Everything That Moves, Moves Through Another

Everything That Moves, Moves Through Another
Author	Jennifer Cheuk (Editor); Miscellaneous
Artist	Miscellaneous
Published	24th of May 2024
Page count	242
Size	235mm x 185mm
Publisher	5ever Books, Selcouthbird Press
Launch event	Tāmaki Makaurau, Samoa House Library on the 24th of May 2024. Pōneke, 113 Taranaki St on the 25th of May 2024.
Printed by	Rebel Press, Te Aro
Language	English, Te Reo, Japanese
Genre	Anthology
ISBN	978-0-473-71356-0 Ver.1.1may24
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Everything That Moves, Moves Through Another: An anthology from mixed-heritage creatives across Aotearoa, (Originally titled Mixed) is a landmark anthology that brings together the creative work of twenty-seven mixed-heritage creatives from across Aotearoa. The project was lead and edited by Jennifer Cheuk 卓嘉敏 of Rat World / Selcouthbird Press, and was published by 5ever Books on the 24th of May 2024.

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 in an "investigation of self", 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.

The Spinoff's Hannah Patterson called the book "a thought-provoking, enlightening and entertaining collection. It’s a memorable moment for mixed-heritage writers in New Zealand, but it is not the beginning or the end."

Credits

• This book is the result of a collective effort by Jennifer, Damien, Eric, Achille, Sasha, Renae, Aidan, and all the authors, and all the mentors.
• Original concept and edited by Jennifer Cheuk 卓嘉敏
• Typeset in Whero and Rahirahi
• Title credit to Cadence Chung's poem cycle on page 9
• Cover photo credit to Harry Matheson's photo series on page 122, of Ersha Island 二沙岛.
• Cover design by Renae Williams.
• Printed and bound by a subset of the aforementioned people at Rebel Press, Te Aro.
• Published by 5ever Books.
• This project was made possible with funding from Foundation North / Pūtea Hāpai Oranga

Featured comics

• "Where r u really from?" by Kim Anderson
• "The Asian" written & drawn by Jimmy Varga, inked and rendered by Veronica Brett
• "Never Quite Home" by Kī Anthony

Other featured work

• "a creative response" by Nina Mingya Powles
• "Visitations" by Cadence Chung
• "What melts into air?" by Kàtia Miche
• "Ngā mihi" by Damien Levi
• "bleding in standing out" by Jefferson Chen
• "te manu and the sky waka" by Ivy Lyden-Hancy
• "What Kind of Miracles" by Jessica Miku 未久
• "My Moana Girls" by Ruby Rae Lupe Ah-Wai Macomber
• "Wayward" by Ying Yue Pilbrow
• "Sue Me" by Emma Ling Sidnam
• "What are you?" by Jill and Lindsey de Roos
• "What Makes Up Me" by Daisy Remington
• "Black Tree Bridge" by Chye-Ling Huang
• "Self Portrait: Mapping Tidal Whenua" by Evelina Lolesi
• "Innsmouth" by Eamonn Tee
• "For Ezra" by Emele Ugavule
• "Between A Rock And A Hard Place" by Harry Matheson
• "Created Communicated Connected" by Maraky Vowells
• "Kechil-kechil chili padi: Ahakoa he iti, he kaha ngā hirikakā" by Dr Meri Haami and Dr Carole Fernandez
• "Walking Between Two Worlds" by Nkhaya Paulsen-More
• "Oey黃 is for Widjaja" by Yani Widjaja
• "My Whānau" by Chyna-Lily Tjauw Rawlinson
• "A Remembered Space" by romesh dissanayake
• " STOP FUCKING ASKING ME TO WATCH ANIME WITH YOU" by Jake Tabata

Launch event

The book had two launch events. The first, from 6:30pm on the 24th of May 2024 at Samoa House Library in Tāmaki Makaurau, featured performances by Ivy Lyden-Hancy, Ruby Macomber, Jeff Chen and Ersha Island 二沙岛. The second, from 6:30pm on the 25th of May 2024 at 113 Taranaki Street in Pōneke, featured performances by Cadence Chung, romesh dissanayake, The Nooklings, and Cecilia's Crop.