Whau-Tract

Whau-Tracts is a poster and pamphlet print project representing work of the cartoonists from the  TV COMPETITION : FUTURE FUTURE FUTURE comic group based at MAPURA STUDIOS.

The project represents participants in the group that have connections to the Whau area in a series of ten individual pamphlets and larger poster work that re-imagines various spaces of the Whau to align with the artist’s personalised way of being in those spaces. The work will be available at the 2026 Whau Arts Festival in Archibald Park, Kelston.

Participating artists: Min Ji Baik, Edward Warburton, Michael Pere, Joziah Mariota, Sophia May, Natasha Connelly, Xavier Williams, Rene Astle, Miguel Navarro, Tiana Mataio.

TV COMPETITION : FUTURE FUTURE FUTURE is a cartooning  group that has been meeting weekly in an open studio setting since early 2016. Beginning at MAPURA STUDIO central location in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland the group had expanded to include participating artists in West and South Auckland.  The cartooning group TV COMPETITION : FUTURE FUTURE FUTURE recognises autistic processing as an authentic way of being and a valid creative method, rather than as generally represented by allistic perception as a pathology, and models the groups studio environment to support autistic process as an expression of being.

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