Dissatisfied with the exceptions of hertronormative society and the superficial culture surrounding fashion school, Schaar Sartor spent most of 2020 to 2022 indulging in the rot of Aotearoa's Hardcore punk scene. Wanting to get more involved in the scene, Schaar Sartor's passion for photography took print in the grassroots project Sacktap Zines, a short-lived project with five issues published over 2021 that documented local punk gigs, bands and artists and discussed punk culture's historical and theoretical impact.

Run by a majority queer, multi-cultural, disability-inclusive volunteer group, the prints focus its principles on emphasising marginalising voices in punk culture, such as the Afropunk movement, documenting local queer and women punk representation, and tackling problematic sexual assault and drug use in the scene.

Sacktap Zine lived hard and died young but remains a cultural icon of a time and place and an identifier for a community of misfits.

Sacktap Zines

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