Infinite Formations

“Infinite Formations was created as an A5 zine for my love, Haylee Koroi. It is an exploration of love. Love that expands into and through my love for my whānau, my friends, and my communities. Love that extends from ngā atua, to our more than human relations - our moana, our awa, our maunga - our tuākana. Love that is rooted in whakapapa, in our pasts and futures, infinitely cascading from each of us.

“Through collage, I reshape, reorder, and damage texts and images that reflect colonial imaginings of our worlds. I speak back to that which is done to us, as our complex and expansive ways of relating to one another are continually reshaped, reordered and damaged by settler colonialism.

“This work is an act of refusal. It is a re-imagining. A re-membering of our infinite relations."

"The texts and images in the works are derived from old books and magazines I collected across Aotearoa, mostly from the dusty corners of op shops. This work foregrounds illustrations from How the Maoris lived by A. W. Reed (1960) published by A.H. & A.W. Reed and Native Animals of New Zealand by A. W. B. Powell (1975) published by Auckland Institute & Museum."

To see more of Hana’s work, follow her on Instagram at @hmmpaua.