Wanting to explore the local music scene, Schaar Sartor spent most of 2020 to 2022 as a regular gig-goer in Aotearoa's underground 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 in 2021 that documented local punk gigs, bands, and artists, and discussed punk culture's historical and theoretical impact.
The prints focus on emphasising marginalised voices in punk culture, such as the Afropunk movement, documenting local queer and femme punk representation, and tackling problematic violence and drug use within 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
Released 2021