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Liz Breslin is a queer poet, editor and performer. Her new book, Show you’re working out is a collection of poems that weave together topics of complicity, cycling, DIY, domestic abuse, the queerness of hands, pride, pilates, wellness culture and white supremacy. 

The title of the book, Show your working out, shows a play on the word ‘your’/’you’re’. One being 'your' which references what we were asked to do with our maths equations in school when we were young, show your working. And the other 'you're' speaks to how it feels important to show that you’re working out, within a relationship or a small community when you are wanting to be accepted. Together, Destabilising the singular narrative within the collection. 

Maya had a chat with Liz about her creative practice as well as her new book.

How to Disappear is an exhibition by multidisciplinary Ōtautahi-based artist Steve Carr currently on at Gow Langsford Gallery. 

In a body of work composed of photographs, a moving image work, and sculpture, Carr stages a series of failed attempts at disappearance – reminding us that no matter how much we try to hide, something in us always remains visible. 

Seen crouched and stood behind invisibility shields, bushes, trees, and coloured smoke bombs, Carr repeatedly fails to camouflage himself – giving the works a certain absurdity and comedic quality that has been a recurring theme in Carr’s practice.

Sofia caught up with Steve Carr about the making of How to Disappear and his creative process.

Greta O'Leary performs an intimate acoustic set of songs from her debut album River Dark. Brought to you by NZ On Air Music, with thanks to McLeod's Brewery.