi — Self Portrait: Mapping Tidal Whenua

Eamonn Tee — Innsmouth

Emele Ugavule — For Ezra

Harry Matheson — Between A Rock And A Hard Place

kī anthony — Never Quite Home

Maraky Vowells — Created Communicated Connected

Dr Meri Haami and Dr Carole Fernandez — Kechil-kechil chili padi: Ahakoa he iti, he kaha ngā hirikakā

Nkhaya Paulsen-More — Walking Between Two Worlds

Yani Widjaja — Oey⿈ is for Widjaja

Chyna-Lily Tjauw Rawlinson — My Whānau

romesh dissanayake — A Remembered Space

Jake Tabata — STOP FUCKING ASKING ME TO WATCH ANIME WITH YOU