Julius J Joplin

Design - Time Based Design

Resonant Fish

Steel and wood are the driving force behind the work Julius produces. His approach involves allowing the material to speak by utilizing its honesty. Majoring in Time Based Design, his work is usually displayed in an installation or interactive setting, where viewers get a multi-sensory experience. Movement is an important part of his work, often combining ancient mechanisms and mechanical experimentation. 

Inspiration for Julius’s work comes from observing natural systems such as oceans and sea life. Although having no academic schooling in biology, there is a great admiration for its structures, focussing especially on biomimicry. 
His childhood was spent interacting with the Pacific Ocean which widened his eye for shapes. Structures that are created to exist in water are prevalent throughout his works.

His most recent work is based on the Bluefin Tuna and its highly evolved hydrodynamic shape. A steel ribcage measuring approximately six meters long was built to show an abstract visual of the fish’s internal structure. Separately, a large flywheel attached to the front to the fish’s body spins when interacted with, causing a large kinetic wave to be sent down the framework of the body.

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