Recovery Mode
Jacky Winter Gallery. Melbourne, Australia. 2025
Recovery Mode explores the intersection of inward compulsion and outward expectation to continuously produce and perform. Expanding on Meakins’ ongoing examination of exertion, exhaustion, and the amplification of the human body, the work investigates physicality in the context of restless pursuit, where achievements quickly dissolve, replaced by the desire for more.
This exhibition brings together Meakins’ full breadth of practice; spanning sculpture, 3D modelling, VR-based drawing, animation, and 3D printing to present a cohesive reflection on the body as both vessel and machine, driven by the demand to continually outdo itself. The work uses the everyday setting to explore tricks, false perceptions, and out-of-body experiences in relation to how the body absorbs, adapts, and recovers. Physical layering, pressure points, and recurring symbols are embedded, bolted, etched and fabricated into the work introducing a tangible sense of weight, load, and support. This project has been supported by the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries.
Documentation: Michael Pham & Photographic Record
Work in progress photos: Aaron Webber
Jacky Winter Gallery. Melbourne, Australia. 2025
Recovery Mode explores the intersection of inward compulsion and outward expectation to continuously produce and perform. Expanding on Meakins’ ongoing examination of exertion, exhaustion, and the amplification of the human body, the work investigates physicality in the context of restless pursuit, where achievements quickly dissolve, replaced by the desire for more.
This exhibition brings together Meakins’ full breadth of practice; spanning sculpture, 3D modelling, VR-based drawing, animation, and 3D printing to present a cohesive reflection on the body as both vessel and machine, driven by the demand to continually outdo itself. The work uses the everyday setting to explore tricks, false perceptions, and out-of-body experiences in relation to how the body absorbs, adapts, and recovers. Physical layering, pressure points, and recurring symbols are embedded, bolted, etched and fabricated into the work introducing a tangible sense of weight, load, and support. This project has been supported by the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries.
Documentation: Michael Pham & Photographic Record
Work in progress photos: Aaron Webber
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