Pump Iron ‘Til You Are Iron is a new collection of work which aims to explore the relationship between the human body and, both the objects and process utilised to build body muscle. Through the work comparisons are drawn between the physical processes engaged to increase muscle mass and the resulting internal biological processes our body undertakes. Ideas of repetition, transformation and physical matter are explored with a humorous tone, resulting in a playful examination of the muscle building process.
This project is held at
Tributary Projects from 04 March - 21 March 2021.
This project has been supported by the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries.
BIO
Tim Meakins is an artist and graphic designer based in Perth, Western Australia.
Working across sculpture, painting, print, animation and publishing,
he employs a visual grammar drawn from the history (and present) of
computer graphics/operating systems and cartoons to create intensely
energetic propositions around the ever-mutating forms, limits,
plasticity, optical register and possibilities of digital and
analogue states-of-being. Solo exhibitions include
Big Kicks
(Smart Casual, Fremantle, 2018) and
Low Energy
(Cool Change Contemporary, Perth, 2019) and the upcoming
Pump Iron ‘Til You Are Iron at Tributary Projects Canberra, 2021.
In 2019 he and fellow designer Simran Singh co-founded the studio TERMSOFSERVICE. TERMS take on and pursue design and brand projects which align with their individual practices. In addition, he is an inhouse designer for various art institutions in Perth as well as contracting for several design studios. Meakins graduated from North Metropolitan TAFE, Perth, in 2013 with an Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design, and received a Bachelor of Humanities, majoring in Graphic Design and Advertising, from Curtin University, Perth, in 2014.
tim-meakins.com
Special thanks to Mark Walkden and the Artcom Fabrication team for fabrication, Xavier Burrow for Coding, Aaron Webber for Photography, Dee Parker for Text, Regan Mathews for Sound, Xavier and the Tributary Projects team and M16 Artspace.